Columella Res Rustica 2.9

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.)

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Res Rustica

1. tritici quinque, et Ald., Gesn., Schn. a I.e. at the rate of about one and two-thirds bushels an acre.
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6. fruticavit R aliquot, Ald., Gesn., Schn.
7. quintam partem (AR) occupare (R pauci) edd. ante Schn.
8. semestrem S et R aliquot, vett. edd.: semenstrem A et R aliquot, Lundstrōm: triticum semestrem (semenstrem) vel. t. semestre (semenstre) R cett.: trimestrem Ald., Gesn., Schn.
9. tanto commodius Ald., Gesn.; tanto inclusit Schn.
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15. Sed om. SA, Schn.
16. glabrertibua R pauci, et vulgo ante Schn.
17. ea (eam, ea in) glabreta R plerique, et vulgo: eam glaeba SA: eam (ea in a) gleba ad: eam glaebam Lundström.
18. alia quae S, Lundström: aliquae A: aliqua R, et vulgo.
19. negat SA. a Cf. II. 6. 3.
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23. habeto R plerique.
24. sic SA1, Lundström: adhibeatur R, et vulgo.
25. exile R, et vulgo ante Schn. a Cf. Varro, R.R. I. 2. 25. b Georg. I. 197-200.
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34. sic Lundstrōm cum codd.: conspicitur candidum vulgo.
35. ea om. SA.
36. ait. pascit (cibat M) post triticum add. R.
37. marcescere A2R pauci, Lundström: manascere A1: manescere S.
38. nimis SAa, Schn., Lundstrōm.
39. modii occupabunt Ald., Gesn., Schn.; sect modiis occupabit maluit Schn. in not., ex Pallad., Sept. 4.
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48. versari A2R, vett. edd.
49. sationem vel sartionem R. a " two-rowed." b The Sarmatians, says Pliny (N.H. XVIII. 100), lived chiefly on millet porridge, made with mare's milk or with blood drawn from the thigh of a horse; while the Ethiopians knew of no other grains than millet and barley. Panic was used by
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