Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History

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Adena (estate), 77, 82 Agawam, 7–8, 12 agricultural press, 141–42, 145, 167 agricultural reformers, 141–43, 146, 148, 149 agricultural societies, 140–42, 150, 161, 167 agriculture: European, 6, 9–11, 43, 44, 47–49; Native American, 7–8, 43, 45–47, 48–49 Alar, 182–85, 193 Alcott, Abba May, 136, 155 Alcott, Bronson, 123, 124, 135–36, 154–55 American Frugal Housewife (Child), 122, 171–72 American Revolution, 3, 20–27, 30, 31, 41, 54 applejack, 144 apples: campaign against theft of, 159–61, 167; and chemical treatment, 175–76, 182–86; and globalized markets, 185–87; Golden Delicious, 184–85; and national markets, 170, 175–76; Red Delicious, 4, 182–84, 189, 191, Rhode Island Greening, 9–10, 68; Rome Beauty, 82, 175; winter, 74, 148, 160 “Apple-Seed John” (Child), 172, 174 apple trees: dwarf-stock, 182, 184, 188; North American crab (Malus coronia), 5; Old World (Malus pumila or Malus domestica), 4–6. See also nurseries; orchards apple trees, grafted: 4–6, 10–11; and John Chapman, 58–59, 149, 157; disadvantages of, 89, 148–49; and Eastern Ohio, 73–74; and Licking Valley, 77–79; and Marietta, 68–69; and market economy, 79–83, 142–43, 160–61; and topgrafting , 137, 148; and Virginia Military District, 76–78 apple trees, seedling (“wild apples”): 4, 5, 6, 10–11, 42; and John Chapman, 4, 59, 82–83, 85–87, 139, 142–43; and hogs, 40, 146, 148, 191; and the poor, 89, 137, 161, 191; and self-provisioning farmers, 6, 11, 88–89, 148–49; top-grafting, 74, 80, 82, 137, 148 Asbury, Francis, 124 bachelorhood, 60, 62–63, 103, 105, 116–17, 128, 190 Bailey, Francis, 106, 113, 139 Ballou, Hosea, 115 banks, 88, 100, 110, 129–31, 133–34, 154 barter, 31, 40, 59, 88–89, 110, 129 Benét, Rosemary and Stephen Vincent, 177–78 Bible Christians, 112, 123 “Big Bottom massacre,” 68 bills of exchange, 70–71, 166 Black Fork, Ohio, 84, 90, 101–2, 132, 133, 153 Blaxton (Blackstone), William, 9–10 “book farmers,” 142, 143, 176 Boone, Daniel, 2, 3, 49, 173 Bordeaux Mixture (hydrated copper sulfate), 175 Boston Tree Party, 193–94 Botany of Desire (Pollan), 188–89 Brodhead, Daniel, 41, 44 Broken Limbs (documentary), 192 Brokenstraw Creek, Pennsylvania, 37, 47, 48, 50–51, 54, 56 Bromfield, Lewis, 181 Broom, Percis Chapman, 72, 138, 155–56, 166 Broom, William, 72, 166 Brownson, Orestes, 154 Buchanan, James, 116 Bunyan, Paul, 2, 47, 179 Burnt House, 43–46, 47, 48 Butz, Earl, 186 Calhoun, Creighton Lee, 193 camp meetings, 106, 107, 108, 109, 123, 156 Canada, 94 Index 226 i n d e x canal lands, Indiana, 153, 155, 166 canals, 141, 150, 151, 153, 160, 163; Erie, 141; Miami and Erie, 151, 153; Ohio and Erie, 150; Wabash and Erie, 153 Captain Pipe, 94–95 Carter, Robert, 114 celibacy, 104–5, 109, 116–17, 124, 155 Chapman, Abner (brother), 70, 72 Chapman, Davis (brother), 72, 163 Chapman, Dorothy Swain, 13, 16 Chapman, Edward, 7, 9–18, 34 Chapman, Elizabeth (sister), 18, 21, 23, 27, 28, 34 Chapman, Elizabeth Simonds (mother), 18, 21–23 Chapman, John: and alcohol, 62, 147, 189; ancestry of, 7, 9–18; and apple seeds, 36, 40–41, 82–83; and bare feet, 36–37, 96, 98, 102, 120–21, 126, 127, 156; benevolence of, 57, 60, 119, 162, 168–69, 171, 181; celibacy of, 116–17, 124; as colporteur, 102–3; and crossing of Alleghenies, 36–38; feminine traits of, 2, 117–18, 189; frugality of, 25, 119–21, 164, 170–72; and grafting, 58–59, 149, 157; and land speculation, 130–35; and Leominster, 20–23, 34, 192; and Longmeadow, 27–31, 32, 34–35; and markets, 65, 123–24, 128, 161–62, 153, 181–82; meekness of, 2, 63, 64, 95, 99, 117–18, 168, 190; and Native Americans, 46–48, 91, 93, 153, 171, 173, 177–78; and New Church, 102–3, 106–7, 109–12; night run of, to Mt. Vernon, 96–97; and northwestern Pennsylvania, 36–40, 50; pacifism of, 96, 99, 180; and primitive Christianity, 103, 115, 119, 120, 124–27, 133, 147; and seedling nurseries, 42, 50, 59, 82–83, 85, 87, 139,142–43;andSwedenborg,103–5,117,119–120; as thriftless, 57–58, 60, 64; as vegetarian, 1, 49, 62, 96, 112, 114, 122–23; and War of 1812, 95–99; as Yankee, 1, 28, 36, 53, 137–38, 168; Chapman, Jonathan Cooley (brother...