Rajka is a modern disease-resistant apple variety. It is very productive on the M9 dwarfing rootstock, but M9 can induce brittleness in the wood, and the result in this case is two main branches snapped under the weight of apples.
"Surely the important thing is that you are continuing to grow some of your own food, and still having complete control over how it is produced. Also there is a difference between a one-off application of Round-up at the end of the season, compared…"