Harriet,
This may be not all that much help, but you ought to consult the state
agricultural censuses for 1850 and 1860 for a picture of what each farm
in that area was producing.

Do keep me advised of your plans as the local branch of the APVA here in
Rockbridge might well want to attend your festivities.

Tom Kastner

Harriet Welch wrote:

>An 1850s Court Days Festival is being planned for Harrisonburg for next
>June. Our local Farmers Market will be participating and is interested in
>growing vegetables that would have been available back then to sell at the
>festival.
>
>I'm looking for any information or resources that would tell us what was
>popular back then and would probably have been sold/bartered during Court
>Day. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Harriet Welch
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