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[9] quia et imbres et ventos fortius patitur. Nam maior celeriter in flore corrumpitur, et magis in iugis quam in arboribus. Ideoque non est 1vineis apta, vix etiam arbusto, nisi praepingui et vivida 2terra; nam nec mediocri valet, multoque minus in exili. Prolixarum frequentia materiarum foliorumque et uvarum et acinorum 3magnitudine dignoscitur, internodiis quoque rarior. Largis fructibus a minore superatur, gustu non vincitur.Et hae quidem utrae- 4 5 6 7 8 [p. 238]
4 sic vett. edd., Schn.: vincat (vincant a) modo superetur SAacM, Ald., Gesn.
5 Ea SAacM.
6 est in Aac, vett. edd.
7 vivida SAacM, Schn. in not., Sobel: uivida vel humida plerique.
8 et acinorum om. SA. a Highly praised by all authorities; but see especially Chap. 9, below, and Pliny, N.H. XIV. 21-22. Isidore (Orig. XVII. 5. 18) says that it is called Aminean quasi sine mineo, id est sine rubore, producing a white wine.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 1. Harrison Boyd Ash. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1940. Keyboarding.
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