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Johnny Appleseed (born John Chapman; September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845) was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds (as opposed to trees grown with grafting [1]) to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of West Virginia.
There are two alternative theories about the origin of the Jonathan apple. The first theory; it was grown by Rachel Negus Higley, who gathered seeds from the local cider mill in Connecticut. This was before the family made their journey to the wilds of Ohio in 1796, where she planted them. [ 6 ]
John Bunker (born 1950 or 1951) is an American orchardist, pomologist, and "apple explorer". [1] [2] [3] An expert on American apples and their history, [4] [5] [6] he is the founder of the mail-order nursery Fedco Trees, a division of the cooperative Fedco Seeds. [7]
Here are a few of the South’s most famous trees to add to your travel bucket list. Related: 10 Southern Destinations Our Editors Visited For The First Time This Year And Loved The Tree That Owns ...
Annona glabra is a tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya.Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. [2]
Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
Meaning "apple" in Dutch and Low German, it can be a metonymic occupational surname for an apple grower or seller. It can also be a German patronymic name, based on a pet form of Apprecht. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Appel (1934–2009), American scholarly expert on Vladimir Nabokov and author
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