Johnny apple seed Smoky Mt. Frank In a message dated 9/9/2010 7:19:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: yes, apples were not native to the colonies. They were planted to provide apple jack. Cider was a pretty popular drink with everyone back then. Course now we'd all like a still so we could fuel our cars. Prob is it'd cost more to make a gallon of alky than just buying gasoline.