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There are four varieties of the sorb: there being some that have all the roundness [Note] of the apple, while others are conical like the pear, [Note] and a third sort are of an oval [Note] shape, like some of the apples: these last, however, are apt to be remarkably acid. The round kind is the best for fragrance and sweetness, the others having a vinous flavour; the finest, however, are those which have the stalk surrounded with tender leaves. A fourth kind is known by the name of "torminalis:" [Note] it is only employed, however, for remedial pur-
poses. The tree is a good bearer, but does not resemble the other kinds, the leaf being nearly that of the plane-tree; the fruit, too, is particularly small. Cato [Note] speaks of sorbs being preserved in boiled wine.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 15.22 | Plin. Nat. 15.23 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 15.24 |
