ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VII. 11. 4-6 



it may, it is admitted that in the case of cabbage the 

 stem is sweeter if it should have grown l again after 

 being broken, provided that the leaves are stripped 

 off before the plant runs to stalk. 



In most cases the roots persist, but they do not in 

 all cases produce fresh growth. Thus radish and 

 turnip persist till summer, if earth is thrown on 

 them, and they increase in size ; and some gardeners 

 do this deliberately; but they do not make fresh 

 growth nor send out leaves, even if one 2 removes the 

 earth heaped over them. And this may also be 

 observed in other plants. However, most pot-herbs 

 have the single stout root which runs deep ; for even 

 in those which produce these side-roots of equal 

 stoutness, as celery and beet, the side-growth comes, 

 as it were, from the middle root and it is not 

 separate to start with ; but to this single root are 

 attached the small out-growths, 3 both in radish and 

 in turnip. These instances are familiar to all because 

 of the use 4 which is made of these plants. 



The beet has a single long stout straight root like 

 that of the radish, and has stout out-growths, some- 

 times two, sometimes three, sometimes only one, and 

 the small ones are attached to these. The root is 

 fleshy and sweet and pleasant to the taste, wherefore 

 some even eat it raw. The ' bark ' is not thick and 

 cannot be detached, like that of the radish, but 

 rather resembles that of alexanders. In like manner 

 the root of orach is single and runs deep, and other 

 roots are attached to it. 



re Kal rrjs airo^vaSos teal /.iiKpa Ald.H. ; so also M, omitting re. 

 W.'s restoration of a very corrupt text is at least consistent 

 with what follows in 6. 

 * i.e. for food. 



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