Lemons typically need to grow at a minimum temperature of 45 F, but that has not deterred many Pennsylvania Dutch folks from trying their hand at growing them.

Lee L. Grumbine once wrote a poem about the dengelschtock (a peening anvil used to sharpen scythes) which provides a view into the Pennsylvania Dutch grain harvest. He included the following stanza about an important element of the harvest.

I remember well my mother and grandmother descending below the roadway to pick from the dense thicket of watercress.