Note 1753 — BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
John Bostock translation
From Cydonia, a city of Crete. The Latin name is only a corruption of the Greek one: in England they were formerly called “melicotones.”
John Bostock translation
From Cydonia, a city of Crete. The Latin name is only a corruption of the Greek one: in England they were formerly called “melicotones.”