ᐅ As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first. – Pliny the Elder | QuotesTrue.com

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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.

Pliny the Elder

"Natural History". Book by Pliny the Elder, Book XV, Chapter 13. Holland's translation; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 591,

1755

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