Through children's books, films, and television specials, the story of Johnny Appleseed has touched American hearts ever since the real hero, John Chapman, first planted apple seeds across the country ...

VOLUNTEERS ARE TAKING UP THE CAUSE. ONE AUTHOR DID A STUDY THAT DETERMINED THAT 42% OF AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE THAT JOHN CHAPMAN OR JOHNNY APPLESEED WAS A REAL PERSON, BUT HE WAS REAL. 250 YEARS AFTER ...

Jonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Sept. 26, 1774. By 1797, the year Zanesville was founded, he was planting what we believe to be his first ...

There's never been a better time to eat — and cook with — American apple varieties. Frans Rombout / PicturePartners / Getty Images One day in 2004, Brooke Hazen noticed something unusual about one of ...

It’s no secret that trees make our lives better and healthier. Trees help clean the air, filter the water, and provide shade. In fact, studies have also shown that being among trees — whether that ...

Home gardeners and orchardists can grow a piece of early American history with the Johnny Appleseed Authentic Algeo apple tree, now available for consumer purchase, according to a news release from ...

Apples and October seem to go together. Most old farmsteads had an apple orchard. Our home farm had two orchards. One was near the house and had summer apple trees, a Wealthy apple tree and a white ...

John Chapman is one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood figures in American history. Otherwise known as “Johnny Appleseed," Chapman could be described as a successful real estate speculator ...

Volunteers in the 1980s put together an apple appetizer cookbook that was sold during that year’s festival. Photo courtesy of Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District LIMA — Between 6,000 to 8,000 ...

The young eastern white pine sat for weeks in the barnyard with heavy wire holding its root ball in place. My dad watered it. He just couldn’t dig a hole to drop it in then, in 2014 when he was 74.