Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree

Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree. . , This is a descendant of the last surviving Rambo apple tree planted in Nova, Ohio, around 1840 by John Chapman (better known a Johnny Appleseed)., John Chapman, born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1774, had a plan for the betterment of man. Following his religious beliefs, Chapman sought to bring harmony between man and nature. In 1793, he set out in a canoe to plant apple tree orchards. The trees were intended to provide food for settlers and pioneers as they traveled westward during the expansion era. Each orchard provided a tree or two for farmers to take home and plant. Payment was accepted, but never required., Ashland County, Ohio, was a favorite site for Chapman, whose sister lived in the area. At a farm in Nova, Ohio, he slept in the small outbuilding refusing to sleep indoors. Here, Chapman planted an orchard of his favorite Rambo apple trees, one of which still grows and produces fruit as of 2018 even though a storm in the spring of 1996 nearly toppled the old survivor.