Apparently it is a rubbish year for fruit thanks to the early summer deluge. But we had loads of plums, just very early. The tree was dripping at the start of August but had all withered away by the end of August. We have one solitary apple but next door's pear tree is heaving. We are in London, MIL who leaves in Worcestershire has had very few apples or plums this year but had a bumper crop last year.