Johnny Appleseed Research Paper
Do you remember being taught the story of Johnny Appleseed in grade school? You probably remember that he wandered around and randomly planted apple orchids in the Midwest to help people with a source of food because he was just a nice guy. The truth is that Johnny Appleseed, whose real name was John Chapman (http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-was-johnny-appleseed), was an entrapanuer who grew apple orchids to produce alcohol.
Chapman was a traveling salesman who would travel along Pioneer routes in order to trade apple seeds with settlers. Whenever he found a spot that is suitable for orchids, he planted apple seeds and helped to educate farmers about nurseries and orchids (http://www.npr.org/2012/10/20/162862456/the-strangely-true-tale-of-johnny-appleseed). But there was a more complex business scheme involved. During the early 1800’s, the country was expanding westward, and companies buying land in anticipation for settlers to arrive. One company named the Ohio Company of Associates made a deal that offered anyone willing to settle 100 acres of land, but they have to prove that they were willing to stay, they had to plant 50 apple trees. …show more content…
They were in fact used to create hard cider, the primary drink of choice at the time. The apples that were less likely to be eaten because the apples that were available back then were not the same apples that are available today (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/real-johnny-appleseed-brought-applesand-booze-american-frontier-180953263/?no-ist) because apples were small and tart (http://www.biography.com/people/johnny-appleseed-38103#early-life), not large and sweet like the apples we have today. They were planted directly from the seed, a technique that ensures apples taste inedible because Chapman believed that Grafting, the technique used to create sweet apples, was immoral
Chapman was a traveling salesman who would travel along Pioneer routes in order to trade apple seeds with settlers. Whenever he found a spot that is suitable for orchids, he planted apple seeds and helped to educate farmers about nurseries and orchids (http://www.npr.org/2012/10/20/162862456/the-strangely-true-tale-of-johnny-appleseed). But there was a more complex business scheme involved. During the early 1800’s, the country was expanding westward, and companies buying land in anticipation for settlers to arrive. One company named the Ohio Company of Associates made a deal that offered anyone willing to settle 100 acres of land, but they have to prove that they were willing to stay, they had to plant 50 apple trees. …show more content…
They were in fact used to create hard cider, the primary drink of choice at the time. The apples that were less likely to be eaten because the apples that were available back then were not the same apples that are available today (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/real-johnny-appleseed-brought-applesand-booze-american-frontier-180953263/?no-ist) because apples were small and tart (http://www.biography.com/people/johnny-appleseed-38103#early-life), not large and sweet like the apples we have today. They were planted directly from the seed, a technique that ensures apples taste inedible because Chapman believed that Grafting, the technique used to create sweet apples, was immoral