Appleseed

[ ap-uhl-seed ]

/ ˈæp əlˌsid /

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Johnny John Chapman, 1774–1845, American pioneer and orchardist: prototype for character in American folklore.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

“I still wanna make narratives, I still wanna figure out my Johnny Appleseed story in a better way,” he says.
Matt & Tom Berninger on The National’s Doc ‘Mistaken for Strangers’|Melissa Leon|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"It's Johnny Appleseed," a man at my side told me, as if the name explained anything he might do.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
When Johnny Appleseed finished reading the leaves he put them back in his bag, and took his kettle to the well for water.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Some boys, awake with the bigness of the occasion, sat down near Johnny Appleseed, and gave him their frank attention.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

When everybody but ourselves had left the starlit open place, Johnny Appleseed lay down and stretched his heels to the blaze.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
These Johnny Appleseed reverently loosened, bringing forth a small book with wooden covers fastened by a padlock.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood