In the latest fresh apple holdings report, Chris Gerlach, vice president of insights and analytics for the U.S. Apple Association, said apple fresh holdings totaled 52.3 million 42-pound bushels, which is down 2% from last year, but still 19% higher than the five-year average.
Processing apple holdings totaled 20.1 million, which is 12% less than inventories from last May and 9% less than the five-year average for the association’s May report.
Washington state leads apple holdings of fresh and processed with 61,475,238 42-pound bushels in holdings, which is down from the 2023-24 season of 62,272,38. It’s still higher than the five-year average of 51,782,151. New York follows with 5,471,240 42-pound bushels in holdings, which is less than the 2023-24 season of 5,786,262 but higher than the five-year average of 4,348,970. Michigan has 2,223,000 42-pound bushels in holding, which is less than the 2023-24 season of 3,669,000 and less than the five-year average for holdings of 2,344,200.
Of the notable varieties in holdings, gala takes the top spot with 10,363,435 42-pound bushels, followed by red delicious with 10,434,547, then granny smith with 8,562,985, Cosmic Crisp with 8,230,476, Pink Lady/cripps pink with 7,340,180, fuji with 6,270,395 and Honeycrisp with 5,652,231.
