Apples

There is a science behind determining the harvest of our Washington State apples. Apple harvest is between August to early November with Red Delicious falling in the middle to later part of the harvest window. On average there are 143 days between full bloom and the first harvest. Additional seasonal adjustments are made to predict harvest […]

U.S. total, Washington is estimated at 168 million, up 10.7 percent from 2015. Of that, 135 million will be fresh and 33 million will be processed. The Washington industry focuses on the fresh crop number while other states talk total numbers of fresh and processed. Washington is finishing sales of a 115-million-box 2015 fresh crop. […]