Columella Res Rustica 2.4

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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Current edition Perseus

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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4. occasionem SA, et R plerique.
5. seminabimus S, vett. edd.: seminaverimus vulgo ante Lundström.
6. offensione Ald., Gesn., Schn. a Vervactum is defined by Varro (R.R. I. 44. 2) as land that sometimes rests between crops, while land that is worked every year is called restibilis. Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 76, quod vere semel aratum est, a temporis argumento vervactum vocatur. b Cf. Palladius, II. 3. 2. 128
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10. viginti om. AR, edd. ante Schn.
11. quandocumque M, edd. ante Gesn.
12. sarritioni Schn., praeeuntibus Ursino et Pontedera. a I.e. after April 13th. Cf. Palladius, V (April). 2. 4. b June 23rd or 24th. c September 1st.
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18. aliquibus R pauci, edd. ante Lundström.
19. statim R pauci, edd. ante Gesn.
20. trimestri Ald., Gesn., Schn. a About three-fifths of an acre. b Varro says (R.R. I. 29. 3) that the ridges between the furrows are called porcae because that soil produces (porricit) the grain.
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