The Truth About Johnny Appleseed & Apple Genetics

Did you ever learn the story of Johnny Appleseed as a child? What did he actually do for the growth of apples in America, and what has this taught us about apple genetics? Join Olivia Gordon for a new apple-tastic episode of SciShow! SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... http://exhibits.mannlib.cornell.edu/a... http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160...   / to-breed-or-not-to-breed-self-incompatibil...   http://www.plantcell.org/content/30/5... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2... https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... https://www.actahort.org/members/show... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa... https://www.farmflavor.com/us-agricul... http://mentalfloss.com/article/52587/... https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/... https://www.nwpb.org/2017/05/03/want-... http://treefruit.wsu.edu/orchard-mana... https://www.extension.iastate.edu/new... https://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/fruit... IMAGE SOURCES: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...