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FRUIT
Released
August 14, 2001
Seasonal
No.
975-4-01
GRAPES
In
the first forecast of the season New York grape production is expected
to total 131,000 tons, down 15 percent from a year ago and 36 percent below
1999, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. Dry conditions
have decreased pressure from mildews and insects, but some vineyards are
showing stress from the near drought conditions.
Nationally,
grape production is forecast at 6.48 million tons, 15 percent below 2000.
Smaller crops are forecast in California, Michigan and New York, while
Washington expects a larger crop. Production of all grapes in California,
the leading grape producing state, is expected to total 5.90 million tons,
16 percent below last year's crop.
TOTAL
GRAPE PRODUCTION, SELECTED STATES
| State |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
|
1,000
tons |
| New
York |
205.0 |
154.0 |
131.0 |
| Arizona |
21.0 |
20.0 |
18.0 |
| California |
5,542.0 |
7,029.0 |
5,900.0 |
| Michigan |
74.9 |
87.2 |
29.0 |
| Ohio |
9.2 |
7.7 |
6.5 |
| Oregon |
17.9 |
18.6 |
23.0 |
| Pennsylvania |
88.0 |
63.0 |
55.0 |
| Washington |
265.0 |
265.0 |
295.0 |
| Other
States 1/ |
13.3 |
13.5 |
25.4 |
| United
States |
6,236.3 |
7,658.0 |
6,482.9 |
1/
Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Beginning in 2001 includes Texas and Virginia, excludes South Carolina. |
PEARS
Production
prospects in New York on August 1 were for a crop of 10.0 thousand tons,
down 31 percent from the production level in 2000. U.S. production is forecast
at 915.5 thousand tons, 5 percent less than the 2000 production.
TOTAL
PEAR PRODUCTION, SELECTED STATES
| State |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| |
Tons |
| New
York |
12,500 |
14,500 |
10,000 |
| Connecticut |
1,050 |
1,250 |
500 |
| Michigan |
5,000 |
5,200 |
4,800 |
| Pennsylvania |
4,100 |
4,600 |
4,600 |
| Pacific
Coast States, Total |
992,000 |
938,000 |
893,000 |
|
Bartlett |
587,000 |
518,000 |
473,000 |
|
Other varieties |
405,000 |
420,000 |
420,000 |
| United
States 1/ |
1,015,450 |
967,150 |
915,500 |
| 1/
Includes Colorado and Utah not shown above. |
PEACHES
New
York's 2000 peach crop is forecast at 13.0 million pounds, up 8 percent
from the 2000 total. The U.S. Freestone crop is forecast at 1.49 billion
pounds, down 3 percent from the 2000 crop.
TOTAL
PEACH PRODUCTION, SELECTED STATES
| State |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| |
Million
pounds |
1,000
48-pound equivalents |
| New
York 1/ |
14.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
292 |
250 |
271 |
| Michigan |
23.0 |
47.5 |
43.0 |
479 |
990 |
896 |
| New Jersey |
70.0 |
65.0 |
75.0 |
1,458 |
1,354 |
1,563 |
| Pennsylvania |
75.0 |
60.0 |
65.0 |
1,563 |
1,250 |
1,354 |
| United
States 2/ |
1,466.6 |
1,535.8 |
1,487.3 |
30,554 |
31,996 |
30,985 |
1/
Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.
2/
National total includes amounts for other states not listed, excludes California
Clingstones. |
APPLES
Based
on grower reports as of August 1, New York apple production is expected
to total 1.05 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the 995 million pounds
produced in 2000 but down 17 percent from 1999. Overall, New York apple
growers are predicting an average crop. Some hail damage occurred in the
Hudson Valley Memorial Day weekend and Western New York needs rain to size
the fruit, but overall the crop looks good.
TOTAL
APPLE PRODUCTION: Selected
States and United States
| Variety |
Million
pounds |
1,000
42-pound equivalents |
| 1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| New
York |
1,260.0 |
995.0 |
1,050.0 |
30,000 |
23,690 |
25,000 |
| California |
896.0 |
650.0 |
696.0 |
21,333 |
15,476 |
16,571 |
| Michigan |
1,200.0 |
850.0 |
970.0 |
28,571 |
20,238 |
23,095 |
| New
England |
264.1 |
187.3 |
169.3 |
6,288 |
4,460 |
4,031 |
| Ohio |
100.0 |
103.0 |
102.0 |
2,381 |
2,452 |
2,429 |
| Pennsylvania |
505.0 |
475.0 |
445.0 |
12,024 |
11,310 |
10,595 |
| Virginia |
360.0 |
350.0 |
340.0 |
8,571 |
8,333 |
8,095 |
| Washington |
5,000.0 |
5,900.0 |
4,900.0 |
119,048 |
140,476 |
116,667 |
| United
States |
10,630.7 |
10,648.7 |
9,615.4 |
253,112 |
253,540 |
228,938 |
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