Have a look at these:

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/search?search=home+orchard

one of the reasons.. i gave up on home orchard dreams ... was the spray regimen ...

you usually start with a dormant spraying ... and then at least two or three others every few weeks or so ... and frankly.. i didnt want to expose myself.. or the kids to the spraying ... spraying is preventative ... and there is nothing need be done now.. for the apples you have ...

and soon enough my trees were gone ...

not to mention.. if you dont clean the dropped fruit up ... they end up rotting on the ground ... and later in fall you have gangs of drunken bees and wasps to deal with ..

finally .. ugly or not ... a paring knife and some cutting.. will give you apple sauce or pie filling ... they dont have to be pretty as store bought ... they can still be used ....

or apple juice ...

sorry i have no ID powers with apples ... but if you have any local orchards around.. you might take a couple there.. and see if they can ID ... and while you are there.. walk around and look at the trees.. and how professionals prune ... its pretty ugly.. lol ... when dont only with production as your goal ...

ken

Wow! Your apple cup overfloweth! If 1/4 of them are blemish free then that's great. Before cedar rust set in and pretty much ended my apples ambitions I used to use homemade codling moth traps made from milk cartons or water bottles containing a vinegar, banana, molasses, & water brew as bait to drown in, also bug zappers worked good at night to attract them away from the trees. I didn't care too much for the sprays other than the aforementioned dormant oil.

We used to wait for a light frost before picking out apples. It made them sweeter, even if they were red already.

I planted a Haral Red tree so long ago I can remember, maybe 40 years. We never spray or anything. My son owns the place now and they make apple sauce and can it by gallons, also freeze sliced apples to make pies during the year.

I was out there today and couldn't believe how that tree is doing, with no help whatsoever. :-)

Edit: I do have some apple scab and certain bugs, but you just cut the worst out when you process them. We do get probably 80% good apples and the others have different lower percentages of damage. (I posted all this the first time only to have my post disappear).

JP

I am not sure on your coddling moth situation in Oregon. Here in SE WI we normally get 2 generations a year. One in mid-late June and the second sometime late July-Late August.

You can spray an insecticide for prevention.

If you do not want to spray how about growing the apples in bags? Bagging apples works and has been used in Japan for years. Plastic ziplock sandwitch bags work great. Or others use cloth or paper bags made especially for apple growing. The neat thing is if you do not get all the apples bagged in time in spring then use the bagged ones for fresh use and the unbagged for sauce/pie as you may have to cut out the coddling moth damaged parts. No big deal as once made into sauce/cobbler/pie ect they will still taste good.

When are the apples ripe? IF you do not know the variety, the best way is to taste them. Also check the seeds in the core. If white, they are usually not ready. If brown or black the fruit is ready. Keep a record of when ripe so next year you know about what time to expect them to be ready. Nothing beats a taste test however to determine when they are ready.

Fruit too sour? It may not be ripe enough. Or possibly it is an older variety primarily used for cooking and not for fresh eating.

Forgot to mention.

As a boy, my folks had a 'green apple tree' (that's all we knew it as), the apples were quite sour even when ripe and stayed green. But those apples made the absolute best pies and turnovers that you ever ate. Firm and crisp seem to make the best baked treats. So maybe that's what kind of tree you have there.

Even my old Haral Red is 'tart' but edible when fully ripe. I'll eat a few right off the tree. They're best though when used for something cooked with some sugar added..

They're best though when used for something cooked with some sugar added..

==>>> my boot would be edible with enough sugar ... lol ... ken

JP Blank,

HERE is a youtube about thinning apples. Devote some time to what he is saying. In particular 2:15. He removes blemished and "stung" fruit which may contain coddling moth larvae. Also, pick up fallen fruit which is defective and get rid of it.

Slice em open over time. When the seeds are brown, they're ripe.