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[2] Nam de vinetis quae longo situ exoleverunt, inter omnes auctores constitit pessima esse si 1 2 3 4 5 6 [p. 300] reserere velimus, quod et inferius solum plurimis 7radicibus sit impeditum ac velut irretitum, et adhuc non amiserit virus et cariem illam vetustatis, quibus hebetata quasi aliquibus venenis humus torpeat. 8
1 opima cM.
2 eum aM, Sobel: cum c, vett. edd.: eam SA: id vulgo.
3 qui in scripsi: quia in Sobel: frugifero quin SAac vett. edd.: frugiferoq; in M: frugiferum, quod in vulgo.
4 fuisse SAacM, Sobel.
5 sint SA: sunt acM, et vulgo.
6 solum om. Aac, et omnes ante Schn. a This special preparation of the ground, called pastinatio, consisted of deep digging or trenching. Ground so prepared was called pastinatum, pastinatio or pastinum. Palladius (II. 10. 1), like Columella below (Chap. 13), speaks of three kinds of trenching: complete trenching of the ground,
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