How Many Apple Trees does it take to be an Apple Farm?

Long before we moved to Prince Edward Island we began looking at properties to buy online.  One of the properties that caught our eye was an old farm house that contained 'some apple trees'.  We talked a lot about that farm and dreamt of owning an apple orchard.  We even went to an apple orchard in British Columbia to see what we could learn about apples.

Riding the tour wagon through the apple orchard

When we arrived in PEI we immediately set out to look at the 'Apple House', as we had dubbed it.  To our dismay we realized that this really was an apple farm.  There were probably 500 trees on that property.  I might dream a lot but I do have some limits.  The Apple House was not to be.  Or was it?

Jody has now counted approximately 26 apple trees on our property.  He has weeded the undergrowth out by hand, mown the grass, picked up fallen apples from the ground and most recently has begun thinning the apples on the trees themselves.

Although I haven't participated too much thus far I can see this is starting to look like a lot of trees and a lot of work.  Which leads me to wonder, where is the line between orchard and apple farm?  Is there a difference?  Is it dependant on the number of trees or what you produce?  These trees, despite their age are producing heavily.  Perhaps it's what you do with the apples.  Apple crisp, apple chips, apple cider, baked apples.....  If you have recipes I would appreciate them.  I can see September will be a busy month.  In the meantime I'm content to watch while Jody climbs up the ladder in the late evening sun and exclaims over the joy of finding a perfectly shaped apple.