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OBJECT TYPE: APPLE/MCINTOSH
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2109.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: MCINTOSH APPLE
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 12.1 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: SECTION OF ORIGINAL MCINTOSH APPLE TREE, DISCOVERED IN 1811 BY JOHN MCINTOSH IN DUNDELA, CANADA WEST. MCINTOSH FOUND APPROX. 20 APPLE TREES IN A FORESTED AREA NEAR HIS FARM. HE TRANSPLANTED SEVERAL, ONE OF WHICH PRODUCED EXCELLENT FRUIT. IN 1835 THE FAMILY BEGAN PRODUCING APPLES IN QUANTITY FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES.
Function: SERVES AS HISTORIC EVIDENCE OF VARIETY OF FRUIT TREE
Technical: THE ORIGINAL MCINTOSH APPLE TREE BORE FRUIT FOR OVER 90 YEARS (UNTIL C.1908), AND LIVED UNTIL C.1910. THE APPLES WERE FIRST KNOWN AS 'GRANNY', LATER 'MCINTOSH RED' VARIETY. THIS TYPE OF APPLE TREE IS EXTREMELY HARDY AND PRODUCTIVE, AND MCINTOSH APPLES REMAIN A MOST POPULAR VARIETY. (REF.2, P.1057)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ADHESIVE LABEL APPLIED TO FACE READS: 'Section of the/ Original/ McIntosh Red/ Apple tree'/ CEF TAG NAILED TO TREE SECTIONREADS: 'O.H.M.S./ FROM CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM/ OTTAWA, CANADA/ Section of the original McIntosh/ Apple Tree/ Section 9 Shelf 12, Vault
Missing: SECTION COMPLETE IN ITSELF
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tree section, before 1910, Artifact no. 1987.2109, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2109.001/

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