The whole side of Breamo hill, on which grew the town of Pontedueme, was littered with small vegetable patches where the families of the town grew varied horticultural products for their own consumption, exchange or sale. The vegetable patches could have fruit trees such as diverse apple trees, pear trees, orange trees, lemon trees and others, such as grape vines or vineyards. Grape cultivation was important throughout the Eume area, even though its product (wine and moonshine) was exclusively for local and family consumption.
Sale of the vegetable patch produce was done at the local market and even elsewhere, reaching as far as the city of Ferrol, to which the sellers would travel by train. These sales were an economic boost for such modest domestic economies.
Work on these vegetable patches has created a historical countryside that is now transforming rapidly, due to the proliferation of new construction works and to abandonment. With abandonment, historically accumulated knowledge and varieties of indigenous fruits are also lost. The town festivals of Pontedueme take place in September, when fruit competitions are held which attempt to show the various types, types that can sometimes be seen in the local market. The festival is known popularly as “Festa das Peras” or “Festival of the Pears”, indicative of the local fruit tradition.