Editing McIntosh (apple) (section)

==Cultural significance==

[[File:Macintosh 128k transparency.png|thumb|upright|left|alt=A beige, boxy computer with a small black and white screen showing a window and desktop with icons.|[[Apple Inc.]]'s [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] line of personal computers was named after the fruit.]]

The McIntosh has been designated the national apple of Canada.{{sfn|Davidson|2014|p=30}} A popular subscription funded a plaque placed {{convert|110|yd|m|order=flip}} from the original McIntosh tree in 1912. The [[Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board]] replaced the plaque with a more descriptive one in 1962, and the [[Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada]] put up another in a park nearby in 2001, by a painted mural commemorating the fruit.{{sfn|Fox|2010}}

[[Apple Inc.]] employee [[Jef Raskin]] named the [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] line of personal computers after the McIntosh.<ref name="CanHist"/> He deliberately misspelled the name to avoid conflict with the hi-fi equipment manufacturer [[McIntosh Laboratory]]. Apple's attempt in 1982 to trademark the name Macintosh was nevertheless denied due to the phonetic similarity between Apple's product and the name of the hi-fi manufacturer. Apple licensed the rights to the name in 1983, and bought the trademark in 1986.{{sfn|Linzmayer|2004|p=87}}

In 1995, the [[Royal Canadian Mint]] commissioned Toronto artist Roger Hill to design a commemorative [[Canadian silver dollar|silver dollar]] for release in 1996.  Mint engraver Sheldon Beveridge engraved the image of a group of three McIntoshes and a McIntosh blossom, which adorn one side with a ribbon naming the variety.  An inscription on the edge reads "1796 Canada Dollar 1996".  Issued sheathed in a silver cardboard sleeve in a black leatherette case, 133,779 pieces of the proof were sold, as well as 58,834 pieces of the uncirculated version in a plastic capsule and silver sleeve.{{sfn|Fox|2010}}

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