The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-08-21
GREAT PEACH CROP
tr WHICH GREW AROUND NEW
. YORK IN THE YEAR 1879.


re Abundant on Manhattan Is
"a Than Anything Else Except
a Barbados Rum.
bks OF travel usually contain Il
amount of matter that is unim-
amt and a good deal that is untrue,
les not a little that is uninterest-
Sand the old travellers who wrote
/ their voyages TO New York fur
I'd few exceptions to the rule.
htalizing, therefore, is the diary Of
observer who visited these shores
b79; who had a reportorial instinct
qhe important, the true and the In
Itlng; whose journeys covered the
Ge territory now known as the
tier New York: who wrote fully
graphically Of all he saw, and
ee observations have all come down
with the exception Of some thir-
ages describing New York city at
gtime of his visit. Exactly that
fh would now be most valuable is
~ but, from what remains, we can
10 good deal about the New York
bose days.
Spar bankers Is the writer whose
Iessions of New York have thus
lost to the world, and in what
been preserved OF his writings the
--f thing that forces It's attention up
he reader is the magnitude Of the
n crop in these parts during the
of his visit. He was n religious
usiast, the leader OF the Labadlsts,
ct that flourished briefly on three
inents toward the close of the sew
enth century, and his voyage COM
ON was q minister OF the same
IT there is littic of this in his diary
nst a great deal Of what they ate
drank. and on occasions when
went to the little church In the
where the custom house is now
fact is mentioned with some apollo
one service being attended "in or
to avoid scandal and for other rea-
}" and others because my COM
ion is endeavoring to learn the Ian
ge."
lt on the very day of their arrival
few York, Sept. %. 1879. we begin
ear Of the eatables and drinkables,
bclally the peaches.
lie first took us to the house Of one
is friends, who welcomed him and
Ind offered us some of the fruit of
country, very fine peaches and full
kyn apples, which filed our hearts
-b thankfulness to God. This fruit
> exceedingly fair and good and
,Isant to the taste, much better than
in Holland or elsewhere, though
1lieve our long fasting and craving
flood made it SO agreeable. After
Ing n glass of madeira we proceed
AS we walked along we saw In
Brent gardens trees full of apples
Jvarious kinds and so laden with
1ches and other fruit that one might
Ibt whether there were more leaves
iruit on them. l have never seen In
dope In the best seasons such an
1howing abundance. When we fin
Nd our tour and had given our
Hes several letters to deliver, we
itrned to his father-in-law's He re-
Jd us In the evening with milk,
s1ch refreshed us much. We had so
3y peaches set before us that we
..e timid about eating them, though
I experienced no Ill effects from
Im."
End the next day. Sunday. the rec
! opens with this:
TI was surprised on waking to find
! comrade had already dressed him
Z and breakfasted upon peaches"
I o It went every day. Toward the
!. of the week they crossed the ferry
\ less than half cent apiece to
/ lg Island, where the people made
I m .very welcome, sharing with us
+ intifully whatever they had,
< ether 1t was milk, cider, fruit or to-
I o, and especially, first and most of
< J miserable rum, which had been
ught from Barbados and which is
led by the Dutch 'kill-devil.' These
|. ple are very fond of 1t, and most OF
I m extravagantly so. although 1t Is
! y dear and has a bad TASTE"
tut on Long Island. as elsewhere,
! peaches were as good as the rum
8 bad.
1t is impossible to tell how many
lch trees we passed, all laden with
Il to breaking down and many Of
m actually broken down. We came
. place surrounded with such trees
, IN which so many had fallen Off
: / the ground could not be discerned
you could not put your foot down
lhout trampling them, and notwith-
nding such large quantities had
len off the trees still were as full
they could bear. The hogs and
Ter animals mostly feed on them."
The peaches In Harlem were as plen-
nl and still more delicious, When
~ went up to the north end Of Man.
ttan island, we find this notice:
Before we left (Harlem) we did not
II supplying ourselves with peaches,
ich grew in an orchard along the
I'd. The whole ground was covered
th them and with apples, lying upon
new grain with which the orchard
10 ,NIanfad Tho Daaohaa xuara Tho