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land, by the confession of good judges here; for Mr. 

 Pen brought some of them with him to England." 

 That the fruits at Pennsbury were exceptional may 

 well be believed, for Penn took infinite pains to secure 

 the finest. In a letter to Col. Henry Sidney he says, 

 "I writt from sea a begging letter for a few fruit trees 

 of the Lord Sunderland's gardener's raising out of his 

 rare collection, that by giving them a better climat, 

 we may share with you the pleasure of excellent fruit, 

 the success of which I hear nothing." 



The city which Penn planned so carefully was laid 

 out immediately upon his arrival in 1682, and by the 

 end of the next year there were at least a hundred 

 houses built, "both ordinary and good." Three thou- 

 sand persons came to take up their residence under his 

 gracious rule, that first year, and it continued to make 

 "answerable progress." The least of the houses or 

 home plots had room for a house garden and a small 

 orchard, and many were places of considerable size. 

 Pastorious says that, "Our first lot in the city has 100 

 feet front and is 400 feet deep," and goes on to explain 

 how lots this size, with streets between, may have two 

 houses built upon them. He records that, "On Octo- 

 ber 24, 1685, I, Francis Daniel Pastorius, with the good 

 will of the governor, laid out another new city." This 

 was German town, planned for the Germans, who were 

 present in large numbers, with more coming. He 



