Why is my apple tree blossoming a second time?

I planted a liberty apple tree last year, and it bloomed in the spring as expected.  Now, months later, I see that it is starting to bloom again. Why would it being doing that?

The weather here has been alternating between hot and extremely hot, so it is not like there has been a cold snap to trick it into thinking it is springtime. It did get nibbled on by deer recently, and I think those flower buds formed in area of new growth following deer damage. Is that related?

apple or crab apple? thinking maybe you are back to crab rootstock?

Some crab apples will bloom again if the blossoms frost at just the right point.  My understanding was that the frost killed the first fruit wave and the tree was basically resetting.  Will apples do the same?

I see this every now and then on some of my apple trees, too. I've assumed it was a sign of a healthy, vigorous tree that is rolling the dice to see if it can squeeze two crops into the season. And if it's an early variety they sometimes pull it off in the form of one or two small apples.

C. Letellier wrote:apple or crab apple? thinking maybe you are back to crab rootstock?

Some crab apples will bloom again if the blossoms frost at just the right point.  My understanding was that the frost killed the first fruit wave and the tree was basically resetting.  Will apples do the same?

I don't know about that in this instance. We did not have a harsh frost this spring, and the blooms seemed fine. It even started to produce an apple, which I was not expecting on such a young tree, but the deer ate it. But their damage was superficial, limited to branch tips; I don't think I am back to root stock.

Phil Stevens wrote:I see this every now and then on some of my apple trees, too. I've assumed it was a sign of a healthy, vigorous tree that is rolling the dice to see if it can squeeze two crops into the season. And if it's an early variety they sometimes pull it off in the form of one or two small apples.

Just so long as it is not a sign of the tree trying to put out seed because it is in its death throes, then I am fine with it, lol. The tree looks alright otherwise, so I'll assume the same.