Prune

It's not really. It's an apple, still hanging from the tree but looking unattractive to the hungry browser. It's brothers and sisters are still sound though and are attracting the attentions of the tui and bellbirds who, like the finches, are taking advantage of a food forest that hasn't been strip-harvested. This fungaly fruit isn't going to tempt them though. The tree it's dangling from is due to be pruned at soil-level soon. It grew from a seed and hasn't excelled, aside from the hang-on-through-the-winter-ability of it's fruit.