Bergen County Historical Society
Historic New Bridge Landing, River Edge NJ, In 1784, John J Zabriskie requested compensation from the British Government for his estate at New Bridge. In the description he gives us a window to the surrounding property: “Forty Acres of Land adjoining said Mansion House consisting of Meadow Land and two orchards.”
While the Bergen County Historical Society does not know specifically which trees existed in the orchards yet, peaches may have been present. A few years back, our Buildings and Grounds committee along with local volunteers, planted two peach trees to begin to interpret this story and this was the first year the trees had numerous fruits (at one point the branches were weighed down by all the fruit!) Eventually we hope to plant more but it is exciting to plant with a purpose.
