(AP) — In this Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, photo, Chris Sprague checks on Macintosh apples growing at the Rocky Ridge Orchard, in Bowdoin, Maine.
"It's a bumper crop this year," said Sprague. New England's apple crop is expected to be just below its five-year average for 2013, but much better than the 2012 season, challenged by late frost and hail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)