About the book: 1953 / "Very long ago, back in early 1952, the story “Letter” was published in “Pionerskaya Pravda” - about the boy Petya, who decided to grow a new variety of wheat on his collective farm. Readers sometimes asked me whether Petya was a success with his idea, how his life turned out, what difficulties he encountered in his work, what happened to Lelya, who came with her agronomist father from the city... That’s why I decided tell in more detail how Petya grew his wheat and what came of it. The second chapter was written, but it turned out that the end was still far away...” On the cover: K. F. Yuon “July. Bathing» (1925).