Apple (Malus) ‘Mcintosh’ Semi-dwarf 7 Gal

Apple 'McIntosh'
Malus 'McIntosh'

Classic heirloom apples. Medium-sized fruit with a scrumptious apple aroma. Vigorous and precocious. Fruit is vibrant-red, thin, and peels easily and the fine-grained flesh is tender with a sprightly sweet-tart taste. Wonderful apple for fresh-eating, sauces, and cider. Good keeper in proper storage. These apples tend to have their best flavor in cooler areas, such as the Appalachian mountains or up further north. This is the parent of many, many types of apple trees. They are heavy producers.

Early to midseason bloomer; August to September harvest time. Pollinator required.

Disease resistances: Very resistant to cedar apple rust.

1800s heirloom from Ontario Canada. Here's the story from Lee Calhoun: "In 1796 nineteen-year-old John McIntosh had a disagreement with his parents over a love affair and emigrated from New York state to Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. He exchanged his Canadian farm in 1811 for a nearby farm owned by his brother-in-law. Finding some seedling apple trees on overgrown land, Mr. McIntosh moved them near his house. By 1820 one of these was bearing excellent apples, and Mr. McIntosh sold seedlings of this tree to other settlers. Someone taught Mr. McIntosh how to graft about 1835, and he then began selling grafted trees of his favorite apple, locally known as McIntosh Red."

Zones 4-8. Cold hardy to -30F.