Months of the Republican calendar

The day names below are the final names attached to the minutes of the Convention session of 4 Frost Month, Year II (24 November 1793). The names in blue are those that appeared in Fabre d'Églantine’s draft of 24 October 1793.

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Vendemiaire
1	Grape
2	Saffron
3	Chestnut
4	Autumn crocus
5	Horse
6	Balsam
7	Carrot
8	Amaranth
9	Parsnip
10	Vat
11	Potato
12	Everlasting flower
13	Pumpkin
14	Mignonette
15	Donkey
16	Marvel of Peru
17	Squash
18	Buckwheat
19	Sunflower
20	Wine press
21	Hemp
22	Peach
23	Turnip
24	Grenesian Amaryllis
25	Ox
26	Eggplant
27	Chilli pepper
28	Tomato
29	Barley
30	Barrel

Fog Month
1	Apple
2	Celery
3	Pear
4	Beetroot
5	Goose
6	Heliotrope
7	Fig
8	Scorzonera
9	Service tree
10	Plough
11	Salsify
12	Water chestnut Water chestnut
13	Jerusalem artichoke Jerusalem artichoke
14	Endive
15	Turkey
16	Chironia Skirret
17	Watercress
18	Leadwort
19	Pomegranate
20	Harrow
21	Bacchante
22	Olive Azerole
23	Madder
24	Orange
25	Pheasant
26	Pistachio
27	Tuberous pea
28	Quince
29	Service tree
30	Roller

Frost Month
1	Rampion
2	Swede
3	Chicory
4	Medlar
5	Pig
6	Corn salad
7	Cauliflower
8	Spruce Honey
9	Juniper
10	Pickaxe
11	Thuya Wax
12	Horseradish
13	Cedar
14	Fir
15	Roe deer
16	Gorse
17	Cypress
18	Ivy
19	Birch Savin
20	Hoe
21	Sugar maple
22	Heather
23	Reed
24	Sorrel
25	Cricket
26	Pine nut
27	Cork
28	Truffle
29	Olive
30	Shovel

Nivose
1	Snow Peat
2	Ice Coal
3	Honey Bitumen
4	Wax Sulphur
5	Dog
6	Manure Lava
7	Petroleum Topsoil
8	Coal Manure
9	Resin Saltpetre
10	Flail
11	Poix Granite
12	Térébenthine Clay
13	Clay Slate
14	Marl Sandstone
15	Rabbit
16	Plaster Flint
17	Limestone Marl
18	Slate Limestone
19	Sable Marble
20	Winnowing basket
21	Sandstone Pierre à Plaster
22	Flint Salt
23	Mercury Iron
24	Lead Copper
25	Cat
26	Tin
27	Copper Lead
28	Iron Zinc
29	Salt Mercury
30	Sieve

Pluviose
1	Spurge laurel
2	Moss
3	Butcher’s broom
4	Snowdrop
5	Bull
6	Laurustinus
7	Tinder fungus Tinder fungus
8	Mezereon
9	Poplar
10	Axe
11	Hellebore
12	Broccoli
13	Laurel
14	Coudrier Hazel
15	Cow
16	Boxwood
17	Lichen
18	Yew
19	Lungwort
20	Pruning hook
21	Pennycress
22	Spurge flax
23	Couch grass
24	Knotgrass
25	Hare
26	Woad
27	Hazel
28	Cyclamen
29	Celandine
30	Sledge

Ventose
1	Coltsfoot
2	Dogwood
3	Wallflower
4	Privet
5	Buck goat
6	Asarabacca
7	Mediterranean buckthorn
8	Violet
9	Willow
10	Spade
11	Narcissus
12	Elm
13	Fumitory
14	Hedge mustard
15	Goat
16	Spinach
17	Doronicum
18	Pimpernel
19	Chervil
20	Flaxe
21	Mandrake
22	Parsley
23	Scurvy-grass
24	Daisy
25	Kid Tuna
26	Dandelion
27	Woodland
28	Maidenhair fern
29	Ash
30	Dibber

Germination Month
1	Primrose
2	Plane tree
3	Asparagus
4	Tulip
5	Rooster Hen
6	Chard Chard
7	Birch
8	Jonquil
9	Alder
10	Grafting knife Couvoir
11	Periwinkle
12	Hornbeam
13	Morel
14	Beech
15	Hen Bee
16	Lettuce
17	Larch
18	Hemlock
19	Radish
20	Beehive
21	Judas tree
22	Romaine lettuce
23	Horse chestnut
24	Rocket
25	Pigeon
26	Lilac
27	Donkeymone
28	Pansy
29	Blueberry
30	Couvoir Grafting knife

Floreal
1	Rose
2	Oak
3	Ironn
4	Hawthorn
5	Bee Nightingale
6	Columbine
7	Lily of the valley
8	Mushroom
9	Hyacinth
10	Rake
11	Rhubarb
12	Sainfoin
13	Wallflower
14	Dwarf palm
15	Silkworm
16	Comfrey
17	Salad burnet
18	Basket-of-gold
19	Orache
20	Hoe
21	Statice
22	Fritillary
23	Borage
24	Valerian
25	Carp
26	Spindle tree
27	Chive
28	Bugloss
29	Wild mustard
30	Shepherd’s crook

Meadow Month
1	Alfalfa
2	Daylily
3	Clover
4	Angelica
5	Duck
6	Lemon balm
7	Oat grass
8	Martagon lily
9	Wild thyme
10	Scythe
11	Strawberry
12	Betony
13	Pea
14	Acacia
15	Duck Quail
16	Carnation
17	Elder
18	Poppy
19	Flaxden
20	Pitchfork
21	Cornflower
22	Chamomile
23	Honeysuckle
24	Bedstraw
25	Tench
26	Jasminee
27	Verbena
28	Thyme
29	Peony
30	Cart

Harvest Month
1	Rye
2	Oats
3	Onion
4	Speedwell
5	Mule
6	Rosemary
7	Cucumber
8	Shallot
9	Wormwood
10	Sickle
11	Coriander
12	Artichoke
13	Clove
14	Lavander
15	Jumart Chamois
16	Tobacco
17	Redcurrant
18	Barley Vetchling
19	Cherry
20	Pen
21	Mint
22	Cumin
23	Bean
24	Alkanet
25	Guinea fowl
26	Sage
27	Garlic
28	Vetch
29	Wheat
30	Shawm

Heat Month
1	Spelt
2	Mullein
3	Melon
4	Darnel
5	Ram
6	Horsetail
7	Mugwort
8	Safflower
9	Blackberry
10	Watering can
11	Foxtail millet
12	Glasswort
13	Apricot
14	Basil
15	Ewe
16	Marsh mallow
17	Flax
18	Almond
19	Gentian
20	Lock
21	Carline thistle
22	Caper bush
23	Lentil
24	Elecampane
25	Lamb Otter
26	Myrtle
27	Rapeseed
28	Lupin
29	Cotton
30	Mill

Fruit Month
1	Plum
2	Millet
3	Puffball
4	Winter barley
5	Cornflower Salmon
6	Tuberose
7	Sugar barley
8	Dogbane
9	Liquorice
10	Ladder
11	Watermelon
12	Fennel
13	Barberry
14	Walnut
15	Gudgeon Trout
16	Lemon
17	Teasel
18	Buckthorn
19	Marigold
20	Hod
21	Dog rose
22	Hazelnut
23	Hop
24	Sorghum
25	Crayfish
26	Bitter orange
27	Goldenrod
28	Maize
29	Chestnut
30	Corbeille Basket

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