Article: American Forests and Garden.Com to Offer Historic Trees, Planted by American Folk Hero Johnny Appleseed, On the Internet for Consumers Who Want to Share a Piece of American History.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--Just days before the September 26th birthday of American folk hero Johnny Appleseed (nee John Chapman), Garden Escape, Inc. (www.garden.com), a leading online retailer of gardening products, information, and services, and American Forests (www.amfor.org), the nation's oldest (1875) non-profit conservation organization, today announced that the two organizations will join efforts and make available on the Internet small trees from American Forests' Famous and Historic Trees program. Beginning with the offspring from trees planted by John Chapman, an American frontiersman who became known as Johnny Appleseed and planted ...

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