For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.

[…]to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four[…]

But Mom describes my life that year pretty accurately when she says that I had become a “swoose”- that is to say, not a swan and not a goose.

It is regarded simply as Carlylism to say that the English-speaking world is growing worse from day to day. And it is Carlylism to opine that the general grand result of increased intelligence is a tendency to deterioration.