{"id":708,"date":"2021-12-14T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/blog\/uncategorized\/rambo-apple-tree\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:50:03","slug":"rambo-apple-tree","status":"publish","type":"cpt_trees","link":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/trees\/rambo-apple-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Rambo Apple Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106A_RamboApple_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"106a Ramboapple Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106A_RamboApple_JPG.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106A_RamboApple_JPG-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>Quarryville Elementary School,\u00a0 211 South Hess Street, Quarryville PA (in courtyard )<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Planted in 1999, this tree is the certified direct descendant of the last living apple tree thought to be planted by John Chapman ( Johnny Appleseed ), pioneer American nurseryman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During 45 years in the 19th Century, Chapman spread a staggering 20 bushels of apple seed (300,000 seeds per bushel) to create trees and or- chards all over America. During Prohibition, however, the FBI cut down al- most all of these trees to prevent the production of homemade cider. By the 1990s, supposedly the only verified Johnny Appleseed tree to have escaped this fate was a sole Rambo Apple in Nova, Ohio (see last photo). [Offspring of the Nova tree are no longer available.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThis supposition, however, is probably\u00a0false. \u00a0Apple varieties like the Rambo can only be perpetuated through grafting, not seed. \u00a0And John Chapman didn&#8217;t graft, he planted seeds. Thus, as noted by Michael Pollan in\u00a0<em>Botany of Desire<\/em>\u00a0(2001), the old Nova tree can either be the last surviving apple tree that Chapman planted, or it can be a Rambo, but it cannot be both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This amazing tree inspired the author of \u201cFirst Blood\u201d to name the hero of his novel \u201cRambo,\u201d which then led to the famous film franchise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u200b<\/em>[The photo of John Chapman is from: &#8220;Johnny Appleseed Biography,&#8221;<em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>FamousPeople.com<\/em>,\u00a0 February 16, 2018.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"599\" data-id=\"1496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106C__JPG_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"106c Jpg Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106C__JPG_JPG.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106C__JPG_JPG-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"1493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106E_RamboApple_4-19_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"106e Ramboapple 4 19 Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106E_RamboApple_4-19_JPG.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106E_RamboApple_4-19_JPG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106E_RamboApple_4-19_JPG-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"340\" data-id=\"1495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_375e741ead084a888338226b6e1282db_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 375e741ead084a888338226b6e1282db Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_375e741ead084a888338226b6e1282db_mv2.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_375e741ead084a888338226b6e1282db_mv2-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"335\" data-id=\"1494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106B_Rambo.jpg\" alt=\"106b Rambo\" class=\"wp-image-1494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106B_Rambo.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106B_Rambo-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"403\" data-id=\"1492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106C_Appleseed.jpg\" alt=\"106c Appleseed\" class=\"wp-image-1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106C_Appleseed.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/106C_Appleseed-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"378\" data-id=\"1491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_46246ede26e64501a7ecc5aafc156aca_mv2.jpg\" alt=\"B50bc6 46246ede26e64501a7ecc5aafc156aca Mv2\" class=\"wp-image-1491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_46246ede26e64501a7ecc5aafc156aca_mv2.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b50bc6_46246ede26e64501a7ecc5aafc156aca_mv2-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Scott Peiffer, Kathleen Hood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1489,"template":"","tax_tree-categories":[15],"acf":{"scientific_name":"Malus pumila \u2018Rambo\u2019"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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