The McIntosh apple, with its distinctive red and green colouring, traces its roots to a tree found growing wild in 1811 on a farm in the eastern Ontario hamlet of Dundela, about 70 km southeast of ...

The tree, on Smyth’s Apple Orchard, not far from Ottawa, was the last living offspring of Canada’s first McIntosh tree, which was found sprouting wild fruit in 1811. Over the past 200 years ...

With cuttings from that tree grafted onto others, the unique McIntosh variety grew in popularity to become the famous almost iconic apple it is today. But the original tree, damaged by fire, fell ...

Thanks to an apple-loving Apple employee, they are the namesake of an iconic computer brand. And every McIntosh tree in North America claims a common ancestor in Dundela.

The tree with the closest link to Mr. McIntosh’s first tree sits behind the store, packing rooms and warehouses at Smyth’s Apple Orchard, just beyond a formidable wood pile.

The birthplace of the beloved McIntosh red apple — its farmhouse abandoned, its trees overgrown and its outbuildings fallen into disrepair — is up for sale in Dundela, Ont., about 75 kilometres ...

The original McIntosh tree died in 1910, but its clones lived on. By 1960, the McIntosh dominated 40% of the Canadian apple market and was imported as far as Britain.

Harold's mother, Emma Jean, was born on a farm practically in the shade of the first McIntosh apple tree, which had been cultivated by her great-uncle, John McIntosh.

When a tree has an abundant fruit crop, it’s used up most of its energy in the production of that crop. What little energy is left is used to set up next year’s crop. Apple trees form their ...