Bryan did trim some of it our tree.  He cut a huge part of the front of the tree.  I was going to continue to trim the smaller branches.  After each cut, the blades need to be dipped in a bleach and water solution which makes it a time consuming process.  After looking at the poor tree today, we made the decision to cut it down now.   Every branch is infected to some degree and we are not going to prolong the inevitable.  

I am upset that we will lose our tree and that we will not have any apples again this year.  There is a lady down the street that has a huge apple tree and always lets up pick her apples.  According to our expert we will be able to plant another apple tree  in the same place but not for another season.  Which will give us time to research apple trees and find a variety that has some resistance the fire blight.   Bryan is now campaigning for a peach tree, but with the randomness of our springs here we'd get peaches less than we get apples, but we'll see.