ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -An idealized portrait of his life soon began to take shape, in which Johnny Appleseed served as a kindly benign symbol of the European settlers’ conquest of the American continent. This version first reached the nation in an 1871 article in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine by the preacher and journalist W.D. Haley.

Detailed explanation-2: -He didn’t wear a tin pot on his head Most drawings and cartoons of Johnny Appleseed show him with a tin pot on his head. In reality, it wasn’t a tin pot but a tin hat that doubled as his cookpot. But, as the legend states, he did walk barefoot and wear worn tattered clothes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Malus domestica ‘Johnny Appleseed’ In the 1830’s, thousands of apple trees were planted in Ohio by one John Chapman, who earned the nickname Johnny Appleseed for his work. Nearly two centuries later, it is extremely rare to find a tree documented to be a graft from one of Johnny’s trees, but Raintree acquired one.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was a small wiry man with thin lips, dark face and long, dark hair. His eyes were black and sharp and piercing. He had a pleasant smile, but his face was usually sober, and as to his dress, it was as fantastic and dilapidated as you could imagine.