Columella Res Rustica 2.6.2

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

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[2] Secunda conditio est habenda siliginis, cuius species in pane praecipua pondere deficitur. Tertium erit trimestre, ¹cuius usus agricolis gratissimus; nam ubi propter aquas aliamve causam matura satio est omissa, praesidium ab hoc petitur. Id porro ²genus ³⁴⁵⁶⁷ est siliginis. Reliquae tritici species, nisi si quos multiplex varietas frugum et inanis delectat gloria,

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

3. obrui R pauci, et vulgo: adrui codd. plerique, Lundström.

4. dissupari SA, Liundslröm.

5. persequemur edd. ante Lundström.

6. trimenstre S, Lundström.

7. porro om. AR, edd. ante Lundström. a 1 modius = about 1 peck. b One cart-load contained eighty modii; cf. XI. 2. 86 and Palladius, X. 1. 2. c For the wheats, see Note on page 461.

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