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Rhode Island apple crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Rhode Island apple crop for the week ending Sep 22, when 90% was good or excellent, 4 points above the five-year average of 86%, versus 80% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 90% complete (five-year average 89%). 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 22, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

90%of the crop

4 points above the five-year average for this week, and 80% a year ago.

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90%

Harvested

+1 points against the five-year pace of 89%.

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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 14: Very poor 5%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 10%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 5%, Poor 5%, Fair 15%, Good 55%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 55%, Excellent 30% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 80%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 55%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 5%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 20%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 5%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 20%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 20%, Good 30%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 35%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 90%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 35%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 55%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 85%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 25%, Good 55%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 60%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 59%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 50%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 80%)−30 pts — week ending Jul 7−30 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 11Harvest beginsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 18USDA forecastApr 14Jun 23Jul 7Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 90% good or excellent, week ending Sep 22. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2024

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

Rhode Island apple green tip, 20240%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 14: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 21: 35% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 68%)Green tip, week ending Apr 28: 65% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 93%)Green tip, week ending May 5: 85% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 12: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 19: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Green tip, week ending May 26: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 26 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Pink, 2024

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

Rhode Island apple pink, 20240%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending Apr 28: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 5: 25% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 64%)Pink, week ending May 12: 75% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 90%)Pink, week ending May 19: 85% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 99%)Pink, week ending May 26: 90% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Apr 21Apr 28May 5May 12May 19May 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 90% as of May 26 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2024

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

Rhode Island apple full bloom, 20240%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 12: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 19: 25% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 83%)Full bloom, week ending May 26: 34% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 97%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 2: 55% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 9: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 12May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 84% as of Jun 9.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2024

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

Rhode Island apple petal fall, 20240%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 19: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 51%)Petal fall, week ending May 26: 15% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 80%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 2: 35% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 97%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 9: 55% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 16: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 19May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 87% as of Jun 16.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2024

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

Rhode Island apple fruit set, 20240%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 26: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 2: 18% (5-yr avg 49%, last year 59%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 9: 34% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 79%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 16: 55% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 96%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 23: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending Jun 30: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 26Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23Jun 30
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 90% as of Jun 30.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

Rhode Island apple harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 4: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Aug 11: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 16% (5-yr avg —, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 25% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 31%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 45% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 39%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 48% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 58% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 50%)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 75% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Oct 20: 90% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 87%)Aug 4Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 90% as of Oct 20 (5-yr avg 89%).

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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