The Summer Drought - Elegy for a Broken Spade: The Prince's Florilegium - Mid-Summer, Mid-Atlantic

摘要

We managed the summer drought quite well. A Succession of frost-free nights throughout May foretold a bumper plum and apple harvest. But as June and July days became hotter and drier the plums failed to materialise and the apples — those that didn'tfall prematurely — remained small. Only in the second half of August, with the arrival of a few prolonged showers and cooler days, did the remainers begin to swell.