This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
There is an old maxim, "A place for everything, and everything in its place." To which we beg to add another, "A season for everything, and everything in season."
[Those Fish, Poultry, etc, distinguished by Italics are to be had in the highest perfection ]
Fish. - Cod, crabs, eels, flounders, herrings, lobsters, oysters, perch, pike, sturgeon, porgies.
Meat. - Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal, and doe venison.
Poultry and Game. - Capons, chickens, ducks, wild-ducks, fowls, geese, partridges, pheasants, pigeons (tame), pullets, rabbits, snipes, turkeys (hen), woodcocks
Vegetables. - Beet, sprouts, cab-oage, cardoons, carrots, celery, onions, parsnips, potatoes, turnips.
Fish. - Cod, crabs, flounders, herrings, oysters, perch, pike, sturgeon, porgies.
Meat. - Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal
Poultry and Game. - Capons, chickens, ducklings, fowl (wild), green geese, partridges, pheasants, pigeons, (tame and wild), pullets, rabbits, snipes, turkeys, woodcocks.
Vegetables. - Beet, cabbage, carrots, celery, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, potatoes, turnips.
Fruit. - Apples, chestnuts, oranges.
Fish. - Eels, crabs, flounders, lobsters, mackerel, oysters, perch, pike, shrimps, smelts, sturgeon, porgies.
Meat. - Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal.
Poultry and Game. - Capons, chickens, ducklings, fowls, green-geese, pigeons, rabbits, snipes, turkeys, woodcocks.
Vegetables. - Beet,carrots, celery cresses, onions, parsnips, potatoes tur nip-tops.
Fruit. - Apples, chestnuts, oranges
Fish. - Shad, cod, crabs, eels, flounders, halibut, herrings, lobsters, mackerel, oysters, perch, pike, salmon, shrimps, smelts, sturgeon, trout, por-gies.
Meat. - Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal.
Poultry and Game. - Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green-geese, leverets, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, turkey-poults, wood-pigeons.
Vegetables. - Onions, parsnips, spinach, small salad, turnip tops, and rhubarb.
Fruit. - Apples, nuts, oranges, pears
FiSH. - Shad, cod, crabs, eels, flounders, halibut, herring, lobsters, mackerel, mullet, perch, pike, salmon, shrimps, smelts, sturgeon, trout, clame.
Meat. - Beef, grass-lamb, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal.
Poultry and Game. - Chickens fowls, green geese, pigeons, pullets, rabbits.
Vegetables. - Artichokes, green peas, asparagus, kidney-beans, cabbage, carrots, onions, peas, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, salad, spinach, turnips.
Fruit. - Apples, pears.
Fish. - Cod, shad, crabs, eels, flounders, herrings, lobsters, mackerel, porch, pike, salmon, clams, smelts, sturgeon, trout, clams, cat-fish black-fish.
Meat. - Beef, grass-lamb, mutton, pork, veal.
Poultry and Game. - Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green-geese, pigeons, pullets, rabbits.
Vegetables. - Asparagus, beans, white beet, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsley, peas, potatoes, radishes, salad of all sorts, spinach, turnips.
Fruit. - Apples, apricots, cherries, currants, gooseberries, melons, pears, strawberries.
 
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