Weak apple crop? (US - upstate NY)

[scott.campion]

I'm in Delaware County NY, and in my area, there are very few trees with apples on them. A few people with proper orchards have some, but basically zero wild or sem-wild trees have any fruit. Curious if others in the North East are experiencing the same?

 

[chadtr5]

I'm in Delaware County NY, and in my area, there are very few trees with apples on them. A few people with proper orchards have some, but basically zero wild or sem-wild trees have any fruit. Curious if others in the North East are experiencing the same?

To keep the seed spreading animals guessing (bears, deer, etc.), wild apple trees adapted a biennial tendency and will have a heavy crop every other year. In southeast PA, I’m also seeing low crop yields in the wild apple trees here. Last year was heavy. I believe this is what you are observing.

 

[madscientist451]

I have a hobby orchard with about 30 trees ( PA zone 6B) and also about a dozen old trees that came with the property, very few apples here, but we were hit pretty hard by the cicadas last year and I think we had a late frost.....
But the USDA isn't predicting any apple crop problems:
https://www.agronometrics.com/stories/usda-predicts-bigger-u-s-apple-crop-for-2022/