Johnny Appleseed Day

There is plenty of documentation to support claims for Johnny Appleseed Day on March 11th and on September 26th.  It is believed he died on March 11, 1845 from what was referred to as the "winter plague".   However, his date was not formally recorded and the date of death is disputed.


Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – February 18, 1845) in Leominster, Massachusetts, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Being a deeply religious person, he was also a missionary for the New Church.  He was known to preach during his travels.

He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance of apples. 

The Image
The popular image of Johnny Appleseed had him spreading apple seeds randomly, everywhere he went. In fact, he planted nurseries rather than orchards, built fences around them to kill them from livestock, left the nurseries in the care of a neighbor who sold trees on shares, and returned every year or two to tend the nursery. Many of these nurseries were located in the Mohican area of north-central Ohio. This area included the towns of Mansfield, Lucas, Perrysville, and Loudonville.

Appleseed's managers were asked to sell trees on credit, if at all possible, but he would accept corn meal, cash or used clothing in barter. The notes did not specify an exact maturity date—that date might not be convenient—and if it did not get paid on time, or even get paid at all, Johnny Appleseed did not press for payment. Appleseed was hardly alone in this pattern of doing business, but he was unusual in remaining a wanderer his entire life.
He obtained the apple seeds for free; cider mills wanted more apple trees planted since it would eventually bring them more business. Johnny Appleseed dressed in the worst of the used clothing he received, giving away the better clothing in barter. He wore no shoes, even in the snowy winter. There was always someone in need he could help out, for he did not have a house to maintain. When he heard a horse was to be put down, he had to buy the horse, buy a few grassy acres nearby, and turn the horse out to recover. If it did, he would give the horse to someone needy, exacting a promise to treat the horse humanely.

Johnny Appleseed Best Remembered
Johnny Appleseed is best remembered in American popular culture by his traveling song or Swedenborgian hymn ("The Lord is good to me...") which is today sung before meals in some American households.

So on this special day remember to celebrate it by serving your family a fantastic apple dish in honor of this legendary man and his apple trees.

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