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From today’s cycling expedition through the hills of apple country, there is evidence that prospects seem good for a bountiful crop next fall. If a late snowstorm in the Cascade Mountains melts enough water into the high reservoirs that provide irrigation for the orchards in the valleys below, growers—and those of us who love Honey Crisps, Fujis, McIntoshes, Pink Ladies and Winesaps (to name a handful of hundreds of varieties)— should be happy come September.
If you prefer undelayed gratification, listen to Ruby Braff, cornet, with Dick Hyman at the mighty Wurlitzer, from their modern classic, America The Beautiful.