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Every McIntosh apple has a direct lineage to a single tree discovered in 1796 by John McIntosh on his farm in Dundela, a hamlet near Morrisburg, in Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

He discovered the tree as one of 20 apple seedlings while clearing the farm, which he had just purchased.

He transplanted the seedlings, cultivated them, and only one of them was still alive by 1830.

The surviving apple tree lived until 1909.

The oldest surviving descendant died on July 25, 2011.