Applewood smoked bacon is delicious. Just need a smokehouse and some bacon ... you have the wood already.

Haha, i guess that pretty much confirms what i thought.. Poor hubby.

Well wait and see what the gray hairs on the site say ... I was really just trying to be funny ... but yeah, I think its a lost cause. If it had sentimental value you could graft scions onto a rootstock or top work another apple tree in the yard if that exists ... but since it is all new to you ... yeah I say bacon.

Oh, your poor tree! Do you know what kind of Apples it has? I have a Wolf River tree that grew similar to that( due to neglect) but not as bad and the apples are fantastic.

If you don't like the apples get rid of..if you like it then graft a new tree or two with scion from this tree...then get rid of the old one.

Goodness im not entirely sure, i think the other tree is the same kind, the third tree is already blooming and i dont even know what that is. Or where its getting pollinated from. Ill ask my dad i remember him commenting on the variety of the old trees saying he had them when he was a kid. I had tasted it, crisp and juicy. Redish pink but not a soild color. We moved so late in the season that most of the apples had maggots or worms in them so we didn't get to enjoy very long. But they were tasty and my Kiddo's thought they were nice.

You seem to have plenty of space so personally I'd watch it for a season and see what it does. However, speaking as a nature lover I'd put in a word for the wildlife value of old fruit trees, even if you don't get much fruit. Even those mosses and lichens will be supporting a wealth of invertebrate life which in turn supports birds.

Ah that speaks to me i love my flickers and chickadees.. Also hummers, im happy to share, heavens knows the local bears are certainly helping themselves to my feeders too.

Wow, that would be amazing, i have no idea how to graft! It be something interesting to learn.

Untended fruit trees can be sources of pests and diseases for others growing nearby.

Wounds on main trunk and secondary set of branches, broken down appearance of these latter makes it look like the tree has been run over by a vehicle - maybe it has been hurt by the attentions of bears or deer. Otherwise when apple trees not of standard size fall over it can be due to them having dwarfed - as in dwarfing root-stocks - roots that are not strong enough to hold the top up, without additional support.

If you are out in the foothills rain belt suitable variety selection will probably be even more important than here closer to the water, where it is less rainy. If this tree is not a locally adapted cultivar there is not much point in continuing with it, just for that reason alone.

Recommended Fruit Trees for the Puget Sound

http://nwfruit.org/recommended-fruit-trees/

I would classify myself in the rain belt, before we get a break its said to rain for two weeks straight. Thurston county loves rain, hail, snow.. Loads of moisture. So far unsuccessful in finding out the cultivator.

Really....too wet to work your soil with cultivator? Looks like you're really wet with all that moss around...hard to grow stuff, especially stone fruit, I'd look around first and see what others grow.

I read that to mean cultivar. Ie kaesgarden doesn't know what kind of apple it is. Or have I completely missed the joke?

No you had it right ... it's cultivar and its a mystery apple ... unfortunately there is very little humor on this forum.