1.   Although September rains somewhat affected the harvest in Carneros, the Central Coast and Santa Barbara County, nearly all wine-producing regions reported a bountiful late harvest.

2.   Cotton prices surged the daily trading limit on concern a late harvest and a smaller-than-expected crop this year are leaving merchants without their expected supplies.

3.   Farmers planted fewer acres of winter wheat than expected because of poor weather and late harvests.

4.   He has finished clearing his fields, bringing home the remains of the late harvest, a burlap sack filled with corn.

5.   He must clean his beehives and prepare for a late harvest of sweet clover that tastes of the Great Plains.

6.   He tends to select reds that have a bit of sweetness, like a late harvest zinfandel or sangiovese.

7.   He must check the queens, tend the colonies and prepare for a late harvest of sweet clover honey that tastes of the Great Plains.

8.   His zinfandels, some late harvest style, were often spectacular.

9.   Late harvests last fall of grain sorghum in Kansas and Oklahoma also blocked farmers from planting winter wheat on those same acres, Allen said.

10.   Moreover, the late start means a late harvest that could stretch into mid-November, with rain and mildew again become problems.