Nice!
I love apple too, especially for poultry. We have friends who visit the orchard to pick apples in fall every year. They ask me if I want any apples, and I say, "What I'd really like is some tree limbs!" The orchards usually have some trimmings, and are happy to share them (if a bit perplexed at the request).
Here's the heartbreak, though: their normal practice is to just burn the stuff... can you imagine all of that lovely smoke going to waste?