Well that all revolves around how you define "apart from Him" doesn't it?
I dare say the interpretation under consideration here puts itself at odds with the parable of the talents.
I believe both are true, but that the notion of proclaiming something is or is not done "in Christ" is as misunderstood as the notion the Scriptures teach a geocentric universe, or that the parable of the leaven teaches a universal evangelization.
As for good fruit, what kind do you want?