She is the goddess of fruits; for her very name is derived from the care she was supposed to take in producing and preserving the fruits of the earth. […] A crown of olive was entwined around her helmet, because she taught the use of that fruit. […] Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon a basket of fruit; and near her, stood Vertumnus in the figure of a young man, holding fruit in one hand, and in the other, the horn of plenty. […] Populonia protected the fruits of the earth from hail and lightning. […] Of what fruit did Pallas teach the use?