I've got an orchard with a number of cider apple trees. The problem is that, even though I'm in the Manzano Mountains of NM (manzano means apple in espanol) the weather, water and altitude mean a good crop only every 5-8 years. Tough, but worth it.
Is that near Silver City? Got a friend in Albuquerque who wants to buy some property near a place of that name. (I think I got it right). He says it's mountainous, around 6000 feet, and has some pine and rivers.
He's not a rich man, either.