Branches weighed down by mini fruit

Because we have had very little rain, and the fruit trees in the orchard don't get any extra water, we have had a strange crop this year. Last year the mirabelle did nothing - no blassom and so no fruit. This year it was covered in blossom and is now covered in (still unripe) fruit. There are so many mirabelles that they are managing to bend teh branches of the tree over, making a pretty arch over the path through the orchard.

The apple tree next to the shed is the only one with any number of apples - and it is covered. The apples look great, but non are bigger than a tangerine. Perhaps all the flavour will compressed into the smaller volume! Again the weight of the fruit is really bending the branches. They have hit the floor and are lying on the roof of the shed.