Columella Res Rustica 2.10

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

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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.)

Notes on the current edition

Res Rustica

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2. sarritionem plerique edd. ante Lundstrōm.
3. aestibus om. SA.
4. sic SAM, Lundström: ad (as) siccavemnt vel ad(as)sic-caverint R plerique: assiccaverint vett. edd.: assiccata fuerint Ald., Gesn., Schn.
5. pinsatum R plerique.
6. sed et milium Ald., Gesn., Schn.
7. quavis in copia Schn., praeeunte Pontedera: quavis inopia Ald., Gesn.
8. maxime cum lacte om. S (in marg. man. ait.) A.
9. sic S, Lundström: disseramus AR, et vulgo.
10. iam om. SA.
11. in horreo om. SA.
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21. convaluerit R plerique, edd. ante Lundstrōm; sed convaluit maluit Schn.
22. reponis Ald., Gesn., Schn.
23. aediderunt A: edederunt vel ediderunt (vett. edd.) R plerique: ederunt R pauci, Ald., Gesn.
24. modios (modios X M) R pauci, vett. edd.: modis S1A: modiis R plerique, Lundström: modii occupant Ald., Gesn., Schn.
25. veterio SAM: vervacto Ald., Gesn.
26. observetur A: obseritur R, edd. ante Schn.
27. autumni SA1.
28. destinatur AR, edd. ante Lundström.
29. iactemua R plerique: alemus SA.
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35. dissipavimusque SAa.
36. inporeitumque A1, Lundström:im (in) porcatumq; vel importatunq; R: imporcatumque edd. vulgo.
37. occupabimu8 A.
38. siliquam Ald., Gesn., Schn.
39. 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
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45. matura R, edd. ante Schn.
46. Graec. om., spat, relict., R plerique.
47. laetior SAR: grandior M, codd. Verg.
48. maderet S, Schn.
49. 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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61. modius SA.
62. collocetur R aliquot, edd. ante Lundström.
63. furcillisve R aliquot, Ald., Gesn., Schn.
64. contundat SA.
65. iacebant SA.
66. resederunt E, edd. ante Schn.
67. facto Gesn., Schn., praeeunte Ursino.
68. sic Lundström: lenti modo semediata SA: Lentem semente (Lentis sementem M) media crescente R, et vulgo: Lentim modo a dimidiata Schn.
69. sic Lundström: pingius et SA: pinguis sed o: pingui et E, et vulgo.
70. seratur Ald., Gesn., Schn.
71. quattuor vel quatuor vel IIII R plerique: quatuor Ald., Gesn.
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77. extercorandum R: editur curandum M.
78. oleo post defricetur add. Schn. ex Catone 116.
79. lentem R aliquot, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
80. ei om. R, edd. ante Schn.
81. tenuius Schn., Lundstrōm: tenui ut SA1: tenue A2R, et vulgo. a Identified by Columella (VI. 17. 7; cf. XII. 7. 4, 59. 4) with laserpitium, laserwort. Pliny (N.H. XIX. 38-46) gives a long account of the history and uses of the plant.
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86. colligi M: et per tolli om. SA.
87. Cicer aut om. R plerique, Ald., Gesn., Schn.
88. tamen om. SA.
89. arietillum Lundstrōm cum codd.: arietinum vulgo. a Oct. 15th. b Congesticia, earth brought together from different places; cf. II. 15. 4-5; Palladius X. 7; Theophrastus, De Caus. Plant. III. 25.
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94. naporum R, edd. ante Schn., qui naporum legit, napi defendit in not.
95. raparumque Lundstrōm, cum SA et R aliquot ut videtur.
96. meliorescit M.
97. etiam om. edd. ante Lundstrōm. a I.e. Feb. 24th or 25th. b Cf. Palladius, VIII. 2. 2. Pliny remarks that the Greeks (N.H. XVIII. 129) and medical men (N.H. XIX. 75) distinguished between "male" (round) and "female" (elongated) turnips or navews, the original sex and change of nature being determinable by thickness of sowing and quality of soil.
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103. napis AR, omnes ante Gesn.
104. qui AR, vett. edd.
105. diximus M.
106. Medica, quod cum semel seritur, decem annis durat; quod per annum deinde recte quater Ald., Gesn., Schn.
107. eligito SAR, vett. edd., Schn.: elegito Lundstrōm: egerito Ald., Gesn. a Medic clover or lucem (alfalfa) is said to have come to Italy from Greece, where it was introduced from Media at the
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113. peremat S1A, Lundström: perveniat M.
114. messem R aliquot, edd. ante Lundström.
115. fructificare AR.
116. sexies in anno R aliquot, edd. ante Lundström.
117. qua omnes post Ursinum: quam codd. a 1 cyathus = about one-twelfth of a pint.
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121. satio R, edd. ante Schn.
122. quae autumno sata partim (sed qua autumno sata partim in marg. A man. ait.) om. et post viret inserunt SA.
123. partim semini custoditur om. SA. a Farrago is defined by Varro (R.R. I. 31. 5) as a mixture of barley, vetch, and legumes for green feed; cf. Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 142.
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128. semen SAR, Lundström: messem R duo dett., et vulgo.
129. adruunt S, Lundström: adfruunt A.
130. inlentescat Ald., Lundström, cum codd. ut videtur.
131. sic Lundström, cum codd. ut videtur: subtritis vulgo. a Cf. Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 139. b Andalusia.