Two for June

SO FAR FROM THE HARVEST ( GoldRush (L) and Empire ) ¶ The late spring used to be enlivened by imports of (relatively) fresh apples from Chile, New Zealand, and other points south . ¶ Today these apples are swept away on the ebb tides of global commerce. (Tariffs? Hormuz Strait?) Things are a little bleak. ¶ This year I've found myself gravitating to the last of my GoldRush from the fall, and,…