used to do a lot of hiking and would go through woods and run across really old homestead foundations and almost always had apple trees alongside the homes- probably some old varieties- but never thought to go there during apple season- so don’t know for sure-
There are a few places I photograph here in western Washington that have trees. Even the most gnarled, twisted abandoned trees have fruit. I am always amazed.
My son and I were hiking up at Montebello Open Space Preserve in the hills above Palo Alto, CA a few days ago. There’s an abandoned orchard there on Black Mountain; I don’t see the trees producing any fruit any more. It’s always a bit heart-wrenching to see abandoned orchards. The ranch was owned by George Morell, a wealthy newspaper publisher (the Palo Alto Times). His ranch plus the Winship and Johnson ranches are now the Montebello OSP.