It is generally dearest from March to July, when the town is fullest; and cheapest about September, when the game season commences, and the weather being colder, allows of its being brought from more distant parts, and the town becoming thin, there is less demand for it.
The above information will, we trust, be very acceptable to economical families, who, from hearing the very high price poultry sometimes costs, are deterred from ever inquiring about it. In the cheap seasons, we have noted, it is sometimes as cheap as butcher’s meat.
VEGETABLES.
The public are frequently, from want of regular information when the proper seasons arrive for vegetables, put to much inconvenience in attending the markets, taking unnecessary inquiries, &c.
The following list, it is presumed, will afford much useful information to the reader:—
| Names of Vegetables. | Earliest time for forced. | Earliest natural growth. | When cheapest. |
| Artichokes ([No. 136]) | July on to October | September. | |
| Ditto Jerusalem ([No. 117]) | From Sept. to June | Nov. Dec. & foll. months. | |
| Angelica stalks, for preserving | Middle of May, and whole of June | June. | |
| Asparagus ([No. 123]) | Begin. of Jan. | Mid. of April, May, June, and July | June and July. |
| Beans, French, or Kidneys | Early in Feb. | End of June, or beginning of July | August. |
| Scarlet ditto | July | September. | |
| Windsor beans, long pods and early kinds | June | July & Aug. | |
| Beet, red ([No. 127]) | All the year | Dec. & Jan. | |
| Ditto, white, the leaves | July | ||
| Borcole, or Scotch Cale, or Kale | November | Dec. & Jan. | |
| Broccoli ([No. 126]) | October | Feb. & Mar. | |
| Cabbage ([No. 118]) | May and June | July. | |
| Ditto, red | July and August | August. | |
| Ditto, white | October | October. | |
| Cardoons | Nov. and three following months | December. | |
| Carrots ([No. 129]) | May | August. | |
| Cauliflowers ([No. 125]) | Beginning of June | July & Aug. | |
| Celery ([No. 289]) | Ditto September | November. | |
| Chervil | April | June. | |
| Corn salad | May | —— | |
| Chervil ([No. 264]) | March, and through the year | May. | |
| Cucumbers ([No. 135]) | March | Beginning of July | Aug. & Sep. |
| Endive | June, and through the year | Sep. & Oct. | |
| Eschalots, for keeping ([No. 402]) | August, and through the year | Sep. & two fol. months. | |
| Leeks | September, and six months after | Novem. and December. | |
| Lettuce, Coss | April | June, July, | |
| Ditto, cabbage | —— | and Aug. | |
| Onions, for keeping | Aug. Sep. and following months | October and November. | |
| Parsley ([No. 261]) | Feb. and through the year | February & March. | |
| Parsnips ([No. 128]) | October, and continue until May | July. | |
| Pease ([No. 134]) | Beg. or mid. of May | June, July, and following months | August, and fol. month. |
| Potatoes ([No. 102], &c.) | March | May, and through the year | June, May & June. |
| Radishes | Begin. of March | End of March, and following months | June. |
| Ditto, turnip, red and white | Ditto | June. | |
| Ditto, black, Spanish | August, and following months | September. | |
| Small salad ([No. 372]) | All the year | May & June. | |
| Salsify | July, August | August. | |
| Scorzonera | —— | —— | |
| Sea Kale ([No. 124]) | Dec. & Jan. | April and May | May. |
| Savoury cabbage | September, and following months | November. | |
| Sorrel | All the year | June & July. | |
| Spinage, spring | March, April, and following months | June & July. | |
| Ditto, winter | Oct. Nov. and following months | November. | |
| Turnips | May, June, and following months | June & July. | |
| Ditto, tops ([No. 132]) | March, April, and May | April and May. | |
| Ditto, for salad | April and May | June and | |
| Ditto, Welch | February | July. |