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The McIntosh apple was developed from the trees in the orchard of John McIntosh near Dundela, in southeastern Ontario (northeast of Prescott). He transplanted wild saplings in 1801, which were nurtured and developed into commercial potential over the next few decades by his son.
Offspring include the firmer Macoun (a Jersey Black cross), Spartan apple (a Newtown Pippin cross), Cortland, Empire, Jonamac, maybe Paula Red, Jersey Mac, and others.
Jef Raskin, a computer scientist, is credited with naming the Apple Macintosh, a computer system, after the fruit. Apples