On 26/08/2014 21:35, Vir Campestris wrote:
We've had the one on pruning a young one. I've got one that's perhaps
25ft tall (which is making picking ... interesting... ) and also has a
nice woodpecker hole in the trunk.

Just prune out any badly damaged or crossing branches during the winter
season and see how it reponds. It is a bit late for summer pruning now.

Is there any chance of me getting it back to something sensible so I can
get fruit (which are BTW quite nice) or should I just give up and stew
windfalls?
..
Get one of the extensible pole apple pickers that's how I get mine off
the higher branches. Is it a cooking, cider or dessert apple?

Regards,
Martin Brown

On 27/08/2014 12:11, Martin Brown wrote:

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Get one of the extensible pole apple pickers that's how I get mine off
the higher branches. Is it a cooking, cider or dessert apple?


Dessert.

Buying a picker for one aged tree might not be a very good use of funds.
I might make one though, they aren't complicated.

fx looks online Oh, a tenner for one that reaches to 2.4 metres. Hang
on, I can reach that far without!

Andy

On 27/08/2014 12:36, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 27/08/2014 12:11, Martin Brown wrote:

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Get one of the extensible pole apple pickers that's how I get mine off
the higher branches. Is it a cooking, cider or dessert apple?


Dessert.

Buying a picker for one aged tree might not be a very good use of funds.
I might make one though, they aren't complicated.

fx looks online Oh, a tenner for one that reaches to 2.4 metres. Hang
on, I can reach that far without!

Andy

But that is 2,4 meters beyond your reach.