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When Food Is in Season (APPLES are in season all)
APPLES are in season all the year; cheapest from August until spring. ARTICHOKES (JERUSALEM) are ready for use in September. ASPARAGUS from the first of May until middle of June. BASS, of which there are a dozen varieties, at all times of the year. BEANS, String, June to November; Lima, from July through the year, BEEF is good at all seasons of the year.
BEETS from June through the year.
BLACKBERRIES from July to September.
BLUE FISH, a popular fish on the sea coast, from June to October. BRANT, a choice wild fowl, April and May, and September and October. BREAM, a fish sometimes known as dace, in the winter months. BROCCOLI, a kind of cabbage, from September to November. BUCKWHEAT CAKES in cold weather.
BUTTERNUTS ripen in September.
CABBAGE, May and June, and lasts through the winter. CARROTS come from the South, in May, and last until November. CAULIFLOWER from June until spring.
CELERY from August to April, but is better after being touched by frost. CHECKERBERRY in winter and spring.
CHEESE all the year round.
CHERRIES from the south in May, and continue till August. CHESTNUTS after the first severe frost.
CHOCOLATE is best in cold weather on account of its richness. CHUB, a fresh-water fish, in fall and winter.
CLAMS from May until September.
CONGER EELS from November to April.
CORN, GREEN, from June to September.
CRABS from June to January, but are more wholesome in the cold months, CRANBERRY from September to April.
CUCUMBERS in the South, April; in Middle States, June to November. CURRANTS, green, June to July; ripe, July to August. DAMSONS, a small black plum, July to December.
DOVES, the turtle, one of the best game birds, in August and September. DUCKS, DOMESTIC, are best in June and July. WILD in spring and fall. EELS from April till November.
Eggs are always in season, but are cheap in spring and high in winter. ELDERBERRIES August and September.
FISH, as a rule, are in the best condition just before spawning, GEESE, wild, from October to December, tame at four month's old. GOOSEBERRIES from June to September.
GRAPES from September till winter.
GUINEA FOWL, best in winter when they take the place of partridges. HADDOCK, from November and December, and June and July. HALIBUT in season all the year.
HERRING from February to May.
HERBS for seasoning should be gathered just as they begin to flower. HORSERADISH is always in season, LAMB in March, but from June to August is best as well as cheapest. LEMONS arrive fresh from West Indies in winter.
LOBSTERS are plentiful in market, except in winter months. MACKEREL from May through the summer.
MUSHROOMS are most plentiful in August and September. MUSKMELONS from July to the middle of September.
MUTTON is in season all the year, but is not so good in the fall, the meat being drier and strong flavored.
ONIONS, new, large, from the Bermudas about May 1st, and from the South in June, and those of home raising in the Middle States the middle of July. (419)