would be since only ground that is otherwise valueless 

 need be used. 



"Ye1 there arc thousands of acres of almost barren 

 hind in Ohio admirably suited for the growth of 

 spruce, and 'Christmas' and not pine as so many be- 

 lieve. The evergreen is a slow-grower but the forestry 

 department says 2500 Norway spruce can be grown 

 to a size suitable for Christmas decorations on an 

 acre of ground in four to six years, and will bring 

 perhaps 60 cents each. Netting that return on poor 

 ground is worth while, and in addition really valuable 

 trees now cut down merely for temporary decorations 

 would be saved." 



The History of Johnny Appleseed 



During the first decade of the nineteenth century, 

 when Ohio was still a vast wilderness, save for a few 

 river and lake towns, a queer looking man came down 

 the Ohio in a canoe, towing another, and both were 

 loaded with sacks of apple seeds, according to High 

 Spots in Ohio's History in the Columbus Citizen. The 

 work of the American Forestry Association of "Wash- 

 ington, D. C., in campaigning for memorial tree 

 planting and the planting of fruit or nut bearing trees 

 wherever possible, particularly in the gardens of the 

 country, makes the life story of "Johnny Appleseed'' 

 interesting at this time. 



The man was John Chapman, known in Ohio history 

 as "'Johnny Appleseed," who did more for encourag- 

 ing the growing of apples within the Buckeye State 

 than any man who has come after him. 



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