Macintosh

Known as Gem apples before 1835, Macintoshes are among the world's oldest cultivated varieties. Some sources indicate that John McIntosh, a Scottish Highlander who emigrated to North America, may have grown them in Dundas County, Ontario as early as 1811. It was at around this time that he found a quarter-acre of land on his newly purchased farm with small apple trees growing in a garden area. Since it was so long ago that these apples first appeared, and since McIntosh himself wasn't really sure of the origin of the trees, no one is really certain of the true parentage of the McIntosh. Some believe it is a descendant of the very old Fameuse, a similar-looking variety.

Available: Late August to Early September

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