Columella Res Rustica 5.11.4

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

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[4] Cum deinde truncum recideris, acuto ferra-mento plagam levato. Deinde quasi cuneum tenuem ferreum vel osseum inter corticem et materiam ne minus digitos tres, sed considerate, demittito, ne laedas aut rumpas corticem. Postea surculos quos inserere voles falce acuta ex ima parte deradito ¹²³⁴ tantum, quantum cuneus demissus ⁵spatii dabit, atque ita, ne medullam ⁶neve alterius partis corticem laedas.

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. coeperit SAa: coepit c.

2. tumibunt SAac.

3. excato S: exsecato Aa: excecato c.

4. et S. a So called from the plaster of clay or wax used in this method.

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