Two blossoms cling to clay-splattered branches at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, yesterday. ¶ In this part of New England, spring typically begins with weeks of chilly weather that holds the blooming trees suspended under glass. ¶ That is followed by a sudden onset of days that are not merely warm but hot. The change is abrupt. The blossoms fall from the trees and boom, it's summer.
An amateur explores the pomaceous fruit