19 August is the
day when, according to popular superstitions, the onset of autumn begins.
Additionally, on Apple Savior (Yablochny Spas), Orthodox believers have the
fruits of the new harvest blessed in churches. For this occasion, we flipped through
BelTA’s archive and found apple harvest black-and-white photos.
‘Gifts of golden autumn’, 18 September 1961
Apple harvesting on a collective farm in Kobrin District, 1 September 1968 
Autumn chores in the kindergarten of a collective farm in Korelichi
District, 17 September 1975 
Senior pupils of the Myshkovichi secondary school picking apples in a
collective farm orchard, 23 September 1981
Komarovka marketplace, Minsk,
14 September 1988 
State farm in Lida District, 14 September 1988 
Excellent harvest in Mozyr
District, 9 August 2000 
Apple picker Natalia
Rybachuk, 14 September 2000
