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This was a far more valuable crop than edible apples. Up until Prohibition, an apple grown in America was far less likely to be eaten than to wind up in a barrel of cider. In rural areas cider took the place of not only wine and beer but of coffee and tea, juice, and even water. Chapman was often noted for his threadbare clothes and preference for bare feet. But these eccentricities may have been offerings to his faith, the Church of Swedenborg also known as The New Church , a Christian denomination established in The second part of his signature look—that sack of apple seeds—was most definitely accurate.
Because the Church forbade its members harming God's creation, Chapman became a vocal animal rights activist and vegetarian. He also refused to use grafting to create his orchards, believing that this growing technique physically hurt the source plants. So, he carried a large sack of seeds everywhere he traveled. However, his oft-depicted tin pot hat has not been authenticated. FB house promo.
Sign Up for News Updates. Sign up. Not convinced? Find out more ». Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger Share this with Share this article via email Share this article via flipboard Copy link. Share this article via comment Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter. Walt Disney and other storytellers portray their Johnny Appleseed as an eccentric do-gooder who spread apple seeds as he walked along, giving people the gift of apples to eat.
This a cartoon version of the story. The true story of Johnny Appleseed concerns a thoughtful, religious man who saw a need among settlers and realized he could build a business around it. Pioneers who ventured west were doing so to establish new places to live.
Farmers throughout Massachusetts organized militias in response to the threats from Great Britain, and Nathaniel Chapman volunteered to serve. When the fighting began in Concord, the men from Leominster were part of the militia.
Nathaniel Chapman remained in the military for the next four years. Nathaniel and his wife, Elizabeth, had one daughter before Nathaniel went off to fight. In , Elizabeth gave birth to their second child, John. While Nathaniel was away, Elizabeth had a third child in the summer of Shortly after the birth, she became ill probably from puerperal fever, which is caused by unsanitary birth methods and died that July. The newborn died weeks later.
John Chapman and his sister Elizabeth were left in the care of relatives until their father returned from war. At some point, Nathaniel lost possession of his farm. Researchers found no documentation of land ownership, so perhaps Chapman was a leaseholder or sharecropper.
In , Nathaniel Chapman received an honorable discharge from the military. Shortly after, he met and married Lucy Cooley. He and Lucy returned to Leominster to retrieve Elizabeth and John from relatives.
They then moved to Longmeadow to establish a new farm. Lucy and John had ten more children, so John and Elizabeth were part of what became a large clan. When John grew a little older, Nathaniel placed him in an apprenticeship with the owner of an apple orchard. At that time, apples were rarely eaten; they were grown to make apple cider or to dry the fruit so it could be blended into other foods during the winter.
To read about growing apples that were good for eating, scroll down. When the British arrived in this country, they came from a world where community waterways were badly polluted by garbage and waste-water runoff. As a result, no one thought of water as something to be consumed—their experience was that water usually made people sick.
But of course, hard-working people require fluids. As they had in England, they relied on drinks made from malt, cereal grains, and apples. From this produce, colonists could make beer, hard liquor, and apple cider.
The apples were also dried and made into apple butter later on. In the New England climate, apple trees were easy to grow among what were often rocky fields, so apple cider was a common and popular beverage. Children generally started their days with apple cider, just as the adults did. Though creating a drink that was safer than polluted water was important, there is no doubt that colonists enjoyed drinking alcohol.
The consumption quantities for people at this time were considerably greater than what people drink today. And some of the drinks were astoundingly strong. When the Revolutionary War ended, colonists began looking west for space and land ownership. Those who fought in the war agitated for pay, but the new country was broke.
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