Unhappy harvest
I did not expect to be picking apples first thing this morning but...
During the night, my lovely hybrid apple tree "broke". One of the branches, very heavy with fruit, split right off the tree. I am quite sad as it a beautiful and unusual tree. It contains branches from four different varieties a apple and so produces both yellow and red apples. I planted it originally as a joke for Michael as the symbol of his knight's household is a tree with golden fruit on one side and red on the other. Sure, most people don't choose plants based on heraldry, but how could I resist?! The branch that fell victim to its own apple producing success is the Macintosh side, so I am left with mostly golden apples now. I wonder if I can fix it somehow? The carpenter in me just wants to screw it back together, but I suspect living wood should be treated with more respect than dead wood. As the tree is in my care, I will have to see what can be done for it. Poor thing!