Note 1686 — BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
John Bostock translation
“Fracibus.” The opinion of Pliny, that olives deteriorate by being left in the store-room, is considered to be well founded; the olives being apt to ferment, to the deterioration of the oil: at the same time, he is wrong in supposing that the amount of oil diminishes by keeping the berries.