. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igi6 BETTER FRUIT Page 7 F' pyny^wnwinyi mw» e. mm " w^ Momi. 'm^ fe-' 1 Vl^i/nOJva* ,j^v , ' \mw^ ©s^MMUMigis^ f ©OS- " ' '0^i&.' â â . â KM igumMJMstg inEi r Mi'iniii i;il Inscription on tlie Monument erected to .lolin C. Chapman, otherwise known as Johnny Appleseed, at 1-ort Wayne, Indiana. Memorial Inscription on Monument On the 5th of May. 1916, in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Indiana Horticultural Society, in co-operation with the John Chapman Memorial Asso- ciation of Ohio, unveiled a monument to the memory of John Chapman, uni- ve
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igi6 BETTER FRUIT Page 7 F' pyny^wnwinyi mw» e. mm " w^ Momi. 'm^ fe-' 1 Vl^i/nOJva* ,j^v , ' \mw^ ©s^MMUMigis^ f ©OS- " ' '0^i&.' â â . â KM igumMJMstg inEi r Mi'iniii i;il Inscription on tlie Monument erected to .lolin C. Chapman, otherwise known as Johnny Appleseed, at 1-ort Wayne, Indiana. Memorial Inscription on Monument On the 5th of May. 1916, in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Indiana Horticultural Society, in co-operation with the John Chapman Memorial Asso- ciation of Ohio, unveiled a monument to the memory of John Chapman, uni- versally known as Johnny Appleseed, with an inscription of which a cut ap- pears above. John Chapman was born in 1776 in Massachusetts. He was a pioneer apple grower in Indiana and Ohio. With a great love for the fruit industry, he traveled through all the frontier regions of these two states, always carrying with him apple seeds, which he planted or gave away to set- tlers, doing this continuously for a per- iod of over forty years. And perhaps it is due to him more than any one man the credit for the thousands of orchards throughout (lie Middle West, which have continued to be a comfort and a profit to the owners and inhabitants. History records he was not only a remarkable man, but a man of eccen- tricities in many ways. He wore very little clothing, frequently trading apiile trees for cast-off garments, continually traveling through the forests giving away apple seeds, i)lanling apple seeds or selling apple trees. Freiiuently he would have no other coat than a colfee sack with armholes cut through. It is stated he went barefooted most of the time, even in winter. A strict vege- tarian, eating no meat or fish; he be- lieved it was wrong to take life in order to procure food. This probably accounted for his zest and zeal for encouraging people to plant and grow fruit. He believed in outdoor life, rarely sleeping in the shelter of a house, and when he did he slept on th
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