Pruning a crab apple

[Peeps]

I finished pruning my fruit trees but wanted to get some opinions on a couple crab apples. I have a couple winter wildlife crabs that I planted 3 springs ago and they are all similar size to this one. I did a lot of pruning before I took this pic. Should I trim more or leave it as is? I know some don’t do hardly any pruning with their crabs.

 

[H20fwler]

The tree looks like it is doing great, it doesn't look like it needs much. I treat my crabs like regular apple trees and prune anything growing in or crossing....keeping light and air into the middle.

 

[chickenlittle]

I'd remove the branches below the top of the cage. Leave one as the central leader.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^^^^ Agree. I'd leave the shoot closest to the camera as the leader. It seems to be thicker and has good crotch angles on the branches further up.