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Rhode Island apple crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Rhode Island apple crop for the week ending Oct 1, when 80% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 93% 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 1, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

80%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 1.

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93%

Harvested

As of Oct 29.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 98%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 90%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 50%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 50%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 80%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 50%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 23%, Good 56%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 30%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 30%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 30%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 30%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 30%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Aug 6Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecast−15 pts — week ending Aug 27−15 ptsJun 11Jul 2Jul 23Aug 13Sep 3Sep 24
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 80% good or excellent, week ending Oct 1. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2023

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

Rhode Island apple green tip, 20230%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 16: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Green tip, week ending Apr 23: 75% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 69%)Green tip, week ending Apr 30: 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 96%)Green tip, week ending May 7: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 14: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 21: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 28.

Field progress

Pink, 2023

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

Rhode Island apple pink, 20230%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 30: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 7%)Pink, week ending May 7: 70% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 35%)Pink, week ending May 14: 98% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 83%)Pink, week ending May 21: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 99%)Pink, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

Rhode Island apple full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 14: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 64%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 90% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 96%)Full bloom, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 4 (5-yr avg 98%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

Rhode Island apple petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 14: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 17%)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 90% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 97%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

Rhode Island apple fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 28: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 36%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 65% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 57%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 85% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 71%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 96%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jul 2
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 2.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Rhode Island apple harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 35% (5-yr avg 24%, last year 29%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 40% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 39%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 50% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 50% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 58%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 80% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 81%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 90% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 93% as of Oct 29.

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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