Apple Crop Forecasted to be Down from Last Year

The 2017 apple crop is forecasted to drop 1.2 percent from last year in the projections released by the Washington State Tree Fruit Association yesterday.

The crop is expected to be about 130.9 million 40-pound boxes.

Jon DeVaney, WSTFA President, says , “Harvest is starting a few weeks later than last year, and growers anticipate a crop of good quality fruit.”

Red Delicious remains the most numerous variety with a projected 24 percent of production, Gala is close behind at 22.5 percent, followed by Fuji at 14 percent and Granny Smith at 13 percent of total production.

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