De Plantatione

therefore, to say that the tree is purified, contains a principle, the assertion of which is founded surely in truth, but to make the same statement with respect to the fruit is saying what [*](Numbers v. 15. ) [*](Leviticus xix. 23. ) [*](Genesis xxx. 37. ) [*]( Leviticus xiii. 12. )

is not equally clear or credible; for no cultivator of figs or grapes, or, in sort, of any fruit whatever, purifies them.