After Lammas corn ripens as much by night as by day.
Meaning: Grain's final ripening accelerates exponentially once the critical August threshold passes, requiring no further daylight to reach maturity.
Origin: From 'A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases' (1870). Public domain.
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