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His nickname came from his love for nature, as he called an apple blossom a "living sermon from God," and particularly his habit of collecting apple seeds from cider presses in order to plant over a thousand nurseries in western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Upon his death he gave his nurseries, then worth millions, to his sister.  He often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount and lived with the Indians.

His nickname came from his love for nature, as he called an apple blossom a "living sermon from God," and particularly his habit of collecting apple seeds from cider presses in order to plant over a thousand nurseries in western Pennsylvania and Ohio. Upon his death he gave his nurseries, then worth millions, to his sister.  He often quoted from the Sermon on the Mount and lived with the Indians.

There is some credence to the legend of Johnny Appleseed wandering America, planting apple trees by the thousands.  According to Michael Pollan in ''The Botany of Desire'', most settlers planted apple orchards not just for the fruit, but also for the hard cider that resulted from pressing.  Known as "applejack," this alcoholic drink was a staple of Puritan times and beyond, as much of the water was often tainted or unpotable.  Chapman was a champion of hard cider and wanted to spread its availability across the new nation.  

There is some credence to the legend of Johnny Appleseed wandering America, planting apple trees by the thousands.  According to Michael Pollan in ''The Botany of Desire'', most settlers planted apple orchards not just for the fruit, but also for the hard cider that resulted from pressing.  Known as "applejack," this drink was a staple of Puritan times and beyond, as much of the water was often tainted or unpotable.

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