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

Okra* [TSM39]
Large Green [AA]
Green Long-Pod [AA]
White [GA]

Onion [TSM39]
Large Red* or Large Red Weathersfield [AA, BLHF]
Large White* or Silver-Skinned [AA, TA]
Large Yellow* or Large Yellow Strasburgh [AA]
Onion Sets [AA, GA]
Top or Tree  [AA]
Butter Onion [TA]
Danvers Yellow [GA]
White Portugal [GA, BLHF]