| After graduating he cofounded a kibbutz, working with others to transform deserts into green pastures and orchards. |
| Fruits such as apples, apricots, quinces, figs, pears, cherries, berries, and grapes grew in orchards or the river valleys. |
| In the valleys there are orchards, and up on the high pastures, where not even barley will grow, people husband yaks, cows or sheep. |
| The foothills are wooded, except in the south, and shelter valleys with vineyards and orchards. |
| Between the outer wall and the city are four leagues of land filled with farms, orchards and houses. |
| The country is sufficiently fertile, covered with corn fields and orchards, and intersected by sudden acclivities with flat summits. |
