MOM PEAGRAM wrote:

Johnny appleseed didn't know that I guess.


I once read (and that doesn't mean it is true) that Johnny appleseed
didn't expect most of his seedlings to be eaten as they were. He
knew that as settlers moving west to the new land would want apple
orchids. Some would bring scion wood from their trees back east and
would need trees to graft them onto. I don't remember now if the
author of that story offered any proof but I suppose it might be true.

Steve