"Autumn arrives, array'd in splendid mein;
Vines, cluster'd full, add to the beauteous scene,
And fruit-trees cloth'd profusely laden, nod,
Compliant bowing to the fertile sod."
. . . . . Farmer's Almanac, 1818
The harvest moon was once used for...harvesting! People living without electric light over one hundred years ago had much sharper vision in the dark because they were more used to low light. When harvest time came, they would work under full moonlight to help get the harvest in more quickly.
