ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VIII. 11. lo-m. i 



But that one particular land should produce two 

 crops in the time that other lands to which it is close 

 take to produce one, is very remarkable ; wherefore 

 Chalkia exhibits the greatest difference. 



The crops grown in other regions show not much, 

 if any, dissimilarity as to time ; those grown at 

 Athens are only about thirty days or not much 

 more before those of the Hellespont region. Now, 

 if the sowing should turn out to be also earlier, 

 that would shift the season back l ; if it is at the 

 same time, it is plain that the difference of time 

 would be greater. 2 



Again the particular district makes a considerable 

 difference, even as between places which are not far 

 apart ; thus the crops of Salamis are far earlier than 

 those of the rest of Attica, and so in general are those 

 of places by the sea ; and this applies to other fruits 

 as well as these : for instance, those of the place 

 called Akte in the Peloponnese and of Phalykos 3 

 in the Megarid are early ; but here something is 

 contributed by the fact that the soil is light and 

 crumbling. Such are the facts in regard to growth 

 and development. 



Of differences between the parts of cereals, pulses, and summer 

 crop* respectively. 



III. There are also differences between 4 the 

 whole classes which we have mentioned, namely 

 cereals leguminous plants 5 and summer crops, as 

 well as between the several members 6 of the same 

 class. Cereals have the leaf of a reed, while of 



3 tv *a\vK<? I conj. : cf. 2. 8. 1; eV 4>aA^/cy conj. W.; 

 tya\vK(p U ; e/c (t>a\T)K(p M ; c/c (f>a\T]Kov Aid. 



4 Katf conj. Sch.; xal Ald.H. 6 cf. 8. 1. 1. 

 6 6/j.oycvr} conj. Sch.; 6fj.oioyevrj Aid. 



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