Her War

Interpreting Women's Lives during the American Civil War

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[AA]–Listed in Affleck’s Almanac
With asterisk*–Listed in both Affleck and Maupay
Italicized with asterisk*–Listed in Maupay
[TA]–Vegetables suggested by the Texas Almanac, 1857, looking through their monthly horticultural calendar
[TSM39]–From the garden of Thomas Stuart McFarland, a farmer near Belgrade, Newton County, in southeast Texas, April 18, 1839. From Abt, Jeffry and Leabeth.  “Documents:  The Gardening Sentiments of an Early Texas Pioneer.”
[TSM40]–From the garden of Thomas Stuart McFarland, a farmer near Belgrade, Newton County, in southeast Texas, April 16, 1840. From Abt, Jeffry and Leabeth.  “Documents:  The Gardening Sentiments of an Early Texas Pioneer.”
[GA]–Columbus [GA] Enquirer, January 1, 1850, p. 1, c. 1, Fresh Garden Seeds, for 1850. “Just received by Robert Carter, Sign of the Red Mortar, Columbus, Dec. 11”
[BLHF]–Vegetables suggested for use at
Barrington Living History Farm (1847-1856) Washington, TX

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Large Flag* or Scotch [AA]
Large London* [AA]

Lettuce [TSM39]
Large Early White Cabbage [AA, GA]
Large Green Cabbage [AA]
Ice Drumhead [AA]
Brown Dutch* [AA, GA]
Curled Indian* [AA]
Imperial Brown Cos* [AA]
Early Cabbage*
Ice Head*
Ice Coss*
[GA]
Green Coss*
Cabbage-Head Lettuce [TA]
Early curl’d Siles. Lettuce [GA]
Imperial Brown Cabbage [GA]
Black Seeded Simpson [BLHF]
Oak Leaf [BLHF]