Candlelight is close at hand, so for planning purposes, I took an early look at Beeton's Book of Household Management to see what's in season (in London, which doesn't have a substantially different climate from here) in October:
Fish- Barbel, brill, crabs, cod, eels, flounders, gudgeons, haddocks, lobsters, mullet, oysters, plaice, prawns, skate, soles, tench, turbot, whitling.
Meat- Beef, mutton, pork, veal, venison.
Poultry- Chickens, fowls, geese, larks, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys, widgeon, wild ducks.
Game- Blackcock, grouse, hares, partridges, pheasant, snipes, woodcocks, doe venison.
Vegetables- Artichokes, beets, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, celery, lettuces, mushrooms, onions, pease, potatoes, sprouts, tomatoes, turnips, vegetable marrow, various kitchen herbs.
Fruit- Apples, black and white bullaces, damsons, figs, filberts, grapes, pears, quinces, walnuts.
Again this month, the fish category saw multiple changes: barbel, crabs, gudgeons, haddocks, and tench were added, with carp, sturgeon, and whitebait removed. Venison replaced lamb on the meat list. Ducks came off the poultry list, with widgeons and wild duck added (back). Buck venison is out; doe venison is in, along with snipes and woodcocks. The fruit and vegetable categories are both starting to contract. In the vegetable list, we see asparagus, beans, salading, and sea-kale replaced by beets and cauliflower. Apples have finally made the fruit list this month (though depending on the variety, my friends have been harvesting theirs since July or August) while melons, morella-cherries, mulberries, nectarines, peaches and plums have all rotated off.
Note that teal and widgeon are both types of ducks. I don't know the nuance implied by listing them out separately from duck or wild duck.
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