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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

In reading Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire, Johnny Appleseed was 
mentioned in the section on apples. Chapman (Appleseed) took a canoe-load of 
seed and planted it at the confluence of rivers, where the water made for 
natural landmarks and transportation. He then sold the parcels and died a 
rich man. About a million apple seeds made for lots of cider, and the 
occasional tree producing a good fruit. Smart man.

Dave Liezen


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> From: Jwlehman@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 07:53:16 -0500
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [nafex] Johnny Appleseed
>
> In a message dated 11/6/2012 7:29:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> ehilborn@mebtel.net writes:
>
> > Johnny Appleseed didn't walk all over the midwest with a sack of apple
> > seeds simply because he was hoping for a juicy bite of fruit a few years
> > hence. Most likely, he was dreaming of cider, which had a crucial place 
> > in the
> > American frontier. Alcohol ...
> >
>
> A few years back at an annual meeting in Ohio a speaker, don't remember
> who, said the reason Johnny Appleseed planted so many apple orchards was
> because in some states land was being given away at no cost or nearly so. 
> But one
> had to do something with that land you couldn't just hold it. So Johnny
> would get a parcel, and plant apple trees. If authorities checked, he was
> fulfilling that requirement.
>
> That isn't to take away from Johnny. He was an apple authority and went
> around the country helping folks and propagated popular varieties by 
> grafting.
> And, I'd bet he enjoyed some sparkling (fermenting) apple cider too.
>
> Jerry
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