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2026-01-24 16:45 UTC
Yeah, Appleseed would generally move ahead of pioneers and start nurseries on land he thought would be settled. It wasn't some land shakedown scam like the original comment is implying; it was a very useful service that Appleseed would even forego payment for to those who couldn't afford it. Apples were a dietary staple on the frontier, often used for bartering, and sometimes, as you said, you even legally needed an orchard.
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@in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 2026-01-24 17:17
Well it was useful for the pioneers, however you have to acknowledge the massive genocide that was committed to make that land "available" to those same "pioneers". Apples were a dietary staple in so much as they could be brewed into cider and the resulting mash was then used to bulk up food stocks as feed for invasive farm animals. Your comments don't seem to address any of this. Why is that?