THEOPHRASTUS 



Bel jap warrep TO /j.ev vXrfv vrro- 

 \a/3elv ro Be elBos KOI nopfy^v. 



"E^et Be avrd TO, cnrep/jLara real ol greaves oi 

 rrepl avrd Biaffropdv rwv yv\Mv. &)? 8' 

 elrcelv dnavra ra aopia rwv BevBpcov Kal 

 olov pu^a /eauXo? aKpe^wv <J>v\\ov Kapiros, 

 TWO, oiKeiOTrjTa irpos TTJV b\r)v (JJVCTLV, et 

 TrapaX-Xdrrei Kara re ra? ooyia9 real TOU? 



ra p,ev evoa-^a KOI evcoBij ra B' aoa/^a 



zlvai rwv rov avrov 



4 'JEwa>i> jap evoa^a ra dvOrj /j.d\\ov ?; rd 

 (f)i>\\a, rwv Be dvdrra\iv rd <pv\\a p.d\\ov Kal 

 oi K\wves, wcrrrep rwv are^avwf^ariKwv rwv Be oi 

 Kaprroi' rwv ' ovBerepov eviwv S* at pi^ar rwv 

 Be n fiepos. ojJLOiw^ Be Kal Kara rou9 %uXoi;9 < rd 

 [lev jdp /3pwrd rd 8' dftpwra rvj^dvei Kal ev 

 (frvXXois Kal rrepiitaprriois. IBiwrarov Be ro eVt 

 T?/9 <j)i\vpa^' ravrrjs jdp rd /JLev <f)v\\a j\VKea 

 Kal TroXXa rwv ^wwv ecrOlei, 6 Be Kaprros ovBevl 

 jSpwrbs' errel ro je dvdrra\iv ovBev Oavaaarov, 

 ware rd ^ev c^uXXa fjirj iaQizaQai 701/9 Be Kaprrovs 

 ov aovov vfi rmwv aXXa Kal VTTO rwv dXXwv 

 ^wwv. d\\d Kal rrepl rovrou Kal rwv 

 rwv roiovrwv varepov rreipareov Oewpeiv 



XIII. Nvv Be roffovrov ecrrco Bfj\ov, on, Kara 

 rrdvra rd pepr] r:\eiov ? elal Biatyopal 



1 i.e. the pulp. 2 z.e. the flavour. 



3 Sense : Every tree has a characteristic juice of its own, 

 which is however specially recognisable in its fruit ; in the 

 tree as a whole its character is not always apparent. Hence 

 the importance of the flavour (which is seen in the fruit- 

 pulp), since it is this which determines the specific character, 



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