What does "Vineland" mean to you?

[Monte Davis]

 Mark sez:
 
> With "Mr. Natural" Pynchon, I see trees embodied in Vine; that incredible

>  natural richness of America per   Tocqueville and other commentators on  
> America............betrayed  
 
Leif Ericsson's sales pitch on the fertility of Vineland works with that, as
does  the photo on the hardcover dust jacket and Penguin pb (clear-cut
slope, smoldering fire) -- assuming TRP had a voice in it, which is the
received view
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