When I read this, I think of how proud God can be of his children.
This passage out of context sounds very attractive to those who are looking for a manual or steps to get God to do something they want or need.
Someone once gave me this Bible passage as a reference to tell me that I would be thrown into the fire for not abiding in Jesus.
Some people have a good sprinkler system, which is very practical, especially in this hot weather.
According to this analogy, Jesus is the vine, and we are branches of that vine, therefore the fruit is a product of the connection of the branch, so the branch by itself will only dry up and will not produce something that it has no connection to.