Early season apple with very aromatic, flavorful, white, juicy flesh. It is somewhat firm, but only will keep for shorter periods during the fall and early winter.
Medium large in size, but sets abundant crops.
The flavor is simple and direct, generally sweet but with refreshing acidity, and usually a hint of wine. In general these apples keep reasonably well in store, but the flavor falls away quite rapidly. To get the full vinous sugar rush it is best straight from the tree.

A highly influential apple variety with numerous offspring.
Discovered by John McIntosh, a farmer in Ontario in the early 19th century, and he and his family became involved in propagating trees. The McIntosh apple was ideally suited to the climate of the area, being a heavy and reliable cropper with good cold hardiness, and seems to achieve its best flavor in colder apple-growing regions.

McIntosh remains very popular in the north-eastern USA, and across the border in Ontario and Quebec.

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