Charles Ramage Prescott

Charles Ramage Prescott (January 6, 1772 – June 11, 1859) was a merchant, horticulturalist and political figure in Nova Scotia.

Prescott prospered during the Napoleonic Wars through ownership of ships supplying the British military and by shrewd trade.

He retired from business in 1811 selling his wharves and warehouse complex on the Halifax waterfront to Enos Collins.

The following year, he settled on a country estate called Acacia Grove in Starr's Point near Port Williams in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.

Prescott, who often shared his stock with other growers, is credited with introducing many of the apple varieties commonly grown commercially in the province in the years that followed, including the Gravenstein, which became a provincial favourite.