Columella Res Rustica 2.10.12

ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner

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[12] experti praecipimus.¹Silente luna fabam vellito ante lucem; deinde cum in area exaruerit, confestim, prius quam luna incrementum capiat, excussam refrigeratamque in granarium conferto. Sic condita a curculionibus erit innoxia, maximeque ex leguminibus ea sine iumentis teri, sine vento purgari expedi- ²³⁴⁵⁶

Res Rustica. Columella. ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner. London. 1941-1955.

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Res Rustica. Books I-IX (Columella. On agriculture, Volume 1-2. Ash, Harrison Boyd; Foster, Edward Seymour; Heffner, Edward H., editors. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1941.)

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Res Rustica

2. matura R, edd. ante Schn.

3. Graec. om., spat, relict., R plerique.

4. laetior SAR: grandior M, codd. Verg.

5. maderet S, Schn.

6. praecepimus vel praecipiemus R plerique. a Vergil, Georg. I. 195-196. b Palladius (VII. 3.2) gives similar directions for the pulling of beans luna minuente, when the moon is waning.In connec-

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