OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. 145 



CHAPTER IX. 



GARDENS AND ORCHARDS. 



GARDENING is not much attended to by the far- 

 mers of the county of Down j the only part of it, 

 where a garden feems to be the neceflary appendage 

 to a farm or cottage, is from Moira towards Waring's- 

 town, Lurgan, Moyallan, and that beautiful part of 

 the country ; yet even there potatoes feem to be gain- 

 ing ground on the other roots and vegetables j and 

 when it is confidered how cheap and palatable a food 

 they afford, how eafily they are drefled and prepared, 

 the progrefs they have made muft be attributed to their 

 intrinfic value. But, notwithftanding, a few early cab- 



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bages, curled kail, peas, and beans, are pretty general 

 in moft farms ; but not being cultivated with that care 

 they require, the produce is fmall, and not calculated 

 to fupplant their more fortunate rival, the potatoe. In 

 the vicinity of Belfaft, and other towns, there are 

 u many 



