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Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal, doe venison.

iii. Poultry and Game.

Chickens, dotterel, ducks, fowls, _geese, grouse, hares_, larks, partridges, pheasants, pigeons, rabbits, _snipes, teal_, turkey, wheat-ears, widgeon, wild ducks, _wood-c.o.c.ks_.

iv. Vegetables.

Jerusalem artichokes, beet root, borecole, broccoli, cabbages, cardoons, carrots, celery, chervil, coleworts, endive, herbs of all sorts, leeks, lettuces, onions, parsnips, potatoes, salad, Savoys, scorzonera, skirrets, shalots, spinach, tomatoes, turnips.

v. Fruit.

Almonds. Apples: Holland pippin, golden pippin, Kentish pippin, nonpareil, winter pearmain, Wheeler's russets. Bullace, chestnuts, hazel nuts, walnuts, filberts, grapes, medlars. Pears: Bergamot, Chaumontel, Bon Chretien.

[WITH ECONOMY, FEW NEED BE POOR.]

42. In Season in December.

i. Fish.

Barbel, brill, turbot, carp, c.o.c.kles, _cod_, crabs, dab, _dory_, eels, gudgeon, gurnets, haddocks, bake, halibut, herrings, _ling_, lobsters, mackerel, mussels, oysters, perch, pike, plaice, ruffe, salmon, shrimps, _skate_, smelts, soles, sprats, sturgeon, _tench_, whitings.

ii. Meat.

Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal, doe venison.

iii. Poultry and Game.

Capons, chickens, ducks, fowls, geese, grouse, guinea-fowl, hares, larks, partridges, pea-fowl, pheasants, pigeons, rabbits, snipes, teal, turkeys, wheat-ears, widgeon, wild ducks, woodc.o.c.ks.

iv. Vegetables.

Jerusalem artichokes, beet root, borecole, white and purple broccoli, cabbages, cardoons, carrots, celery, endive, herbs of all sorts, leeks, lettuces, onions, parsnips, potatoes, salad, Savoys, scorzonera, skirrets, shalots, spinach, truffles, turnips, _forced_ asparagus.

v. Fruit.

Almonds. Apples: Golden pippin, nonpareil, winter pearmain, golden russet. Chestnuts, hazel nuts, walnuts, filberts, Almeria grapes, medlars, oranges. Pears: Bergamot, beurre d'hiver.

43. Drying Herbs.

Fresh herbs are preferable to dried ones, but as they cannot always be obtained, it is most important to dry herbs at the proper seasons:

Basil is in a fit state for drying about the middle of August, Burnet in June, July, and August, Chervil in May, June, and July.

Elder Flowers in May, June, and July.

Fennel in May, June, and July.

Knotted Marjoram during July.