So I was reading the link, what Apple trees do you all like, I have some. It's a yellow and red apple. Very sweet tasting. Any ideas what they are? The old owner planted them 25 years ago so I'm not sure what they are.
Take some pics of the apple, the leaves, and the young wood color. Disease issues, bloom times, and rip dates can help ID it too. Is it striped, or has a red blush. Some apples change color from the south portion being warmed up more. Red and yellow striped might be gala.
Think sandbur is up your way. His liking are for deer, but lean towards the hunter eating them too. liberty, enterprise, and sundance are disease resistant and good for october / early november range. They go down to zone 4. IF you're zone 3, kerr, redfield, sweet 16, are good choices. I am new to planting apples. MY camp in the adirondacks gets lake effects and polar vortexes every few years too. I'm about 40 miles or so from saint lawrence nursery. My trees are on antonovka rootstock, like saint lawrence sells. I have kerr, droptine, 30-06, and crossbow up there. 100% survival last winter. Had a -38 deg F cold snap one night. Adding redfield, ides of march, and signal fire next year. Getting pretty sick of my club's BS, so may not see these guys get mature. Thats another thread though. Ides of march and signal fire are varieties guys on here have found along the road locally.
Saint lawrence had elizaa's crab, all winter hangover, and winter wildlife as their star candidates. There's another one folks here like too. Ordered 25 rootstoks and coworker bought one of their starter packages. All doing well. MAple Valley I had to cncel my order due to tearing my bicep in march. They gladly refunded me, so good experience there.
Fedco in maine is a bit on the pricey side, but had plenty of good zone 3 options. They also plant on antonovka.
IF those apples you have drop when you like them too, order some roostock with your tree order. Antonovka, dolgo, and B118 will survive zone 3.