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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 1292 — BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES.

John Bostock translation

Baccius reads “Seberiniana,” but is probably wrong. If he is not, it might allude to the place now known as San Severino, and which produces excellent wine. Fée thinks that these wines were grown in the territory of Salerno, which still enjoys celebrity for its muscatel wines.

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