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pies and pears, too, are to be seen on walls, and 

 standards and espaliers, in considerable quantity, 

 and tolerable perfection. Many of the Noble- 

 men and Gentlemen have hot-walls, hot-houses, 

 and green-houses, on which the pine-apple, the 

 grape, peach, apricot, nectarine, and many exo- 

 tic plants, are cultivated with success. In all 

 these, as well as in other gardens of inferior 

 style, every kind of kitchen vegetable is pro- 

 duced in great abundance. 



There are few gardens in the county, and 

 none of these of any considerable extent, rented 

 by gardeners, for the purpose of disposing of 

 their produce to the public. About twenty acres 

 of ground are occupied this way in the vicinity 

 of Kirkaldy ; but not near so much, I believe, 

 any where else. Most of the families, in the 

 towns and villages, have little gardens, either 

 rented, or their own property, from which they 

 supply themselves with as much garden stuff as 

 is necessary. 



