yield of seven, eight or ten cidlei to the iugerum in favoured spots.The vine was propagated by cuttings (plantae) or layers [propa-gines), which were planted and trained in the nursery (seminarium).They might then be transferred to the vineyard (vinea) and grown 1 Cf. also the tradition that… … =5O m W uo 312 PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION chap, v on props (ridicae); but the common practice (condemned by someancient authorities on agriculture) was that still followed in NorthItaly, by which the vines were trained on supporters planted inrows along the edge of the cornfields. For this the…
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