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On 11 Dec 1997 04:06:58 GMT, ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) wrote:
: > Lest anyone beat me to it, yes I know that the Macintosh is a raincoat,
: > not an umbrella.  I neglected to edit the file before sending the post.
: 
: Correct about the raincoat, but you're still wrong about the other part
: because a Macintosh *is* a kind of apple. It was created (yes, "created")
: in Canada (Ontario) by a gentleman of Scottish descent, James (I think)
: Macintosh. It was created in the 1800s by grafting two other types of
: apple trees together. It is very hardy to our extreme climate, and very
: tasty. Sorry I don't know about the biology or the history to give more
: details, but a Web search could probably turn up something.

The Mac has been the primary eating and cider making apple in New England for
a long time.  I guess it's still big for cider (since so many Macs are grown
around here), but as an eating apple it seems to be rapidly losing ground to
the Fuji.  Try a Fuji and you'll immediately see why we can't manage to sell
American apples in Japan.  :^(
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