March 11th we remember a man who made apple & pear trees bloom across the nation. National Johnny Appleseed Day celebrates a kindly legend who lived by sage teachings & labored to bring the shade of fruit trees across the United States. Fort Wayne, Indiana in Johnny Appleseed Park, is a grave spot where the legendary sower of apple seeds rests. He was born John Chapman on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. In 1797, he showed up in northwestern Pennsylvania propagating apple seeds.