Finnerty Apple

Finnerty Apple – Malus sylvestris (Rosaceae)
The Finnerty family were among the earliest settlers and farmers in the Mount Tolmie area in the 1860s and ‘70s. In the 1890s, Mike and Mary Ann Finnerty, along with John and Hanna Finnerty, ran a successful orchard and dairy farm on land that is now the UVic campus. Two domestic apple trees from the family orchard still stand in the quadrangle just south of the Cornett Building. They are reputed to be a particular variety of apple – the Finnerty apple.