Apple Estimates 2025 Pt 1
From the Ag Information Network, this is today’s Fruit Grower Report. With August now upon us, we are starting to see the shifts in harvest season for the tree fruit industry and that overlap between cherries and apples.
Jon DeVaney, president of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, says that transition is definitely underway …
DeVANEY … “There’s still cherries coming off the tree, but August means the start of apple harvest.”
That is, DeVaney says for the early varieties …
DeVANEY … “People really associate apples with fall, but many of our varieties are harvested earlier and some of our growers start picking right around the first of August. And our industry will wrap up harvest usually in late November.”
And, DeVaney says this is when the potential size of our crops begins to take shape…
DeVANEY … “Our harvest period is several months long, but at the beginning of the harvest season we try to produce every year an estimate of what we think as an industry what will be picked and will be packable for the fresh market so that folks have an idea of how many apples they can expect to see in the supermarket.”
And this year, DeVaney says things are look really good …
DeVANEY … “This year that number has come in with an estimate of a pretty large crop of about 142-million 40-pound boxes. That would be about tying our previous record, which is a good sign of the growing conditions we’ve had.”
Tune in tomorrow for more on the outlook for this year’s apple crop.
