Stephen Williams reports in The Daily Gazette that cool and wet weather this spring and in the early part of this summer may be leading to a bumper apple crop this fall. "Apples are kind of a cool weather crop, and they seem to do well in rainy conditions," Saratoga Apple owner Nate Darrow said. "The Northeast is wonderful, wonderful apple country. The conditions are really perfect for growing apples." New York ranks second in the nation in apple production with about 600 commercial growers harvesting 29.5 million bushels of apples annually. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is predicting a four percent increase in the harvest nationally this year. Read more about this story in The Daily Gazette.