homer is walking with wally and candy. the orchards are beautiful. high up in a tall tree on a couple of ladders, mr. rose and homer are picking side by side. mr. rose is picking with high-speed perfection, but homer is slower and fumbling--he drops an occasional apple to the ground. homer is picking apples in a big tree; rose rose is on a ladder in the tree right beside him. she's picking about twice as fast as he is, and he keeps dropping his apples. in another tree, muddy is watching. vernon and homer are working under an apple tree; they are poisoning mice. the pickers on their ladders, all picking. homer is now a good picker; he looks over at rose rose. she is slumped against the ladder, not picking, completely ignoring an argument beneath them in the aisle between the trees.