A flower from a buckwheat <em>(Fagopyrum esculentum)</em>.

Buckwheat

A flower from a buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

Section of a flower from a buckwheat <em>(Fagopyrum esculentum)</em>.

Buckwheat

Section of a flower from a buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

Fruit from a buckwheat <em>(Fagopyrum esculentum)</em>.

Buckwheat

Fruit from a buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

A scene from the story, "The Buckwheat."

The Buckwheat

A scene from the story, "The Buckwheat."

A scene from the story, "The Buckwheat."

The Buckwheat

A scene from the story, "The Buckwheat."

A farmer standing waist-deep in a field of buckwheat on land that was plowed early and well fitted.

Buckwheat field

A farmer standing waist-deep in a field of buckwheat on land that was plowed early and well fitted.

Farmer standing in a sparse and stunted field of buckwheat, which was on land that was plowed late.

Buckwheat field

Farmer standing in a sparse and stunted field of buckwheat, which was on land that was plowed late.

A dock or sorrel. A common perennial herb growing in acidic sour soils mainly in the northern hemisphere.

Female Rumex

A dock or sorrel. A common perennial herb growing in acidic sour soils mainly in the northern hemisphere.