Question

And whatever he touched in that rich fortress of his soul sprang into golden life: as the years passed, the fruit trees—the peach, the plum, the cherry, the apple—grew great and bent beneath their clusters. His grape vines thickened into brawny ropes of brown and coiled down the high wire fences of his lot, and hung in a dense fabric, upon his trellises, roping his domain twice around. They climbed the porch end of the house and framed the upper windows in thick bowers. And the flowers grew in rioting glory in his yard—the velvet-leaved nasturtium, slashed with a hundred tawny dyes, the rose, the snowball, the redcupped tulip, and the lily.

The author uses sensory details in this excerpt to create images of
excess and riches, to suggest interest in materialism.
bountiful blooms and harvests, to suggest agricultural success.
colorful visions and sceneries, to suggest artistic aptitude.
climbing vines and fruit, to suggest time standing still.

Answer 1

bountiful blooms and harvests, to suggest agricultural success.

The vivid sensory details (bending fruit trees, brawny grape vines, "rioting glory" of flowers) emphasize abundance and fertility rather than materialism, art skill, or a frozen moment.