Adam's Apples

Making the scene at the Arlington, Massachusetts, farmers market yesterday.  ¶  Those are Macouns lurking in the back, but this is the week for the Chestnut Crab .  ¶  It's about a week too early for marvelous Macoun. And those Chestnuts are really good.

The trees' seasonal dance approaches its climax in Harvard, Massachusetts, yesterday.  ¶  It's still officially summer, by popular reckoning, but the trees know different .

Welcome September, and the Mac is ready to eat! if not perhaps at his absolute peak.  ¶  This iconic fall apple has been for sale since mid August, but there are some things you just cannot hurry.

Officially, summer lasts well into September here in the Northern Hemisphere.  ¶  Astronomical fall does not begin until the fall equinox , which is on September 22 this year.  ¶  But by September 22, for apples at least, autumn is well underway.  ¶  There will have been local apples for a good two months, and icons such as McIntosh and Macoun will be peaking.