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Rhode Island apple crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Rhode Island apple crop for the week ending Sep 21, when 100% was good or excellent, 16 points above the five-year average of 84%, versus 90% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 65% complete (five-year average 43%). 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 21, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

16 points above the five-year average for this week, and 90% a year ago.

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65%

Harvested

+22 points against the five-year pace of 43%.

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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 5%, Poor 10%, Fair 37%, Good 30%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 48% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 75%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 65%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 85%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 68%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 90%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 70%, Excellent 29% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 75%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 72%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 12%, Good 73%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 55%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 45%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 45%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 75%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 40%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 35%, Excellent 65% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 85%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 30%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 85%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 30%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 90%)−29 pts — week ending Jul 13−29 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Aug 17USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Aug 17Harvest beginsJun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Sep 21. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Green tip, 2025

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

Rhode Island apple green tip, 20250%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 13: 1% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 20: 55% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 34%)Green tip, week ending Apr 27: 95% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 61%)Green tip, week ending May 4: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 82%)Green tip, week ending May 11: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 98%)Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27May 4May 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 11 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Pink, 2025

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

Rhode Island apple pink, 20250%50%100%Pink, week ending May 4: 20% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 22%)Pink, week ending May 11: 65% (5-yr avg 77%, last year 68%)Pink, week ending May 18: 85% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 84%)Pink, week ending May 25: 92% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 89%)May 4May 11May 18May 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 92% as of May 25 (5-yr avg 97%).

Field progress

Full bloom, 2025

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

Rhode Island apple full bloom, 20250%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 11: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 18: 25% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 23%)Full bloom, week ending May 25: 31% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 33%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 1: 93% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 52%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 8: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 99% as of Jun 8.

Field progress

Petal fall, 2025

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

Rhode Island apple petal fall, 20250%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 25: 14% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 13%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 1: 77% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 32%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 8: 93% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 52%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 15: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 98% as of Jun 15.

Field progress

Fruit set, 2025

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

Rhode Island apple fruit set, 20250%50%100%Fruit set, week ending Jun 1: 30% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 15%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 8: 73% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 32%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 15: 94% (5-yr avg 75%, last year 52%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 22: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 29: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 89%)Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jun 29.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Rhode Island apple harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 8%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 15%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 23% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 30% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 65% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 48%)Jul 13Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14Sep 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 65% as of Sep 28 (5-yr avg 43%).

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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