THE PLYMOUTH HARVEST by Governor Bradford

THE PLYMOUTH HARVEST


All sorts of grain which our land doth yield,
Was hither brought and sowed in every field;
As wheat and rye, barley, oats, beans and peas,
Here all thrive, and they profits from them raise.

All sorts of roots and herbs in gardens grow;
Parsnips, carrots, turnips or what you’ll sow,
Onions, melons, cucumbers, radishes,
Skirrets, beets, coleworts, and fair cabbages.


Written by Governor Bradford of the Massachusetts Colony about 1621

Notes:

  • skirrets
    • a species of parsnip grown in England
  • coleworts
    • a cole (such as kale) that forms no head

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