> We're having just the opposite effect from that blasted El Ni... Everything > in this part of California (high desert, southern California) is at least a > month behind schedule. Rest assured, everything in Northern California is also nearly 4 weeks late this year, e.g. cherries ripened end of June instead the normal last week of May to first week of June, apricots ripened mid to late July instead of the normal last week of June to first week of July... --- Brent