I have a couple of apple trees on my property mixed in with the crab apples and the hardwoods. Due to the density of the surrounding trees the apple trees have grown taller reaching for the light and when the branchs due bear fruit they bend down from the weight. I know I need to clear out the surrounding trees to give them more light but I also want to prune the trees to get them to produce better fruit on fuller shorter branchs. So my question is when is the best time to prune the trees? Thanks, Dave.