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walk in the orchard, without treading on those peaches which
were fallen off; many of which were always left on the ground
and only part of them was sold in town, and the rest was consumed
by the family and stranger; for every one that passed 
by, was at liberty to go into the orchard, and to gather as
many of them as he wanted.  Nay, this fine fruit was frequently
given to the swine." pp. 71-72

[Here follows a paragraph telling how the fruit is dried 
for winter use.]

"The Peach trees have, as I am told, been first planted
here by the Europeans.  But at present they succeed very
well, and require even less care than our [Swedish] apple and pear
trees.["]

"The orchards have seldom other fruit than apples and
peaches." p. 73.

On Sept. 21 Kalm sent nine miles north-west of Philadelphia
to the country seat of Mr. Peter Cock:

"As we went on in the wood we continually saw at moderate
distances little fields which had been cleared of the 
wood. Each of these was a farm. *  *  * Every countryman
even though he were the poorest peasant, had an orchard
        