I wonder if that story is taught to today's children as part of American history? John Chapman was an itinerant preacher who traveled about holding services, and carrying a bag of dried apple cores with which to plant apple trees wherever he went. There was a Disney movie about him back in the '50s that will NEVER be shown on TV today, probably because of this song:
The Lord is good to me
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need,
The sun, the rain and the apple seed,
The Lord is good to me.
When I was young we wrte told the Johnny Appleseed story but I remember it as being taught as a simple story, not as history. It wasn’t until much later that I realized that Mr. Chapman was a real person and that he did plant apple seeds
Considering how apples were turned into clean drink, it appears that Mr. Chapman was a great benefactor to the people of America. Amazing what you can do with a simple shovel and a bag of seeds.