Note 3233 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. (continued 3)
John Bostock translation
This was the native place of Ovid, who alludes to its cold streams, Tristia, B. iv. El. x. ll. 3, 4:—
“Sulmo mihi patria est, gelidis uberrimus undis, Millia qui novies distat ab urbe decem.”
Irrigation of the vine is still practised in the east, in Italy, and in Spain; but it does not tend to improve the quality of the wine.