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I attached a photo with some lines.
I would try to get the tree down to fit into these lines. Those tall thin limbs will just bend down to the grond once loaded with fruit.
You will need to loook at each limb and decide where to cut. Stub cuts will cause future probems but you will need to make a few, then correct the problems down the road.
In the corner I put a branch with a red line where i would trim this branch. Notice it will shorten the limb but leave it looking natural. Try to find places on each limb that you can trim like this, where there is a nice lateral branch.
There are also red lines trying to show spots on the tree to trim. I tried to show cutting off some laterals(like those horizontal limbs near the top) then going out a foot or two and making a cut on the leader, instead of making 5 stub cuts, you only have one.
Another example on the left, there is a Y shaped branch, cut off one side of the Y, then go out a bit and make a stub cut, instead of two big stub cuts, you remove a lateral and have one smaller stub cut.
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