Serunt alii circum pinos, ut habet uxor in Sabinis, alii cupressos, ut ego habui in Vesuvio, alii ulmos, ut multi habent in Crustumino; ubi id pote, ut ibi, quod est campus, nulla potior serenda, quod maxime fructuosa, quod et sustinet saepe ac cogit aliquot corbulas uvarum et frondem iucundissimam ministrat ovibus ac bubus ac virgas praebet saepibus et foco ac furno.
Some plant pines around the edges, as my wife has done on her Sabine farms; others plant cypresses, as I did on my place on Vesuvius; and still others plant elms, as many have done near Crustumeria. Where that is possible, as it is there because it is a plain, there is no tree better for planting; it is extremely profitable, as it often supports and gathers many a basket of grapes, yields a most agreeable foliage for sheep and cattle, and furnishes rails for fencing, and wood for hearth and furnace.
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