Seasonal Produce
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[edit] Introduction
As an additional option you can list per month what is available for trade, food etc.. As an example we have provided a list from the setting of AoI which is 17th century England.
[edit] January
[edit] Vegetables
- Beetroot
- Red, white and green cabbages
- Celeriac
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Onions
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- chard
[edit] Fruit and nuts
The last of:
- English apples
- pears
- nuts.
[edit] Game
- Matured partridge
- Pheasant
- Mallard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Hare.
[edit] Fish
- Brill
- Cod
- Flounder
- John Dory
- Scallops.
[edit] Cheese
- Bonchester
- Sharpham
- Appleby Cheshire.
[edit] From France
- Bresse Bleu
- Cantal
- Pont l'Eveque
- Roquefort.
[edit] Flora
Such things as are green all winter:
- Holly
- Ivy
- Bays
- Juniper
- Cypress trees
- Yew
- Pineapple trees
- Fir trees
- Rosemary
- Lavender
- Periwinkle (white, purple and blue varieties)
- Flags
- Orange trees
- Lemon trees
- Myrtles (if they be stoved)
- Sweet marjoram, if warm set.
[edit] Februrary
[edit] Vegetables
- Brussels sprouts
- Brussels tops
- Salsify
- Shallots.
[edit] Game
Feathered game now at an end.
- wild duck
- Rabbit
- hare.
[edit] Fish
- Lemon sole and other flat fish.
- Wild salmon season begins.
[edit] Cheese
- Farmhouse Cheddar
- Blue Cheshire
- Cotherstone.
[edit] From France
- Brie de Meaux
- Tomme Arlesienne
- Bleu des Causses.
[edit] Flora
- The mezereon tree (daphne) which then blossoms
- Crocus (both yellow and grey)
- Primroses
- Anemones
- Early tulips
- Hyacinth
- Charmaris
- Fritellaria.
[edit] March
[edit] Vegetables
- Calabrese
- Purple sprouting broccoli
- Carrots
- Spring greens
- Spring onions.
[edit] Fruit
- The first rhubarb.
[edit] Game
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- hare.
[edit] Fish
- Mackerel
- Halibut
- Bass. Flat fish are beginning to spawn now, so their quality declines.
- Wild salmon
- Sea trout.
[edit] Cheese
- Cotherstone
- Wensleydale
[edit] From France
- Coulommiers
- Comte
- Banon
- Roquefort.
[edit] Flora
- Violets (especially the single blue)
- Yellow daffodil
- Daisy
- Almond tree in blossom
- Peach tree in blossom
- Cornelian tree in blossom
- Sweetbriar.
[edit] April
[edit] Vegetables
- Spring cabbages
- carrots
- All winter root vegetables are now on their last legs
- first new potatoes from Jersey
- Leeks
- first lettuces and other salad leaves.
- The short morel season begins.
[edit] Fruit
- Height of the rhubarb season.
[edit] Meat
- Welsh lamb.
[edit] Game
- Pigeon
- rabbit
- hare.
[edit] Fish
- The first crabs
- salmon
- trout
- lobster
- shrimps.
[edit] Cheese
- Single Gloucester
- Double Berkeley
- Fresh goats' milk cheeses.
[edit] From France
- Beaufort
- Gapron
[edit] Flora
- Violet (the double white)
- Wall-flower
- Stock gillyflower
- Cowslip
- Flower-de-luce (iris)
- Lilies of all kinds
- Rosemary flowers
- Tulips
- Double peony
- Pale daffodil
- French honeysuckle
- Cherry tree in blossom
- Damascene tree in blossom
- Plum tree in blossom
- White thorn in leaf
- Lilac tree.
[edit] May
[edit] Vegetables
- The asparagus season
- The first broad beans
- spinach
- sorrel
- primo cabbage.
[edit] Fruit
- Strawberries
- Red currants
- Raspberries
[edit] Meat
- New-season lamb continues.
[edit] Fish
- Spring lobster
- haddock
- prawns.
[edit] Cheese
- English soft cheeses
- Sharpham
- Bonchester
- Wheatland
[edit] From France
- Reblochon
- Bleu d'Auvergne
- Chabichou.
[edit] Flora
- Pinks of all sorts, especially the blush pink
- Roses of all kinds, except the musk rose which comes later
- Honeysuckle
- Bugloss
- Columbine
- French marigold (flos africanus, also called African marigold)
- Cherry tree in fruit
- Vine flowers
- Lavender in flowers
- Sweet satyrion (white)
- Herba muscaria
- Lilium convallium
- Apple tree in blossom.
[edit] June
[edit] Vegetables
Asparagus continues its short season. New potatoes, the first courgettes and globe artichokes, green beans, salad leaves, mange-tout and watercress.
[edit] Fruit
Strawberries, cherries and gooseberries.
[edit] Fish
Hake, crab, lobster, prawns, sardines and whitebait.
[edit] Cheese
Farmhouse Cheddar.
[edit] From France
Saint-Marcellin, Sancerre and La Bouille.
[edit] Flora
- Pinks of all sorts, especially the blush pink
- Roses of all kinds, except the musk rose which comes later
- Honeysuckle
- Strawberries
- Bugloss
- Columbine
- French marigold (flos africanus, also called African marigold)
- Cherry tree in fruit
- Ribes (currants)
- Figs in fruit
- Raspberries
- Vine flowers
- Lavender in flowers
- Sweet satyrion (white)
- Herba muscaria
- Lilium convallium
- Apple tree in blossom.
[edit] July
[edit] Vegetables
Broad beans, peas, green beans, garlic, cucumbers, lettuces and salad leaves, radishes and watercress.
[edit] Fruit
Black, red and white currants, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, cherries, bilberries and blueberries.
[edit] Fish
Grilse (young salmon), plaice just beginning and squid from Scotland. The best month for crab, lobster, prawns and shrimps.
[edit] Cheese
Goats' milk cheese from Britain.
[edit] From France
crottin de Chavignol, Valenay, Saint-Remy and Tomme Vaudoise.
[edit] Flora
- All kinds of gillyflowers
- Musk roses
- Lime tree in blossom
- Early pears and plums in fruit
- Gentians
- Quadlins
[edit] August
[edit] Vegetables
New beetroots, courgettes, peppers, potatoes such as Pink Fir Apple and Ratte, sweet corn and tomatoes.
[edit] Fruit
Plums (Early Laxton, Czar and Opal), cherries, apricots, loganberries and melons.
[edit] Game
Grouse from the 12th onwards.
[edit] Fish
Dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, herring, pilchards and red mullet.
[edit] Cheese
Farmhouse Cheddar, Chaource, Valenay and Charolles.
[edit] Flora
- Plums of all sorts
- pears
- apricots
- barberries
- filberts
- muskmelons
- monks-hoods of all colors.
[edit] September
[edit] Nuts
Cobnuts
[edit] Vegetables
Salad leaves continue, sweet corn and tomatoes. Wild mushroom season begins. New-season beetroots, cauliflowers and carrots.
[edit] Fruit
Greengages, plums, figs, blackberries, grapes, melons. First English apples - Worcester, Pearmain and James Grieve. Wild sloes, elderberries, hawthorn and rowan.
[edit] Game
Wild duck, partridge, teal, pigeon, venison and grouse.
[edit] Fish
Clams, oysters, mussels, pilchards, plaice, prawns, sea bass, skate, turbot and Dover sole.
[edit] Cheese
Farmhouse Cheshire, double Gloucester, Carré de l'Est, Brie de Meaux and Boulette d'Avesnes.
[edit] Flora
- Poppies of all colors
- Wardens
- Quinces.
[edit] October
[edit] Vegetables
Cèpes, chanterelles and a great range of other fungi - parasol, oyster, blewits, horse and field mushrooms. Broccoli, autumn varieties of cabbage, marrows and squashes, potatoes and young turnips.
[edit] Fruit and nuts
Fresh walnuts, sweet chestnuts, hazelnuts, Kentish cobs, quinces, crab cooking and eating apples and pears.
[edit] Game
Pheasant, woodcock, partridge, grouse, guinea fowl, hare and mallard.
[edit] Fish
Brill, cod, Dover sole, mussels, oysters, squid and turbot.
[edit] Cheese
Caerphilly, Vacherin, Gruyère and Cabrions de Macon.
[edit] Flora
- Services
- Medlars
- Bullaces
- Roses that have been cut or removed (pruned) to come late
- Hollyoaks, and such like.
[edit] November
[edit] Vegetables
Parsnips, turnips, beetroots, red and Savoy cabbages, carrots, cauliflowers, celeriac, celery and leeks.
[edit] Fruit and nuts
Apples, pears, quinces, medlars, almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts and walnuts.
[edit] Game
Pheasant, partridge, mallard and grouse. Hare and wild rabbit.
[edit] Fish
Halibut, herring, sea bream and sprats.
[edit] Cheese
Ribblesdale, Saint-Nectaire and Caprice-des-Dieux.
[edit] Flora
Such things as are green all winter:
- Holly
- Ivy
- Bays
- Juniper
- Cypress trees
- Yew
- Pineapple trees
- Fir trees
- Rosemary
- Lavender
- Periwinkle (white, purple and blue varieties)
- Flags
- Orange trees
- Lemon trees
- Myrtles (if they be stoved)
- Sweet marjoram, if warm set.
[edit] December
[edit] Vegetables
Brussels sprouts, curly kale, Jerusalem artichokes, leeks, garlic, pumpkin, swedes, chard and spinach.
[edit] Fruit and nuts
Much the same as November.
[edit] Game
The same as November, plus goose.
[edit] Fish
A whole turbot or sea bass makes a nice change from poultry over Christmas. Carp, conger eel, Dover sole, mussels, oysters and skate.
[edit] Cheese
Stilton, Vacherin Mont d'Or, Tomme de Savoie and Brie de Melun.
[edit] Flora
Such things as are green all winter:
- Holly
- Ivy
- Bays
- Juniper
- Cypress trees
- Yew
- Pineapple trees
- Fir trees
- Rosemary
- Lavender
- Periwinkle (white, purple and blue varieties)
- Flags
- Orange trees
- Lemon trees
- Myrtles (if they be stoved)
- Sweet marjoram, if warm set.