"That Johnny Appleseed was a poor, benevolent wandering hobo who planted apple orchards across America so that people would have access to healthy fruit.In reality, he was a wealthy, calculating businessman who was planting orchards to make hard cider — and he was doing so to keep up with the Westward

Expansion, so he was always staying ahead of the curve.He was also an eccentric who would walk barefoot and used a cooking pot for a hat, that part of the myth is actually true."