apple growers

"In the 1800s a migrant farmer named Maria Ann Smith worked as an apple orchardist. Her discovery of a new type of apple that never turned red, but was always green, tart, sweet, and perfect for a pie, was due part to a fluke of nature, and part to Maria's insight and determination. The beloved Granny Smith apple that we know today was named in her honor. This is her story"--.

"There was once a tiny man who loved apple pie, and the apples from his orchard--tart and sweet and clear--made the perfect filling. When his orchards are crowded out by looming development, he learns how to transform his altered world so he can continue to bake the perfect apple pie"--Back cover.

A brief biography of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, who helped the development of the United States by planting thousands of apple trees throughout the midwest.

Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a peaceful man who roamed the West for fifty years planting and tending to the trees that bore his favorite fruit, the apple.

In early 1980s New Mexico, thirteen-year-old Jackson Jones recruits his cousins and sisters to help tend an elderly neighbor's neglected apple orchard for the chance to make big money and, perhaps, to own the orchard.

Illustrations and simple text tell the story of Johnny Appleseed.

Relates how John Chapman's distribution of apple seeds and trees across America made him a legend.

In graphic novel format, provides both factual and legendary information about the life of pioneer John Chapman, who was better known as Johnny Appleseed because he traveled throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, planting apple trees and selling them to settlers.

John Chapman is one American folk hero who was a real person. He earned the nickname of Johnny Appleseed through his work planting apple orchards all over the country long ago. A tall tale is an unusal story that has been exagerated as it is retold over the years. Some of the things Johnny is said to have done probable never happened. But what is true about his story is his unique kindness to people and animals and his love of the Amaerican wildreness.

Lyrical, rhyming text describes the travels of Johnny Appleseed and his efforts to plant apple trees all over the country.