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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 
