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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

Tomato, or Love Apple [TA, TSM39]
Large Red Smooth* [GA, BLHF]
Large Yellow Smooth*
Red Cherry [AA, BLHF]
Yellow Cherry [AA]
Pear-Shaped [AA]
Cluster Small Red*
Large Scarlet*
Yellow Pear [BLHF]

Turnip [TSM40]
Early Dutch* [TA, GA]
Imported [AA]
Strap-leaved [AA]
Red-Topped* [GA]
Large Flat Dutch [AA]
Yellow Stone [AA]
White Stone [AA, TA]
Yellow Aberdeen*
Large Globe [AA]
Dale’s Hybrid [AA]
Improved Swedish [AA] or Ruta-Baga*, White* and Yellow*
Yellow*
Large Norfolk*
Early Spring*
Scarlet [TA]
Red or Yellow Top Dutch [TA]
White Flat [TA]
Seven Top [BLHF]
American Purple Top Rutabaga [BLHF]
Amber Globe [BLHF]