Period Foods and Example of Growing Season

Cured or Cooked Meats: Smoked Sausage Bacon Salt Pork Cured Ham Beef Chicken	Dairy Products: Hard Boiled Eggs Pickled eggs Cheese Cheddar Swiss Parmesan  Guda
Fresh or Dried Vegetables: Beans Black Eyed Northern Lima Kidney Peas Rice Hominy Potatoes Corn Green Beans Spinach Cabbage Onion Squash Eggplant Carrots Tomatoes Cucumber Lettuce Scallions Radish Turnips Asparagus Beets Broccoli Cauliflower Celery Rhubarb Sauerkraut Pickles	Fresh or Dried Fruits: Apples Grapes Cantaloupe Cherries Watermelon Strawberries Blue Berries Rasped Berries Plums Cranberries Spices: Sugar (Raw) Brown Sugar Molasses Salt Pepper Garlic Vinegar Tea Green or Roasted Coffee (Bean Form or Ground Form) Breads: Not Sandwiched Bread Crackers Hardtack Muffins Cornbread Cornmeal Flour Biscuits
Confectionary: Pound Cake Cookies Peppermints Ginger Snaps Ginger Bread Jams and Preserves	Nuts: Almonds Walnuts Peanuts Hazelnuts Butters: Apple Butter Regular Butter – If caution is taken

Month	Virginia	Maryland	Pennsylvania
January
February		Maple Syrup
March	Spinach
April	Asparagus, Spinach	Asparagus	Asparagus
May	Asparagus, Spinach, Strawberries	Asparagus, Spinach, Strawberries	Asparagus, Lettuce, Peas, Spinach
June	Asparagus, Blueberry, Cucumber, Green bean, Raspberry, Summer Squash, Strawberry	Strawberries, Radish, Rhubarb, Scallions, Spinach, Asparagus, Carrots, Lettuce	Peas, Spinach, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage
July	Tomato, Watermelon, Nectarine, Peach, Summer Squash, Cantaloupe, Green bean, Blackberry, Blueberry, Corn	Raspberries, Summer Squash, Corn, Cucumber, Okra, Peaches, Beets, Blackberry, Blue berry, Carrots	Watermelon, Summer Squash, Tomato, Eggplant, Lima bean, Pepper, Cantaloupe, Corn, Cucumber
August	Watermelon, Green bean, Pepper, Tomato, Corn, Cucumber, Grapes, Blackberry, Blueberry, Cantaloupe	Tomato, Watermelon, Corn, Eggplant, Grapes, Plums, Blackberry, Black-eyed Peas, Cantaloupe, Summer Squash	Watermelon, Pepper, Summer Squash, Tomato, Eggplant, Lima bean, Cantaloupe, Corn, Cucumber
September	Watermelon, Pumpkin, Raspberry, Tomato, Grapes, Green bean, Pepper, Apples, Broccoli, Cucumber	Winter Squash, Potato, Raspberry, Tomato, Watermelon, Apples, Broccoli, Grapes, Peas, Pepper	Tomato, Lima bean, Pepper, Winter Squash, Cucumber, Eggplant, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Corn
October	Apples, Broccoli, Cucumber, Grape, Green bean, Pepper, Spinach, Pumpkin, Raspberry, Tomato	Apples, Broccoli, Honey, Pears, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Turnips	Beets, broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Lima bean, Pumpkin, Winter Squash
November	Apples, Broccoli, Pepper, Spinach	Apples, Broccoli, Pumpkin, Sweet potato, Turnip	Beets, broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Turnips, Pumpkin, Winter Squash
December	Spinach	Sweet Potato	Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Turnips, Pumpkin, Winter Squash, Potato, Celery