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Rhode Island apple crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Rhode Island apple crop for the week ending Sep 25, when 100% was good or excellent, 10 points above the five-year average of 90%, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 90% complete (five-year average 91%). USDA last published a production estimate for the state in 2015, when the crop finished at 2.4 million lb.

Last rated week ending Sep 25, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

10 points above the five-year average for this week, and 100% a year ago.

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90%

Harvested

−1 points against the five-year pace of 91%.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 0%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 48%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)−50 pts — week ending Aug 7−50 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 14USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 14Harvest beginsJun 12Jun 26Jul 10Jul 24Aug 7Aug 21Sep 4Sep 18
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Sep 25. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2022

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

Rhode Island apple green tip, 20220%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 10: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 17: 48% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Green tip, week ending Apr 24: 72% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 81%)Green tip, week ending May 1: 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 90%)Green tip, week ending May 8: 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 94%)Green tip, week ending May 15: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 99%)Green tip, week ending May 22: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 29: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 10Apr 24May 8May 22Jun 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of Jun 5.

Field progress

Pink, 2022

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

Rhode Island apple pink, 20220%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 24: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 1: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year 73%)Pink, week ending May 8: 40% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 90%)Pink, week ending May 15: 90% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 95%)Pink, week ending May 22: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)Pink, week ending May 29: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Pink, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 24May 1May 8May 15May 22May 29Jun 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 5.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2022

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

Rhode Island apple full bloom, 20220%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 8: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 15: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Full bloom, week ending May 22: 100% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 96%)Full bloom, week ending May 29: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 12: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)May 8May 15May 22May 29Jun 5Jun 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 12 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2022

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

Rhode Island apple petal fall, 20220%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 8: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 15: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Petal fall, week ending May 22: 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Petal fall, week ending May 29: 100% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 12: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 19: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)May 8May 15May 22May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 19 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2022

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

Rhode Island apple fruit set, 20220%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 22: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 29: 39% (5-yr avg —, last year 7%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 5: 60% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 11%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 12: 73% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 41%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 19: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 74%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 26: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 91%)May 22May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jun 26 (5-yr avg 98%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Rhode Island apple harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 31: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 7: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 30% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 40% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 45% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 53%)Harvested, week ending Oct 9: 60% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Oct 16: 85% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Oct 23: 90% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 96%)Jul 31Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 90% as of Oct 23 (5-yr avg 91%).

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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