_Fish._
Cod and codlings, turbot, salmon, skate, thornback, smelts, soles,
crabs, lobsters, prawns, flounders, plaice, oysters, perch, carp, tench,
eels, gudgeons, mullet, and sometimes mackerel, comes in.
_Poultry._
Turkeys, pullets, fowls, chickens, ducklings, tame rabbits, pigeons,
guinea-fowl.
_Fruit._
Pineapples, the golden ducket, Dorset pippins, rennetings, Loan's
pearmain, nonpareils, John apples, the later bonchretien and
double-blossom pears.
_Roots and Vegetables._
Carrots, parsnips, turnips, potatoes, beet, leeks, onions, green and
white brocoli, brocoli sprouts, brown and green cole, cabbage sprouts,
greens, spinach, small salad, parsley, sorrel, corn salad, green fennel,
sweet herbs of all sorts, cabbage lettuces, forced mushrooms, asparagus
forced, cucumbers in hotbeds, French beans and peas in hothouses, and
young radishes and onions.
APRIL.
_Fish._
Salmon, turbot, mackerel, skate, thornback, red and grey mullet,
gurnets, pipers, soles, lobsters, oysters, prawns, crawfish, smelts,
carp, perch, pike, gudgeons, eels, and plaice.
_Game and Poultry._
Pullets, fowls, chickens, ducklings, pigeons, tame rabbits, and
sometimes young leverets, guinea-fowl.
_Fruit._
A few apples and pears, pineapples, hothouse grapes, strawberries,
cherries, apricots for tarts, and green gooseberries.
_Roots and Vegetables._
Carrots, potatoes, horseradish, onions, leeks, celery, brocoli sprouts,
cabbage plants, cabbage lettuce, asparagus, spinach, parsley, thyme, all
sorts of small salads, young radishes and onions, cucumbers in hotbeds,
French beans and peas in the hothouse, green fennel, sorrel, chervil,
and, if the weather is fine, all sorts of sweet herbs begin to grow.
MAY.
_Fish._
Turbot, salmon, soles, smelts, trout, whiting, mackerel, herrings, eels,
plaice, flounders, crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps, crawfish.
_Game and Poultry._
Pullets, fowls, chickens, guinea-fowl, green geese, ducklings, pigeons,
tame rabbits, leverets, and sometimes turkey poults.
_Fruit._
Strawberries, green apricots, cherries, gooseberries, and currants, for
tarts, hothouse pineapples, grapes, apricots, peaches, and fine
cherries.
_Roots and Vegetables._
Spring carrots, horseradish, beet-root, early cauliflower, spring
cabbage, sprouts, spinach, coss, cabbage, and Silesia lettuces, all
sorts of small salads, asparagus, hotspur beans, peas, fennel, mint,
balm, parsley, all sorts of
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