Any type of apple tree you plant will produce apples deer will eat, so don't worry about the types. Instead try to give them different varieties that mature during different times of the year. This way they will always have some to eat. I've tried planting crabapples on my property, but with the drought and the deer eating them they have not grown very big. I am going to enclose them with a cage this coming year to keep the deer from browsing them.