I
was looking on the
website and found a
Johnny Appleseed tree. Pretty
cool that somebody actually
found one!
From Debbi Crisp
Johnny Appleseed Apple / M7/SPRING
In the 1830's, thousands of apple trees were planted in Ohio by one John
Chapman, who earned the nickname Johnny Appleseed for his work. Nearly two
centuries later, it is extremely rare to find a tree documented to be a graft
from one of Johnny's trees, but Raintree acquired one.
It was tracked down by Scott Scogerboe, who found an old newspaper article
that told of an Ohio homestead where Johnny Appleseed had planted a tree. Early
in the 20th century, a student who visited the homestead took a cutting, grafted
a new tree and planted it in his family's yard. The child who planted the
grafted tree, now elderly, retired from the same school where Scott found the
ancient tree.
Since apples from Chapman's trees were used by settlers mostly for making
hard cider, their fresh eating quality wasn't the highest priority.
Nevertheless, the history of this tree makes it a wonderful living legend.
Zones 4-9.
Price: $28.50
Please click this link to see the
product details:
http://www.raintreenursery.com/Johnny_Appleseed_Apple_M7.html
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