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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

Melon [TSM39]
Musk
GA, TSM40]
Extra Fine Nutmeg* [AA, TA, GA]
Silman’s Fine Netted [AA]
Pine Apple* [AA, GA]
Green Citron [AA, GA]
Large Yellow Cantaloupe [AA]
Cantaloupes [GA]
Casaba-Golden Beauty [BLHF]
Jenny Lind [BLHF]
Water* [GA]
Black Spanish [AA]
Long Island [AA]
Ice Cream [AA, GA]
Carolina [AA]
Goodwin’s Imperial [AA]

Mustard [TSM39]
White English* [AA, GA]
Broad-Leaved [AA]
Brown [GA] or Black*