May 12, 2005
May Apple Holdings Up 46 Percent Over 2004

Total U.S. holdings of fresh and processing apples on May 1 were 50.1 million bushels – 46 percent more than holdings on May 1, 2004, and 23 percent more than the five-year average, according to the latest U.S. Apple Association survey of apple storage facilities.

Holdings of fresh-market and processing apples in controlled-atmosphere storage on May 1 were 46.7 million bushels, a 46 percent increase compared to May 1, 2004, and 21 percent more than the five-year average for that date. Total processing apple holdings as of May 1 were 16.5 million bushels, a 33 percent increase from May 1, 2004, and 21 percent more than the five-year average for processing holdings for that date.

Total fresh-market apple holdings of 33.6 million bushels on May 1 were 54 percent more than at the same time last year, and 24 percent more than the five-year average.

On a regional basis, fresh holdings in the Northeast were 11 percent lower than holdings on May 1, 2004, but 10 percent higher than the five-year average for that date.

Southeast May 1 fresh holdings were 45 percent less than on May 1, 2004, and 57 percent less than the five-year average for that date.

In the Midwest, May 1 fresh holdings were down 6 percent as compared to holdings on May 1, 2004, and 15 percent less than the five-year average.

Southwest fresh-market apples in storage totaled 27,000 bushels on May 1 while supplies were sold out on May 1 last year. These holding are 50 percent lower than the five-year average.

Northwest May 1 fresh holdings were 67 percent more than on May 1, 2004, and 27 percent more than the five-year average for that date.

Fresh CA holdings as of May 1 were up 50 percent compared to May 1, 2004, and 21 percent more than the five-year average for holdings on that date.

On a varietal basis, May 1 fresh Red Delicious holdings were 15.1million bushels, a 53 percent increase from 2004, and 1 percent more than the five-year average.

Fresh Golden Delicious holdings of 5.8 million bushels increased 79 percent as compared to last year’s holdings and were up 27 percent as compared to the five-year average.

May 1 fresh Granny Smith holdings of 3.9 million bushels increased 33 percent from holdings on May 1, 2004, and were 57 percent more than the five-year average.

McIntosh holdings on May 1 were 619,000 bushels, up 11 percent from holdings on May 1, 2004, and up 48 percent from the five-year average.

Fresh Fuji holdings of 3.8 million bushels on May 1 increased 111 percent as compared to last year’s holdings on that date and were up 92 percent as compared to the five-year average.

Fresh Gala holdings were 1.1 million bushels, a 27 percent increase from May 1, 2004, levels, and a 153 percent increase from the five-year average.

Fresh Empire holdings were 522,000 bushels, 38 percent lower than 2004, and 21 percent less than the five-year average.


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