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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
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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
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SERVES AS HISTORIC EVIDENCE OF VARIETY OF FRUIT TREE - Technical
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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
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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://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2109.001/
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