![]() ![]() He always carried a leather bag filled with apple seeds he collected for free from cider mills. HE CREATED NUMEROUS NURSERIES BY CAREFULLY SELECTING THE PERFECT PLANTING SPOT He kept ahead of the settlements and each year planted apple seeds farther west. ![]() From there he traveled into the Ohio Valley country and later, Indiana. John continued moving west to Pennsylvania. Nathaniel stayed behind to farm with their father, who had also immigrated west. In his early twenties, John began traveling alone, which is how he spent the rest of his life. He and his eleven-year-old half brother, Nathaniel, headed west, following the steady stream of immigrants. His adventures began in 1792, when John was eighteen years old. Although legend paints a picture of Johnny as a dreamy wanderer, planting apple seeds throughout the countryside, research reveals him to be a careful, organized businessman, who over a period of nearly fifty years, bought and sold tracts of land and developed thousands of productive apple trees. ![]() His dream was to produce so many apples that no one would ever go hungry. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1774. Johnny Appleseed’s real name was John Chapman. ![]()
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