MATTPF You must be kidding to say my weather is warm. If my weather is warm why all the flowers on my 6 apricot trees froze and fell down. My dream is to taste just one apricot from my trees but the weather would not allow me. I was so frustrated and crazy I went out and spent 300.00 buying tree tarps and XMAS lights to be used next year freeze time. I did that to prevent myself of giving up hope for apricot

monibucky I don't know if they make a fruit picking pole, but what I use is a swimming pool telescoping skimmer pole. I tape a milk jug to the end of it. I cut the top of the jug and make a vie cut to catch the stem. Then when the fruit is in the jug with the stem in the vie you can use the pole to pick it and the fruit falls into the jug. You can just keep on going till the jug is full or your arm gets tired. If the plastic isn't strong enough you can use a vegetable can and do the same thing. I pick all my best apples this way at the top of the tree. I hope this helps some of you out.

Is this a bonsai specimen? Is it in the typical granite grit bonsai medium? I see a wire wrapped at the bottom.....are you experienced in plant wiring? How long has the plant been in the container? Are you familiar with how to water a plant growing in the type of mix?

Glad you took the advice to repost here :-) Fruit trees are NOT pruned in the same manner as ornamental trees are and pruning/training should begin while they are still quite young, ideally beginning at planting time, if they haven't been pruned previously by the grower. You do not need to take it down to 'knee level' but you do want to open the interior.....that's how the vase shape is developed. And remove all those lower twiggy stubs coming off the trunk, generally anything within 18" of the ground. It may seem counterproductive but it is not :-) Developing the proper form and growth habit for your tree is of far more importance than the early harvesting of fruit or maintaining a tree at a height that is currently not providing it much benefit. This is approximately what your tree should look like after pruning (far left diagram):