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Rhode Island pear crop

USDA last rated the 2022 Rhode Island pear crop for the week ending Oct 16, when 59% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 16, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

59%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 16.

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100%

Harvested

As of Nov 6.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Rhode Island pear harvest runs well ahead of average

Rhode Island pears were rated 75% good to excellent for the week ending September 27, 2026, down 5 points from the prior week, with the rest of the crop rated fair. Harvest reached 90% complete, far ahead of the five-year average of 50% and above last year's 76% pace for the same week. Bloom and fruit set earlier in the season all reached 100% on schedule. With harvest nearly finished, the next USDA report should show whether the season closes out at or near full completion.

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 pear 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 85%, last year 25%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 40%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 40%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 15%, Excellent 85% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 100%, 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 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 100%, Good 0%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 0% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 75%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Oct 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 50%, Good 50%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Oct 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 41%, Good 59%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg —, last year —)USDA forecast — week ending Aug 14USDA forecast−100 pts — week ending Aug 14−100 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 28Harvest beginsJun 12Jul 3Jul 24Aug 14Sep 4Sep 25Oct 16
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 59% good or excellent, week ending Oct 16. 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 pear green tip, 20220%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 10: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Green tip, week ending Apr 17: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Green tip, week ending Apr 24: 83% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 79%)Green tip, week ending May 1: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 89%)Green tip, week ending May 8: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 94%)Green tip, week ending May 15: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, 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 100%, 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 pear pink, 20220%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 24: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Pink, week ending May 1: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Pink, week ending May 8: 75% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 90%)Pink, week ending May 15: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 95%)Pink, week ending May 22: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, 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%)Pink, week ending Jun 12: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 24May 1May 8May 15May 22May 29Jun 5Jun 12
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 12.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2022

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

Rhode Island pear full bloom, 20220%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 8: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Full bloom, week ending May 15: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Full bloom, week ending May 22: 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 75%)Full bloom, week ending May 29: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 91%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 97%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 12: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Full bloom, 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

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 19 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2022

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

Rhode Island pear petal fall, 20220%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 8: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Petal fall, week ending May 15: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 57%)Petal fall, week ending May 22: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Petal fall, week ending May 29: 88% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 86%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 94%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 12: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 99%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 19: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 26: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jul 3: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)May 8May 22Jun 5Jun 19Jul 3
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jul 3 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2022

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

Rhode Island pear fruit set, 20220%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 22: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 29: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 5: 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 79%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 12: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 84%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 19: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 88%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 26: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 93%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 3: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 99%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 10: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 17: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 24: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 22Jun 5Jun 19Jul 3Jul 17
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 24.

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

Rhode Island pear 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: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 21: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 28: 1% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 4: 3% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 11: 8% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Sep 18: 25% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Sep 25: 35% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Oct 2: 44% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 38%)Harvested, week ending Oct 9: 55% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Oct 16: 80% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 90%)Harvested, week ending Oct 23: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Oct 30: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Harvested, week ending Nov 6: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Jul 31Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23Nov 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 6.

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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