Either a poor vintage or a very small crop would help.

The 1961 vintage was made from just such a small crop.

We will have a small crop of sisal but not much more.

"Clearly it's going to be a smaller crop than last year and demand is very strong."

It was the smallest crop since the service began keeping records in 1916.

It can be used to grow further smaller crops of mushrooms before final use on the garden.

The higher price being paid for environmentally sound produce also means that, despite the smaller crop, his income will stay much the same.

Due to the relatively small crop of categories, no show received more than two major awards.

The ground continued to slope upward, and after a time small crops of rock began to appear.

True, these were both relatively small crops, a factor that might justify increases in better times.