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Cato, de R. R., 6. The wild asparagus is still very common on the Italian hills. Cf. Mart., Ep. xiii., 21,
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Inculti asparagi.
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Segni in Latium. Cf. Plin., xv., 15.--_Syrium._ The
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Bergamot pears are said to have been imported from Syria. Cf. Mart., v., Ep. lxxviii., 13,
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Et nomen pyra quæ ferunt Syrorum. Virg., Georg., ii., 88,
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Crustumiis Syriisque pyris. Columella (lib. v., c. 10) calls them
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Tarentina,
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Picenis cedunt pomis Tiburtia succo, Nam facie præstant. And iii., 272,
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Picenis excerpens semina pomis. These apples were to be also from his Tiburtine farm: the banks of the Anio being famous for its orchards. Hor., i., Od. vii., 14,
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Præceps Anio ac Tiburni lucus et uda mobilibus pomaria vivis. Propert., IV., vii., 81,
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Pomosis Anio quà spumifer incubat arvis. Apples formed a very prominent part of the mensæ secundæ: hence the proverb,
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Ab ovo usque ad mala. Cf. Mart., x., 48, fin.,
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Saturis mitia poma dabo. Cf. Sat. v., 150, _seq._, where apples