THANK YOU MR. CHAPMAN!

  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH., 2019
        THANK YOU MR. CHAPMAN!

    It's apple season! Orchards throughout
our area are open and stocked full of your
favorite varieties.
    Many have turned the season into
festivals with apples, apple pies, apple
butter, apple cider, and apple dumplings
on their shelves.
     At least one orchard even makes use
of its bruised apples by selling them to
customers who use them in a sling
shot aimed at wooded targets!
    So if you enjoy apples or any of those
apple products this is a day to thank the
gentleman who made them so widely
available!
     John Chapman was born on this date
in 1774.
     Mr. Chapman was an American pioneer
nurseryman who introduced apple trees
to large parts of Pennsylvania. But he didn't
stop there!
      His trees were distributed in Ohio,
Indiana,  Illinois, and northern counties
of West Virginia to name a few of the
others.
      Thanks to his efforts I've enjoyed
plenty of apples over the years and an
apple dumpling whenever I can find
one.
     Oh, by the way, you may remember
Mr Chapman by his other name.
Johnny Appleseed!
     Yep. It's a true story!
     Hope you'll have an apple in his
honor today and that all your NEWS
is good!