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Rhode Island pear crop

USDA last rated the 2023 Rhode Island pear crop for the week ending Oct 8, when 100% was good or excellent, versus 50% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 93% complete.

Last rated week ending Oct 8, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 8.

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93%

Harvested

As of Oct 29.

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, 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 pear crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 60%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 0%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 40%, Good 40%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 72%, last year 0%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 80%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 80%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 50%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 50%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 100%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 50%)USDA forecast — week ending Aug 13USDA forecastHarvest begins — week ending Sep 3Harvest beginsJun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 6Sep 3Sep 17Oct 1
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Oct 8. 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 pear green tip, 20230%50%100%Green tip, week ending Apr 16: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 50%)Green tip, week ending Apr 23: 80% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 78%)Green tip, week ending Apr 30: 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 98%)Green tip, week ending May 7: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, 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 100%, last year 100%)Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Green tip: 100% as of May 28 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Pink, 2023

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

Rhode Island pear pink, 20230%50%100%Pink, week ending Apr 30: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 21%)Pink, week ending May 7: 75% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 68%)Pink, week ending May 14: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 96%)Pink, week ending May 21: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Pink, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Pink, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Apr 30May 7May 14May 21May 28Jun 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Pink: 100% as of Jun 4.

Field progress

Full bloom, 2023

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

Rhode Island pear full bloom, 20230%50%100%Full bloom, week ending May 14: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Full bloom, week ending May 21: 85% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending May 28: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Full bloom, week ending Jun 11: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11
This year5-yr avgLast year

Full bloom: 100% as of Jun 11 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Petal fall, 2023

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

Rhode Island pear petal fall, 20230%50%100%Petal fall, week ending May 14: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 43%)Petal fall, week ending May 21: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Petal fall, week ending May 28: 85% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 86%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 4: 100% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 98%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 11: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 18: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Petal fall, week ending Jun 25: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)May 14May 21May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Petal fall: 100% as of Jun 25 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Fruit set, 2023

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

Rhode Island pear fruit set, 20230%50%100%Fruit set, week ending May 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Fruit set, week ending May 28: 56% (5-yr avg —, last year 71%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 4: 75% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 96%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 11: 100% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 18: 100% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jun 25: 100% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 2: 100% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 9: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 16: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Fruit set, week ending Jul 23: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)May 21Jun 4Jun 18Jul 2Jul 16
This year5-yr avgLast year

Fruit set: 100% as of Jul 23.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

Rhode Island pear harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 3: 1% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Sep 10: 5% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Sep 17: 10% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 23%)Harvested, week ending Sep 24: 30% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Oct 1: 40% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 43%)Harvested, week ending Oct 8: 60% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 53%)Harvested, week ending Oct 15: 75% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Oct 22: 90% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 97%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Jul 30Aug 13Aug 27Sep 10Sep 24Oct 8Oct 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 93% as of Oct 29.

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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