THE RESILIENCE OF TREES (3)

My resilient apple tree has finally produced fruit! The only problem is that the apples are on the higher branches, too high for me to pick them without a ladder. For some reason, the lower branches (which, being closer to the root system, should in my non-scientific view be better able to suck up nutrients from the ground) have no apples on them whatsoever.

So, mixed feelings. Who ever said that life should be easy?

Walter Blotscher