Apple Blossom
(Pyrus Coronaria)
Apples have been associated with Michigan since
the early 1700s, before the United States was even born. The famous
Johnny Appleseed planted apples in Michigan, which became one of the
biggest commercial apple-growing states. Today, it ranks second only
to Washington State as an apple producer.
William Harris is credited with proposing the apple blossom as state
flower. The legislator was reportedly inspired by a large apple orchard
across from his home in Norwood, Michigan. Anna Eliza Woodcock knew
about the apple blossom bill. When her Snow apple trees burst into beautiful
blossoms, she had an idea. Since she lived just two blocks from the
Capitol, she would put some apple blossoms in a wheelbarrow and deliver
them!
The fragrant blossoms certainly didn’t hurt the cause. The blossom of
the apple tree was adopted as Michigan’s state flower on April 28, 1897.
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