So it was agreedwithoutfurtherargument that the milkandthe windfallapples (and also themaincropof apples when they ripened) should bereserved forthe pigsalone.
When the first crop of John's beloved hillside vineyard ripened in 1978, they couldn't find a picking crew and the grapes hung for three or four days beyond what they judged to be optimal ripeness a delay that would eventually prove to be a blessing, though they didn't know it at the time.