# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.6.10

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.6.10

εὔλογον δὲ καὶ τὸ καλλικαρπότερα ταῦτα γίνεσθαι καὶ μάλιστα ἐὰν τὰ ἥμερα εἰς τὰ ἄγρια τιθῆται τῶν φυτῶν· εὐτροφία γὰρ συμβαίνει πλείων διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν τῶν ὑποκειμένων· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ κελεύουσι κοτίνους φυτεύσαντες ἐνοφθαλμίζειν ἢ ἐμφυτεύειν ὕστερον. ἀντιλαμβάνονται γὰρ μᾶλλον ἰσχυροτέρου καὶ τροφὴν ἐπισπώμενα πλείω καλλίκαρπον τὸ δένδρον ποιεῖ· ἐπεὶ εἴ γέ τις ἀνάπαλιν τὸ ἄγριον εἰς τὸ ἥμερον ἐμβάλλοι, διαφορὰν μέν τινα ποιήσει, τὸ δὲ καλλικαρπεῖν οὐχ ἕξει. καὶ τά μεν περὶ τὰς φυτείας καὶ τὰς ἐμφυτείας ἱκανῶς εἰρήσθω.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.