Book 2
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But Diphilus calls chestnuts also Sardinian acorn, saying that they are very nutritious, and full of excellent juice; but not very easy of digestion, because they remain a long time in the stomach; that, however, when they are roasted they are less nutritious, but more digestible; and that when boiled they are less apt to produce flatulence than the others, and more nutritious. It is easily peel'd, and the Eubœans Call it a nut, but some people have call'd it an acorn, says Nicander the Colophonian, in his Georgics. But Agelochus calls chestnuts ἄμωτα, and says, Where the Sinopean nuts are produced the natives call the trees which produce them ἄμωτα.
