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Fear of the unknown perhaps ?
Must admit though the unfortunate label of slow worm does them no favours . "
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Are you sure the tree was not grazed by a horse for example that cause it's low crown? I know you weren't around when this could have happened. Trees only grow subject to the ground / climate etc.
The reason I am saying this is, in Somerset, merry old england which you have forsaken for that more diverst culture called francaise something .. The ordinary robinia fasc .. can grow to 80 feet tall on a blue lais base thats solid limestone, in only two feet of soil.
I did a garden years ago that had the stump 4' dia. of such a tree. Because it couldn't go down the roots spread out covering an area of 30m2 and once felled had started to sucker all over the lawn.
It was at least 80 years old a beauiful tree. I had no part in cutting it down only removing with a JCB. The object of the excerise was to replace the farm fencing and plant a new hornbeam hedge inside.
I know climate plays a most important part in all this too. The rainfall average here is about 28 inches.
I like the sound of your neighbour's long neglected orchard - reminds my of my childhood in NZ.
Hope you enjoyed it!
I cannot be certain that is wasn't grazed by horses or cows but the canopy looks perfectly rounded and there doesn't appear to be any uneven damage.
As it is vineyard there is a possibility that the farmer cultivated between the rows with a rotovator or plough (seems common practice amongst the vines near Bergerac) and the tree could be stunted in a similar what a bonsai would.
Saying that, the tree seems exactly the same growth habit as the oak tree on the common where I sued to live.
We picked loads of cherries in early summer but never got around to harvesting all the apples or plums:)