Johnny Appleseed / Holland, Gini

Meet John Chapman, better know as Johnny Appleseed. Living in harmony with nature, he fulfills his dream of traveling west to plant apple orchards across the frontier to aid pioneers on their arduous journeys. Johnny's gentle spirit, love of all living things, and sheer perserverance wins him respect and admiration everywhere he travels -- especially among an Indian tribe, after Johnny saves the life of an injured Indian with his knowledge of herbal medicine. Johnny Appleseed continues his mission well into old age, knowing that his trees will provide fruit long after he is gone.

Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a man who wandered the Ohio Valley in the 1800s planting apple trees and making friends.

Martin Short is a delight as Johnny Appleseed, the American legend who traveled the frontier wearing a burlap sack, sporting a pot for a hat, and carrying a pouch full of apple seeds. Born John Chapman, Johnny loves apples and animals more than anything else. When he's a young man out on his own in the world, Mother Nature (Anne Jackson) visits him in a dream, says there's a shortage of apple trees, and assigns him the task that ultimately makes him famous. - cover.

When the pioneers came into the wilderness, they found little apple trees growing. That is how they knew Johnny Appleseed had been there.

Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a man who wandered the Ohio Valley in the 1800s planting apple trees and making friends.