Complex sentence: In places like Crete, Theophrastus writes that native plants spring up if the ground is simply disturbed, and that wild trees are generally more vigorous than cultivated ones, give fruit later, and like cold and hilly terrain.
Split into simpler sentences: In places like Crete, native plants spring up if the ground is simply disturbed. Wild trees are generally more vigorous than cultivated ones, give fruit later, and like cold and hilly terrain.