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New Hampshire pear crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Hampshire pear crop for the week ending Sep 14, when 53% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 75% complete (five-year average 41%).

Last rated week ending Sep 14, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

53%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 14.

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75%

Harvested

+34 points against the five-year pace of 41%.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

New Hampshire pear harvest running well ahead of normal

For the week ending September 27, 2026, New Hampshire's pear crop was rated 50% good to excellent, unchanged from the prior week, with the rest rated fair. Harvest reached 70% complete, well ahead of the five-year average of 41% for this date and close to last year's 71% pace. Earlier in the season, full bloom reached 90% by June 21, trailing last year's 99% at that stage. With picking already past the five-year norm for late September, the crop is moving toward the end of its harvest window.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2025

Bars are the full USDA rating split each week. The dashed line is the five-year average for good plus excellent; the dotted line is last year.

2026202520242023202220212020
New Hampshire pear crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 40%, Good 50%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 90%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 85%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 30%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 80%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 75%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 5%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 17%, Good 65%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 17%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 30%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 20%, Fair 30%, Good 40%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 20%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 30%, Fair 30%, Good 30%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 15%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 30%, Fair 30%, Good 30%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 8%, Fair 39%, Good 53%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−25 pts — week ending Jul 20−25 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 17USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 31Harvest beginsJun 22Jul 6Jul 20Aug 3Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 53% good or excellent, week ending Sep 14. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2025

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Hampshire pear green tip, 20250%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 27: 15% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 17%)Green tip, week ending May 4: 35% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 37%)Green tip, week ending May 11: 45% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 57%)Green tip, week ending May 18: 90% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 90%)Green tip, week ending May 25: 99% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 99%)Apr 27May 4May 11May 18May 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 99% as of May 25 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Pink, 2025

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Hampshire pear pink, 20250%50%100%Pink, week ending May 11: 0% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 19%)Pink, week ending May 18: 60% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 63%)Pink, week ending May 25: 75% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 91%)Pink, week ending Jun 1: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Pink, week ending Jun 8: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 98% as of Jun 8.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Hampshire pear full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 25: 0% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 50%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 1: 65% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 85%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 8: 90% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 99%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 15: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 22: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 99% as of Jun 22.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2025

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Hampshire pear petal fall, 20250%50%100%Petal fall, week ending Jun 15: 85% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 22: 90% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Jun 15Jun 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 90% as of Jun 22 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2025

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Hampshire pear fruit set, 20250%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 29: 45% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 88%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 6: 90% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 98%)Jun 29Jul 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 90% as of Jul 6 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

New Hampshire pear harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 29%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 39%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 40%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 40% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 50% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 75% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 54%)Aug 3Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14Sep 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 75% as of Sep 28 (5-yr avg 41%).

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress (weekly, April–November) and Crop Production reports. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

Updated September 29, 2026

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