CHAP. 44.—TREES WHICH BEAR THE WHOLE YEAR. TREES WHICH
HAVE ON THEM THE FRUIT OF THREE YEARS.
The citron-tree, [Note] the juniper, and the holm-oak are looked
upon as having fruit on them the whole year through, and
upon these trees we see the new fruit hanging along with that
of the preceding year. The pine, however, is the most remarkable of them all; for it has upon it at the same moment
the fruit that is hastening to maturity, the fruit that is to
come to maturity in the ensuing year, and the fruit that is to
ripen the next year but one. [Note] Indeed, there is no tree that
is more eager to develope its resources; for in the same month
in which a nut is plucked from it, another will ripen in the
same place; the arrangement being such, that there is no
month in which the nuts of this tree are not ripening. Those
nuts which split while still upon the tree, are known by the
name of azaniæ; [Note] they are productive of injury to the others,
if not removed.
