Question

is there a sentence fragment? in the early 1800s, john chapman - known today as johnny appleseed - planted acres of apple trees. the apples werent meant for eating but instead were used to make cider.

Explanation:

The given text consists of two complete sentences. The first sentence tells about John Chapman planting apple - trees in the early 1800s and the second sentence describes the use of the apples. There are no sentence fragments.

Answer:

no