Bare root Candy Crisp apple

Hello and welcome.

The initial goal of most orchardist is to get the tree established with good form that will suit future fruiting. I believe most people will recommend you remove. I also read claims on this forum that the initial fruiting quality may be subpar, so the tree may not give great fruit until it is fully established.

Here’s another related thread
https://growingfruit.org/t/removing-fruit-from-young-trees/

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