THEOPHRASTUS 



^i/XoO (f)vcri<;' Bet jap coairep to jxev vXrjv vno- 

 Xa^eiv TO 8e elSo^i koI fj,op(f)7]v. 



"E;^6t Se avTCL to. a-Trepfxara Kol ol ^iTft)t'€9 ol 

 TTepl aura 8ia(f)opav ro)V ')(^uX(ov. ft)9 8' aTrXaJ? 

 elireiv arravra ra fjbopia tcov hevhpwv Kal (pvrcjv, 

 olov pi^a Kav\o<i aKpep,c6v (jivWov Kapiro'?, e;^efc 

 riva OLKeiorrjra 7Tpo<; ttjv oXr/v (pvatv, el koI 

 TrapaWaTTec /card re Ta<; 6ap.a^ koI Tov<i ')(^v\ov<i, 

 <09 ra jxev evoa/na /cal evcohrj ra S" aocr/xa Kal 

 a-xyXa 7ravTe\co<i elvai tmv tov avrov /nopicov. 



^EvLcov yap evoafia ra avdiq jxaXkov rj to, 

 (f)vWa, TMP Se dvaTrdXiv ra (f)vXXa p^aWov Kal 

 OL K\Mve<i, cocTTrep tcov (Tre<^av(jC)pari,KS)V tcov 8e ol 

 Kapirol' TCOV S' ouSeTepov ivicov S' at pC^ar tcov 

 Be Tt nepo<i. 6fWico<i 8e Kal Kara rovf 'xyXov'i' to, 

 fiev yap ^pcoTa to, 8' a/Spcora rvy')(^dv€i Kal iv 

 ^vWoL'i Kal irepLKapirloi'^. IhidoTaTov he to eirl 

 Tri<i (f)t\vpa<;' TavT7]<; yap to, /j,ev (f>vX\.a yXvKea 

 Kal TToWa TCOV ^cocov eaOiei, 6 he Kap7ro<i ovhevl 

 ^p(or6<i' errel to ye dvarraXiv ouSev OavfxaaTov, 

 cocrre ra pbev cf)vWa p,7) iadUadac tol'9 he Kapirom 

 ov jxovov v(p^ ri/LLcov dWa Kal viro tcov aWcov 

 ^cocov. dWd Kal irepl tovtov kol tmv aWcov 

 TCOV ToiovTcov vcTTepov TTecpaTeov deoopelv to.^ 

 aLTia^. 



XIII. NOv he ToaovTOV ecxTCO hfjXov, OTi Kara 

 irdvTa TO. fiepr) irXeiovi elcrl 8ca(f>opal 7roA.Xa%w9" 



1 i.e. the pulp. '^ i.e. the flavour. 



* 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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