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Rhode Island apple crop

USDA last rated the 2020 Rhode Island apple crop for the week ending Oct 4, when 50% was good or excellent, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete. USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 2.4 million lb.

Last rated week ending Oct 4, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

50%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 4.

–

100%

Harvested

As of Nov 1.

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, 2020

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.

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Rhode Island apple crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 2Harvest begins−50 pts — week ending Aug 2−50 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 16USDA forecastJun 21Jul 5Jul 19Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 50% good or excellent, week ending Oct 4. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2020

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

Rhode Island apple green tip, 20200%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 12: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 19: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 26: 100% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 59%)Green tip, week ending May 3: 100% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 72%)Green tip, week ending May 10: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 93%)Green tip, week ending May 17: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 31.

Field progress

Pink, 2020

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

Rhode Island apple pink, 20200%50%100%Pink, week ending May 3: 18% (5-yr avg 39%, last year 56%)Pink, week ending May 10: 75% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 91%)Pink, week ending May 17: 88% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Pink, week ending May 24: 94% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Pink, week ending May 31: 96% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)May 3May 10May 17May 24May 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 96% as of May 31 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2020

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

Rhode Island apple full bloom, 20200%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 17: 45% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 75%)Full bloom, week ending May 24: 78% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 96%)Full bloom, week ending May 31: 88% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 7: 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 14: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 17May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 97% as of Jun 14.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2020

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

Rhode Island apple petal fall, 20200%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 24: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 31: 80% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 86%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 7: 90% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 14: 95% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 21: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 28: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 24May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 28.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2020

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

Rhode Island apple fruit set, 20200%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 31: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 7: 80% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 93%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 14: 90% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 21: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 28: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 5: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 12: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 31Jun 7Jun 14Jun 21Jun 28Jul 5Jul 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 12.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

Rhode Island apple harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 2: 1% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 9: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 16: 4% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 23: 4% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 4% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 10% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 13% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 25% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 34% (5-yr avg 40%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Oct 4: 60% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 48%)Harvested, week ending Oct 11: 85% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Oct 18: 94% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 98% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 91%)Harvested, week ending Nov 1: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Aug 2Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13Sep 27Oct 11Oct 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 1.

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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