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[Bob Brown]

On 5/4/05, 'Mash wrote:
> The McIntosh apple was developed from the trees in the orchard of John
> McIntosh near Dundela, in southeastern Ontario (near Williamsburg and
> Prescott). He transplanted wild saplings in 1801, which were nurtured
> and developed into commercial potential over the next few decades by
> his son.

On a side note, I believe that the orchard move almost caused a disaster.
Apple seeds don't produce trees with the same type of apple as they
came from. For this reason it is necessary to graft good apple
branches onto the base of another tree. The man who grew the McIntosh
apples thought his orchard was too far from his house so he had all of
the trees moved. This killed all of them except 1. If that one had not
survived then we wouldn't have McIntosh apples and perhaps Apple
computers would call their flagship system the Granny Smith.

Another note. I believe that Apple was inspired by the Beatles' Apple
Corp record label. This led to a lawsuit when Apple computers started
and they agreed to not get involved in the music industry. It led to
another lawsuit when Apple started doing iPod and iTunes and getting
into the music industry.


Bob