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Chapter 25
Themenwhografttheyoungtrees,thelittlevines,arethecleverestofall,fortheirsisasurgeon’sjob,astenderanddelicate;andthesemenmusthavesurgeons’handsandsurgeons’heartstoslitthebark,toplacethegrafts,tobindthewoundsandcoverthemfromtheair.Thesearegreatmen.
Alongtherows,thecultivatorsmove,tearingthespringgrassandturningitundertomakeafertileearth,breakingthegroundtoholdthewaterupnearthesurface,ridgingthegroundinlittlepoolsfortheirrigation,destroyingtheweedrootsthatmaydrinkthewaterawayfromthetrees.
Andallthetimethefruitswellsandtheflowersbreakoutinlongclustersonthevines.Andinthegrowingyearthewarmthgrowsandtheleavesturndarkgreen.Thepruneslengthenlikelittlegreenbird’seggs,andthelimbssagdownagainstthecrutchesundertheweight.Andthehardlittlepearstakeshape,andthebeginningofthefuzzcomesoutonthepeaches.Grapeblossomsshedtheirtinypetalsandthehardlittlebeadsbecomegreenbuttons,andthebuttonsgrowheavy.Themenwhoworkinthefields,theownersofthelittleorchards,watchandcalculate.Theyearisheavywithproduce.Andthemenareproud,foroftheirknowledgetheycanmaketheyearheavy.Theyhavetransformedtheworldwiththeirknowledge.Theshort,leanwheathasbeenmadebigandproductive.
