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Rhode Island apple crop

As of the week ending Sep 27, 100% of the 2026 Rhode Island apple crop is rated good or excellent. Harvest is 50% complete (five-year average 47%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 2.4 million lb.

Week ending Sep 27, 2026

Good to excellent

100%of the crop

Share of the 2026 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Sep 27.

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50%

Harvested

+3 points against the five-year pace of 47%.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Rhode Island apple crop rated fully good to excellent

For the week ending September 27, 2026, Rhode Island's apple crop was rated 100% good to excellent, unchanged from the prior week, with 85% good and 15% excellent. The crop has been rated for 16 weeks this season. Harvest reached 50% complete, running 3 points ahead of the five-year average of 47% but 10 points behind last year's pace of 60% at the same date. Earlier stages, including full bloom, petal fall and fruit set, all ran ahead of last year's timing. The next USDA report will show whether harvest closes the gap with last year's pace.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2026

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
Rhode Island apple crop condition, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 48%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 10%, Good 25%, Excellent 55% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 90%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 95%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 99%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 70%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 88%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 18%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 25%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 25%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 10%, Excellent 80% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 85%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 85%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−30 pts — week ending Jun 28−30 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 16USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 16Harvest beginsJun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Sep 27. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2026

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

Rhode Island apple green tip, 20260%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 50% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 47%)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 80% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 89%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 99%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Jun 7: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31Jun 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of Jun 7.

Field progress

Pink, 2026

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

Rhode Island apple pink, 20260%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 10: 90% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 59%)Pink, week ending May 17: 99% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 82%)Pink, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 91%)Pink, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending Jun 7: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31Jun 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 7.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2026

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

Rhode Island apple full bloom, 20260%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 30% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 24%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 65% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 30%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 84%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)May 17May 24May 31Jun 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 7.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2026

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

Rhode Island apple petal fall, 20260%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 80% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 68%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 100% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 91%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 14.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2026

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

Rhode Island apple fruit set, 20260%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 32% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 75% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 67%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 90% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 91%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jun 21.

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

Rhode Island apple harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 14: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 13% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 14% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 20% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 22%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 40% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 29%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 50% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 60%)Jun 14Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 50% as of Sep 27 (5-yr avg 47%).

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2015

USDA published production estimates for Rhode Island apple through 2015 and has not surveyed the state since.

Rhode Island apple crop: final estimate by year0123million lb2010: no forecast · final 2.6 million lb20102011: no forecast · final 2.5 million lb20112012: no forecast · final 1.7 million lb20122013: no forecast · final 2.5 million lb20132014: no forecast · final 1.8 million lb20142015: no forecast · final 2.4 million lb2015
Crop yearFinal (million lb)Crop valueShare of US
20152.4 million lb$2M0.0%
20141.8 million lb$1M0.0%
20132.5 million lb$2M0.0%
20121.7 million lb$1M0.0%
20112.5 million lb$2M0.0%
20102.6 million lb$2M0.0%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2015. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Rhode Island apple crop: fresh market vs processing00.10.10.20.2million lb2013: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 million lb — 0% fresh20132014: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million lb20142015: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.2 million lb — 0% fresh2015
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

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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