That very well could be how that tree ended up there. The apples are small and very tart.
The Heifers are back in that pasture; Farmer Dan brought them over, yesterday. They will ‘summer’ with us until fall when they go back to their farm/barn to be bred for next year’s crop-o-milkers. The first place they explore is the very top of that hill. I’ll find a picture of them up there so you can see them in comparison to that apple tree.
A lot of that pastureland is straight UP, so from that distance it looks like they’re standing on the roof of our barn!

