What to do - apple tree on allotment.

[veg&kids]

On my new allotment I have an apple tree, I don't know anything about fruit tree's so was hoping for some advice. I don't know if/when it needs pruning or left to it's own devices, or when it was last tended to.

There are apples on it, I have read that they may need to be thinned? There are a lot all quite close together. I don't know what type it is, they are green apples though...

This is not the best picture I will get a clearer one next time. Any advice would be great

[Mikey]

First and foremost I'd rejoice!!, you have a fruiting apple tree. Ask your immediate plotholders if they know whether it is a dessert apple or a cooking apple. Plan whatever else you intend to grow around its position. It won't need pruning until it is dormant during the winter. So wait and see what you get this year. Bonus bounty.

[veggiechicken]

You may not need to thin any apples as they may not have been through "June Drop" yet. I still have some on mine that are about to be shed. All little apples will be green at this stage - they ripen to red/yellow/green
As Mikey says, don't worry about pruning at the moment - in fact do nothing except look forward to eating the apples

[FB.]

I would do nothing to the tree, but when the tree is leafless in winter post-up some more pictures taken from about half as far away as the one you've shown.
Then we'll see whether the tree needs any attention, but from what I can see I think it won't need much, if any (although perfectionists can always find ways to make a tree a little better).

[FB.]

Oh - and take a picture of the fruit every fortnight from when they reach golf-ball size - then we might be able to put a name to it, which may help with managing the tree (such as the special pruning needs of tip-bearers), or whether you'll need to be vigilant for pest or disease problems which affect certain varieties more than others.

[orangepippin]

Leave the tree alone ... but clear the grass and weeds from around it :-)

[veg&kids]

Thanks everyone that's great advice. I cleared all the brambles out that were entwined in it on Sunday so for now I'll leave it be & take some close ups of the fruit.