Sunday, August 25, 2024
Praise of a Good Gardener
Homer, Odyssey 24.244-247 (tr. Richmond Lattimore):
Here is a list of fruit trees in the orchard of my paternal grandmother in Cherokee Village, Arkansas, in the 1930s, according to my aunt (April, 1984, at which time "the orchard is gone"):
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Old sir, there is in you no lack of expertness in tendingAlfred Heubeck ad loc.:
your orchard; everything is well cared for, and there is never
a plant, neither fig tree nor yet grapevine nor olive
nor pear tree nor leek bed uncared for in your garden.
ὦ γέρον, οὐκ ἀδαημονίη σ᾽ ἔχει ἀμφιπολεύειν
ὄρχατον, ἀλλ᾽ εὖ τοι κομιδὴ ἔχει, οὐδέ τι πάμπαν, 245
οὐ φυτόν, οὐ συκέη, οὐκ ἄμπελος, οὐ μὲν ἐλαίη,
οὐκ ὄγχνη, οὐ πρασιή τοι ἄνευ κομιδῆς κατὰ κῆπον.
ApplesPeaches
- Horse Apple
- Red June
- Grimes Golden
- Early Harvest
- Red Delicious
- Roman Beautiful
- Maiden Blush
- Transparant
- Winter Banana
- Mammoth Blacktwig
- Arkansas Black
- Wine Sap
- Duchess
- Crabapple
Plums
- Family Favorite
- Elberta
- Carmen
- Indian Peach
- Belle of Georgia
- Blue Damson
- Wild Goose
