They are about 5-6 years old. DH won them from the home show that goes on every March at the university. We started getting decent apples about 3 years in so be patient. You should be seeing more apples every year. One thing we should have done when the apples first started to appear is spray them. They get rust like spots on the skin, doesn't affect the apples according to the gentleman that sprays them.They just look funky It should clear up next year. It's just a matter of maintenance. When we got them we did our best from what DH found out on line.