Some of my older trees, more than 25 years old, are too big to keep up with a spraying program and the quantity of fruit is tooooo much. I am going to cut two more of the older apple trees down and maybe replace with scab resistant varieties. I am like you, no more fruit trees, we have 14 trees, apples, plums, pears, prune and a 1 year old fig.
I was told I did not thin enough, that is something I am going to work on next year, as soon as the blooms come on, I will be out there to trim, trim, trim. You can thin fruit for about 6 weeks after the bloom, then it is useless to do, it does not help make the staying fruit bigger after the 6 week window. The goal with pears and apples, don’t have to thin plums, is to have one fruit every 4 to 6 inches, no more than that, it cuts down on pests also.
Thanks for the tips! Our trees are between 3 and 5 years old, so not a whole lot of fruit on the apples, yet.
No fruit yet on the plum, cherry, peach & pear trees.
Nice Raspberry picking these days! :)