California Pear Update – June 23, 2025
The California Pear Advisory Board has estimated the California Bartlett pack to be approximately 30% higher than last year’s short crop. The Sacramento River district as well as Mendocino and Lake Counties are all projected to have full crops. Bosc projections also indicate good crops in all districts with industry estimates projecting a 10% increase over the 2024 harvest. Fruit size and quality are expected to be excellent in all districts. Scully Packing Company accounts for approximately 40% of California’s Bartlett pack. In addition to our company-farmed orchards, we handle the crops of approximately 20 of California’s finest pear growers.
Scully Packing is committed to continuing its tradition of providing the finest quality pack of fresh California Pears to the trade.
Projected Initial Harvest Dates:
| Bartletts: | July 11-14thth | |
| Mountain Bartletts: | August 1st | |
| Organic Bartletts: | July 21st | |
| Red Pears: | July 25th | |
| Golden Bosc: | July 25th | |
| Organic Golden Bosc: | July 31st | |
| Seckel: | September 1st | |
| French Butter: | September 1st |
| Pack Style | Ti / Hi | Pallet Quantity | Est. Gross Pallet Wt (lbs) |
| 40# Wrap | 7 x 7 | 49 | 2200 |
| 36# Tight-Fill | 8 x 7 | 56 | 2250 |
| 2 Layer Euro | 5 x 12 | 60 | 1750 |
| 20# ½ Carton | 7 x 12 | 84 | 1850 |
| 12/2# Bags | 5 x 12 | 60 | 1600 |
Scully Packing operates two shipping locations, our main facility in Lake County, and our convenient central location in Exeter (southeast of Fresno, in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural center) for easy consolidation with other summer and fall commodities.
| Finley Shipping 3275 Stone Drive Finley, CA 95435 Phone: (707) 263-8500 Hours: M-F 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sat 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM Closed Sunday |
Exeter Shipping 321 Third Street Exeter, CA 93221 Phone: (559) 594-5307 Hours: M-F 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM Sat 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Closed Sunday |
For more information on the upcoming California Pear season and Scully Packing please don’t hesitate to call. All sales inquiries will be handled out of our Finley office.
Rod Rosales, Suzie Alvarez, Hanna Scully