Greater Akron is once again considered to be in a drought. Aside from a couple bouts of heavy rain, the rain barrels in northern Ohio have been pretty parched this summer. And the dry trend continues as the National Weather Service says it will be Monday before the best chance of rain is back in the forecast.

But amid an ongoing drought, some of the apples are shriveling on the tree. “This one had so much fruit, the branches were on the ground last year,” Maish said, pointing to one of the trees. “Now there’s nothing — it’s kind of sad.