# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.17.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.17.6

αἱ δ᾽ ὑγραὶ καὶ σαρκώδεις οὐ δέονται τῆς ἀναστομώσεως καὶ δήξεως. ὅλως δ᾽ αἱ μεταβολαὶ τῶν δένδρων διὰ τὰς θεραπείας ὥστε ἐξ ὀξέων καὶ πικρῶν γλυκέα γίγνεσθαι καθάπερ αἵ τε ῥοαὶ καὶ αἱ ἀμυγδαλαῖ καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο τῷ τὰς ῥίζας ἀλλοιοῦσθαι μεταβάλλει· μεταβάλλουσι δὲ κατὰ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν τροφὴν. γλυκέα μὲν οὖν μετὰ τρία ἢ τέτταρα ἔτη γίνονται· τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἡ θεραπεία· ῥόαι δὲ πικραὶ διαμέ- νουσι καί τινα πλείω χρόνον.

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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.
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