# Enquiry into Plants 6.7-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, B, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.7-2

Κράτιστον δὲ καὶ τῶν λευκῶν καὶ τῶν μελάνων τὸ βασιλικὸν καλούμενον γένος ἐν ἑκατέρῳ καὶ μεγέθει καὶ ἀρετῇ· σπάνια δ᾿ εἶναι ταῦτα λέγουσι· σχεδὸν γὰρ ἐν μόνῳ τῷ Βαγῴου κήπῳ τοῦ παλαιοῦ περὶ Βαβυλῶνα. ἐν Κύπρῳ δὲ ἴδιόν τι γένος φοινίκων ἐστὶν ὃ οὐ πεπαίνει τὸν καρπόν, ἀλλ᾿ ὠμὸς ὢν ἡδὺς σφόδρα καὶ γλυκύς ἐστι· τὴν δὲ γλυκύτητα ἰδίαν ἔχει. ἔνιοι δ᾿ οὐ μόνον διαφέρουσι τοῖς καρποῖς ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ δένδρῳ κατά τε τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὴν ἄλλην μορφήν· οὐ γὰρ μεγάλοι καὶ μακροὶ ἀλλὰ βραχεῖς, ἔτι δὲ καρπιμώτεροι τῶν ἄλλων καὶ καρποφοροῦντες εὐθὺς τριετεῖς· πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ οὗτοι περὶ Κύπρον. εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ περὶ Συρίαν καὶ περὶ Αἴγυπτον φοίνικες οἳ φέρουσι τετραετεῖς καὶ πενταετεῖς ἀνδρομήκεις ὄντες.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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