The seven fruits, vegetables and tree nuts most often baked into American pies were worth $6.9 billion to U.S. growers in 2024, according to a seasonal Chart of Note from USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS).

ERS measured the value of production of the seven commodities by U.S. cash receipts, the money farmers actually received for the crop. Apples, produced abundantly in the United States both by volume and by value, were far ahead of the rest.

The U.S. apple crop exceeded $2.9 billion in 2024. Blueberries were the next most valuable, approaching $1.2 billion.

Among the other fruit pie ingredients, peaches were valued at $926 million in cash receipts and cherries at $859 million. Pecans, the one tree nut on the list, brought in $468 million.

The 2024 pear crop was valued at $301 million, while pumpkins, the fall icon and a mainstay of the holiday table, were worth $274 million.

For specialty crop growers the figures are a reminder of the scale of the domestic market for fresh fruit and nuts: two crops, apples and blueberries, account for well over half of the $6.9 billion. The chart, prepared by ERS economist Sara Scott, points readers to the ERS Fruit and Tree Nuts and Vegetables and Pulses Yearbook Tables for more data on specialty crop production.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service