Talk:McIntosh (apple)

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A lot of this information might be more appropriate on Mac OS or its sub pages; not sure how to reconcile redundancies in those and this or which one should be REDIRECT. --justfred

A redirect is clearly wrong. "Macintosh" should talk about the hardware, and incidentally the company and the software. MacOS should talk about MacOS. --LDC

That's what I was thinking. Models, hardware design, etc. Market share might go either place (Mac OS for techies, Macintosh for marketers...) Moved the press release stuff (which may or may not be copywrong) to Mac OS/OS X --justfred

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Can we add a source and more info to the origin of the apple? Ian01 22:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC) Can anyone explain why this cultivar is so popular in North America yet so rare elsewhere? I've never seen the fruit or saplings on sale in Britain, and I don't think it's grown commercially or as a garden tree anywhere in Europe. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 14:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

The fruit is on sale in the UK, has been for years. Maybe not around your neck of the woods but I can get it, and I don't exactly live in the most diverse city in the country. A lot of ours seem to get labelled as Scottish Macs though, but it'll still be the same fruit. 86.12.21.157 (talk) 18:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Good lord. The intro paragraph reads like a marketing blurb for the apple industry. Seriously? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.98.165.7 (talk) 18:31, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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Spelling
Could somebody please confirm this apple's spelling. On this page it is listed as "McIntosh" but I just bought some of these apples and on the tag it says "Macintosh". It's not obviously a big matter, but I'm just curious as to what the true spelling is. Thank you

Laisinteresting (talk) 21:23, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I may not understand cultivars (or how the word descendant is used in this article), but spelling I can do.


 * Yes, indeed, McIntosh is the one and only correct spelling of this kind of apple.


 * After the Apple Macintosh computer mangled the spelling of the apple -- possibly to conform to trade name law -- a lot of people are now so used to seeing the Macintosh spelling that they probably often misspell the name of the apple.


 * But I can absolutely assure you that McIntosh is the apple (and Macintosh is the Apple).Daqu (talk) 06:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

== The McIntosh Red (or McIntosh, colloquially "Mac") is an apple cultivar with red and green skin, a tart flavor, and tender white flesh. It becomes ripe in late September. It is traditionally the most popular cultivar in New England and Eastern Canada == Eastern Canada? What, all of Quebec and all the maritimes provinces and possibly all of Nunvat as well? that's pretty big compared to New England. I don't think they grow apples in all the permafrost. Was this written by George Bush or something?--99.248.211.46 (talk) 23:53, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Macs began harvest here in southern and central Maine in early September. This article states that harvest is "late September". What geographic area is that assertion in reference to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.53.160 (talk) 00:44, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Descendant
A descendant is a relative in the direct line of descent. This includes grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on. Ther must be thousands of descendants of the original Mcintosh around the world. While we would not call the offspring of a tree a "child", I would suggest "first-generation descendant". Any better suggestions? Andreas (T) 14:48, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Can someone please explain?
I kind of thought I knew what a cultivar is, but from this article I see that I don't.

Can someone please explain how, if the last surviving descendant of the "original" Mcintosh apple tree died in 2011, it is still possible to grow McIntosh apples?

Maybe the other 19 seedlings that didn't survive past 1830 had descendants themselves whose descendants still survive? Or please do explain.

Wait! Is it that trees grown from a McIntosh appleseed are not considered descendants of the tree that bore the apple whose seed it is?

I really don't know. Maybe if I'm so confused, other people might also be, so whatever the answer is, maybe it could be included in the article? (The article on cultivars wasn't much help with this question.)

Thanks.Daqu (talk) 06:37, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Volatile Composition of Mcintosh Apple Juice as a ...
Volatile Composition of Mcintosh Apple Juice as a ...

"Where have you gone, Mr McIntosh?"
"Where have you gone, Mr McIntosh?"

More sources?

 * Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits
 * McIntosh Red (2007)

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I would recommend checking the grammar and spelling of the article, as some sentences do not have commas and others resemble phrases. Moreover, I feel like it is possible to add another section ("Geography") to expand on the fruit's origin. This could include key coordinates of the locations it is grown on the planet or places where the McIntosh apple has distribution channels. In terms of the sources, there are some footnotes that have letters instead of numbers - I would definitely look into this because it may be from a technical glitch or a lacking source. When I looked at the relevant picture, I felt like the description could be more detailed than "An apple in a market". The description for this picture is very general and could relate to any apple in the world. I would also go back and change words like "ninety years" to "90 years". The general rule of thumb is to use numerical figures if the number is greater than ten. In the "History" section I could change "follow his love" because it sounds a little awkward to the reader. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melinda.an (talk • contribs) 19:57, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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