Columella, Res Rustica, ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner, 2.10.9

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[9] Post brumam parum recte seritur, pessime vere; quamvis sit etiam trimestris faba, quae mense Februario seratur, quinta parte amplius quam matura, sed ¹²³⁴⁵ exiguas paleas nec multam siliquam facit. Veteres itaque rusticos plerumque dicentes audio malle se maturae⁶fabalia quam fructum trimestris.

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

1. dissipavimusque SAa.

2. inporeitumque A1, Lundström:im (in) porcatumq; vel importatunq; R: imporcatumque edd. vulgo.

3. occupabimu8 A.

4. siliquam Ald., Gesn., Schn.

5. modiis SA: modiis vel modii si R pauci: modios vel modios si R plerique. a Varro (R.R. I. 23. 3), for example, speaks of the use of the field Lean for green manuring before the pods have formed. b A sowing made at about the time of the festival of the Seven Hills (Septimontium), celebrated in December before the

Columella Res Rustica 2.10.9

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