My apples are dropping off even before the harvest season. I started from a small graft 5 years ago and my tree is about 5 ft. tall ( it is a dwarf kind). There was a lotof fruit last year but was quite dry and not tasty. THis year, we had just 2-3 fruit per tree ( I have 2). And the flesh of the apple is layered pink and whit eand it tastes dry and tart. What should I do? I am not sur eif it is getting enough water either through my sprinklers. I always see the area next to the roots dry. But the leaves look really healthy. Help before I dig my trees out...I waited too long for really bad fruit. 
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Saka: you can learn grafting from the internet, or by attending the grafting classes put on by the Home Orchard Society.
I'd wait for the summer (unless you can get scion wood and someone to graft it for you), and then attend the budding workshop in August. You can probably pick up some wood from the HOS arboretum, and bud new varieties onto your existing tree right after the class.
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