After describing trees that are thriving and yet fail to bear fruit, he recommends the following procedure: “It is a good plan to bore them with a Gallic auger and to put tightly into the hole a green slip taken from a wild olive - tree; the result is that the tree, being as it were impregnated with fruitful offspring, becomes more productive. ”
Setelah menjelaskan tentang pohon - pohon yang subur tetapi tidak berbuah, ia menyarankan metode berikut: ” Sebaiknya, lubangi pohon itu dan masukkan ke dalam lubang itu cabang muda pohon zaitun liar; dengan demikian, pohon itu menghasilkan lebih banyak buah. ”