Apple orchard
The �green' pruning of the secondary branches has just been undertaken, to allow more light to reach the fruit. The cut branches are still lying on the ground.
Around Saint-Andiol, Boûches-du-Rhône, France, late October.
"We sell our fruit harvest direct to the transporters, without the cooperative. It means more work, but it is better paid."
Edouard and Stéphane Drôme, arboriculturists, La Capelle-Masmolène, Gard, France
in " Planting patterns ", p. 113