1Poor Richard Improved, 1765 (Franklin Papers)
1509 No Sallads in England; Carrots, Turnips and Cabbages were imported from the Netherlands.
2Toasts at an Independence Day Banquet, [5 July 1779] (Franklin Papers)
As to fruit and vegetables, they included vast amounts of gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, pears, apricots, lemons, melons, figs, artichokes, carrots, turnips, onions, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, peas, mushrooms, cucumbers,