The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tablesAdams, Samuel, servant
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The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables
Adams, Samuel, servant
Home economics; Household employees
VEGETABLES.
N.B. VEGETABLES _are_ CHEAPEST _soon after they come into full season_.
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
| Names. | When best. |
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
| Artichokes | July to October. |
| Asparagus | May to July. |
| Beans, Windsor, &c. | Midsummer to September. |
| ————— French | Midsum^r. & onw^d. |
| ————— Scarlet | July to October. |
| Beet-root | All the year. |
| Borcole, or Scotch Kale | November and all the Winter. |
| Brocoli | October and ditto. |
| Cabbage | May & all Summer. |
| ——————— red | July to September. |
| ——————— Plants | All the year. |
| Carrots | May till Winter. |
| Cauliflowers | June to August. |
| Celery | June till March. |
| Corn Sallad | May to July. |
| Cucumbers | June to September. |
| Endive | June & all Winter. |
| Leeks | Sept. & all Winter. |
| Lettuces | April & all Summer. |
| Onions | June to November. |
| Parsley | All the year. |
| Parsnips | Aug. & all Winter. |
| Peas (green) | June to September. |
| Potatoes | May & all the year. |
| Radishes | March to July. |
| Small Salad | All the year. |
| Salsafy and Scarzonera | July and August. |
| Sea Kale | April and May. |
| Spinach (spr^g.) | March to July. |
| Do. (Winter) | Winter and Spring. |
| Turnips | May to September. |
| Turnip Tops. | February to May. |
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
All VEGETABLES are best if dressed as soon as gathered; and are in
their greatest perfection just before they begin to flower.
MOST ARTICLES FOR PICKLING will be in their prime in July and August;
but walnuts not later than the middle of July; and mushrooms and white
cabbage in September and October.
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