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whether naturally here at first I know not: however 

 one may have them by the bushel for little: they make 

 a pleasant drink and I think not inferior to any peach 

 you have in England, except the true Newington." 



It was to a motley collection of races and religions 

 that the Lord Proprietary of Pennsylvania came, but 

 all received him with the warmest expressions of de- 

 light and respect. The first planters of his patent had 

 been the Dutch, who came in 1623; Swedes and Finns 

 soon followed, and of these races Penn himself writes : 

 "The Dutch applied themselves to Traffick, the 

 Swedes and Finns to husbandry. . . . The Dutch 

 inhabit mostly those parts of the province that lie 

 upon or near to the bay; and the Swedes the freshes 

 of the Delaware . . . they are a plain, strong in- 

 dustrious people, yet have made no great progress in 

 culture or propagation of fruit trees, as if they desired 

 rather to have enough than plenty or traffick." 



The Swedish Governor Printz a clever, educated 

 man as well as a right good fellow had built himself 

 a mansion, planted an orchard, and "constructed him- 

 self a pleasure house," at Tinicium, where he was al- 

 ready living the life of a landed gentleman when Penn 

 arrived. And the Swedish colony had fine orchards 

 of peach and other trees, as well as fine gardens at this 

 time; but these gardens were devoted almost entirely 

 to vegetables, with which they were able to supply 



