LIBER XV · CAPUT 16
THE MODE OF KEEPING VARIOUS FRUITS AND GRAPES
Latine · Mayhoff 1906
In universum autem de pomis servandis praecipitur pomaria in loco frigido ac sicco contabulari, septentrionalibus fenestris serene die patere, austros specularibus arcere, aquilonis quoque adflatu poma deturpante rugis. colligi mala post aequinoctium autumni neque ante XVI lunam neque ultra duodetricesimam, nec pluvio die neque ante primam horam; cadiva separari; stramentis solidis paleisve substerni, rara componi, uti limites pervii spiritum aequalem accipiant. Amerina maxime durare, melimela minime. —
English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57
For the better preserving of fruits it is universally recommended that the storeroom should be situate in a cool, dry spot, with a well-boarded floor, and windows looking towards the north; which in fine weather ought to be kept open. Care should also be taken to keep out the south wind by window panes, while at the same time it should be borne in mind that a north-east wind will shrivel fruit and make it unsightly. Apples are gathered after the autumnal equinox; but the gathering should never begin before the sixteenth day of the moon, or before the first hour of the day. Windfalls should always be kept separate, and there ought to be a layer of straw, or else mats or chaff, placed beneath. They should, also, be placed apart from each other, in rows, so that the air may circulate freely between them, and they may equally gain the benefit of it. The Amerinian apple is the best keeper, the melimelum the very worst of all.