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LIBER XV · CAPUT 5

THE CULTURE OF THE OLIVE: ITS MODE OF PRESERVATION. THE METHOD OF MAKING OLIVE OIL

THE CULTURE OF THE OLIVE: ITS MODE OF PRESERVATION. THE METHOD OF MAKING OLIVE OIL. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
THE CULTURE OF THE OLIVE: ITS MODE OF PRESERVATION. THE METHOD OF MAKING OLIVE OIL · EDITORIAL PLATE XV.5 · modern editorial plate
THE CULTURE OF THE OLIVE: ITS MODE OF PRESERVATION. THE METHOD OF MAKING OLIVE OIL. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Nunc dicentur Catonis placita de olivis. in calido et pingui solo radium maiorem, Sallentinam, orchitem, posiam, Sergianam, Cominianam, albiceram seri iubet adicit15 que singulari prudentia: quam earum in iis locis optimam esse dicent, in frigido autem et macro Liciniam. pingui enim aut ferventi vitiari eius oleum arboremque ipsa fertilitate consumi, musco praeterea et rubore infestari. spectare oliveta in favonium loco exposito solibus censet, nec alio ullo modo laudat.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

We will now proceed to mention the precepts given by Cato in relation to this subject. Upon a warm, rich soil, he recommends us to sow the greater radius, the Salentina, the orchites, the posia, the Sergian, the Cominian, and the albicera; but with a remarkable degree of prudence he adds, that those varieties ought to be planted in preference which are considered to thrive best in the neighbouring localities. In a cold and meagre soil he says that the Licinian olive should be planted; and he informs us that a rich or hot soil has the effect, in this last variety, of spoiling the oil, while the tree becomes exhausted by its own fertility, and is liable to be attacked by a sort of red moss. He states it as his opinion that the olive grounds ought to have a western aspect, and, indeed, he approves of no other.