I don't know if this is best practise but I always leave fruit on my tree as
I find the majority drop off in July and I am left with just a few to eat in
September.


"Mark" wrote in message
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My apple trees are 3 yrs old now, so I'm going to let them fruit. However
one of them has hundreds of small apples forming in clusters of 5, is it
best to remove them and have just one apple on each cluster, or will this
occur naturally. I don't think it's strong enough to bear this amount of
fruit.


Thanks

Mark