The autumn. English examples, 1545, 1599, &c., N.E.D. American examples are innumerable.

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1784.  [This] place he would wish to rent as early this fall as he could.—Advt., Maryland Journal, Aug. 3.

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1786.  [He] recommends roasting of wheat in the fall and spring, to prevent injury from the Hessian Fly.—Virginia Gazette, Oct. 18.

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1796.  Advertisement of “Dry Goods, imported in the latest Fall Vessels.”—The Aurora, Phila., Jan. 2.

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1800.  Fall approaches, and we have another trial to go through, viz. the Fever and Ague.—Id., July 24.

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1804.  “A large consignment of Fall and Winter Goods” to be sold.—Salem Register, Sept. 12.

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1817.  The practice of fall ploughing is becoming pretty general in Pennsylvania.—Mass. Spy, Oct. 15.

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1823.  He took me to see his fall stock, consisting of … about twenty noble beeves, &c.—Id., Dec. 3.

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1854.  

          Another change subdues them in the Fall,
But saddens not; they still show merrier tints,
  Though sober russet seems to cover all.
Lowell, ‘Indian Summer Reverie.’    

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