If one apple is good, two must be better

Each fall for over 30 years I head for my favorite apple picking stomping grounds. "Less and Less" apple orchard is my destination. I pick sweet juicy apples at a real cost savings.
The dwarf trees of today are much smaller than when I first started my apple picking junket. I recall in the old days climbing a long extension ladder to pick Cropland apples high above the ground. I was swinging and swaying along with the apples. Those were the days before I became Corporate Safety and Security Director at Commercial Intertech, Inc. in 1975.
Today I wouldn't touch such a ladder with a ten foot pole.
The higher the better
I met a worker there this year named Jack Plunkett and mentioned that a recent article in The Vindicator about apple picking stated that sweetest apples were at the top of the tree. Neither of us had ever heard that theory before. Jack ventured forth this explanation, "Maybe they are sweeter because they are closer to heaven."
I climbed a four foot step ladder that had a warning sign on the top step, "Danger -- Do Not Stand On Top Step."
It seemed that many of the sun kissed Jonagold and Yellow Delicious apples were at the end of the branches, just out of reach. At this time, Jack's comment came to mind. If I am not careful, I may hit the ground and end up in heaven. And my all time favorite safety slogan came to mind. "Be safe - not sorry."
I have eaten an apple a day for many years, even when they are out of season and costly. I believe in the adage, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Lately, I have been on a two apple a day regimen. My slogan now is "Two apples a day keep two doctors away."
Michael J. Lacivita, a Youngstown retiree, is an inductee in the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame and the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame.