Johnny Appleseed is a hero of American Folklore. While often depicted in modern media as spindly and pacifistic, he was most certainly not. Described as being as strong as Paul Bunyan, and even interacting with the Legendary Lumberjack when he helped heal Babe when the Ox was ill. He roamed across the wilds planting Apple Trees (mostly Cider) earning him the nickname The American Dionysus. Johnny would've been fierce to behold, a shaggy beard and wooly body of immense strength, wise piercing eyes staring out from below his shaggy hair and tin pot hat. He communed with spirits and did superhuman feats such as walking across flame and ice barefoot. He was said to have a spirit bride and be a friend to the animals with a wolf as companion. His Holidays are around the two Equinoxes which coincide with his birth and death. He effectively fulfills a Hermit Wildman/Green Man Archetype within American Folklore. After his death he continued to plant trees both in spirit and in careful planting.-TLK

Some Examples of Traditional Corn Dollies or "Corn Mothers", made out of Wheat or Rye to contain the spirit of the field, From Rye Hounds to Oat Kings, a continuing tradition of Hyperborean Spirituality and Animism.

Around the turning of the 19th Century America had over 17,000 varieties of apples, most of which are now foreign to the average American. During this time the USDA employed 21 artists to document the various Fruit Varieties of America. While many of these are now extinct, Lost Apple Detectives are now searching across the country attempting to return the Apples of America to their rightful inheritors. Many of our cider apples however are gone for good due to Prohibition.

Above art by Deborah Griscom Passmore & Ellen Isham Schutt Early 1900's.