Can you please post the results of the taste testing on the late apples?
I have heard many folks compliment Northern Spy. I would love to try one but I have never seen one in Va or NC.
Monticello used to have excellent Apple tastings hosted by Tom Burford. Some different varieties than your area. Sometimes the tests matched fresh apples against apples from refrigerated storage which I did not think was a fair comparison. Grimes from storage against Goldrush from the tree for example.