I bought a home last year with a nice apple tree that is maybe 20" high. In 2004, it had tons of apples but they were green and VERY tart. Not any good for anything but baking. It also made a real mess of the lawn and I was smelling rotten apples half the winter. This year (2005) only a couple of apples. The prior owner told me it only had apples every other year.
I'm trying to plan for 2006. I would love to keep his tree, but since the apples are worthless and make a mess, I would like to find some way to STOP the tree from setting fruit in 2006. My only other choice would be to cut it down.
Can anyone tell me a way to stop it from setting fruit? I would rather do that than cut it down. I live in Vancouver, Wa down by Portland Oregon