Fire Blight

Maybe I am looking in the wrong place.

My apple trees have fire blight. I inherited the trees from the property's previous owner and the trees were really neglected. My question is, how do you know when the tree can't be saved and its better to chop it down? (Also, my cedars have Cedar Apple Rust, could I be mistaking that on my apple trees as fire blight and maybe it isn't as bad as I think?)

When I get home I will post some images of what I am talking about.

it might be both! cedar apple rust generally doesn’t leave whole dead ‘scorched’-looking branches or twigs like fire blight does.

the when to cut your losses and get a different tree (maybe a different species?) question has a couple factors. the biggest one is how infected is it? the general control measure is to cut off fireblight-infected branches ~16 inches from infected parts (generally visible as dark/grey/black wood). if doing so wouldn’t leave you with much tree, and you already know it’s susceptible to fireblight, it’s probably reasonable to try something else there. if it’s only little bits that can be controlled with a little bit of maintenance, maybe not?

by all means, post pics!

Yeah,
That's what I thought. Its mostly all of the tree for three trees and the really old one has probably half infected. I just hate it. Thanks for the fast answer!!!