Hi, new to the forum and looking for some advice wrt my two apple trees. We just moved and on our yard are two very overgrown/ poorly kept apple trees. One has very much out competed the other. There is still a lot of clean up to do on both trees and I'm still learning about appropriate care. The big concern I have is in the pictures attached. The smaller tree which is being out competed has a few large wounds. I took off some dead branches that haven't seen much sunlight and there seems to be some healthy tree still there. I'm trying to determine if the smaller tree can be saved. If yes, then I'll take some more drastic action towards the bigger tree that is over growing it. If not, the smaller one will come out and we will be sad.
We are striking out with local arborists consultations (understandable with the covid) but would like to get a better idea of what we are dealing with.
Would greatly appreciate any advice.
Best,
Angus
