valley shows 150 separate orchards between Llandeilo and Llandovery. Davies recounts that one local lady would be taken by her mother to the Tywi valley every spring to see the valley which would be white with apple blossom Apples were also used for medicinal purposes with the Physicians of Myddfai prescribing them for ague (intermittent fever), jaundice, and eye water. The orchards at Dryslwyn Castle were well enough known to be recited in a poem by Lewis Glyn Cothi: Iddaw fo mae neuadd falch Ac yn wengaer gan wyngalch, Ac o gylch ogylch i hon, Naw o arddau yn wyrddion, Perllanwydd a gwinwydd gwyr, Derw ieuainc hyd yr awyr. He holds a proud hall And a white fort, whitewashed And all around Nine gardens green Great orchards and vines Young oaks touching the sky Cheese The Farmhouse Cheese Shop, run by John and Patrice Savage-Ontswedder, can be found in Carmarthen Market. They have their own range of Teifi Cheeses and Glynhynod Caerphilly, together with almost all the other cheeses made in West Wales. Teifi Cheese is an organic vegetarian cow's milk cheese with a bright yellow interior and sweet fruity flavour when young. As it ages, the cheese becomes hard and flaky. It is similar to Gouda cheese and can be eaten on its own, or used in recipes where it adds richness and depth. The flavour is influenced by the grasses growing in the Teifi valley. Savage-Ontswedder also produce Celtic Promise, a modern vegetarian surface-ripened cow's milk cheese with a semi-soft texture and a moist orange-red rind with a dusting of mould. It is washed in cider brine during ripening and is creamy, rich and yellow with a pungent aroma and piquant taste. This cheese, together with another of their cheeses, known as Saval have been champions at the British Cheese Awards. Celtic Promise complements cider, ale and medium-bodied wines. Llanboidy Cheese was made on an organic farm near Llanboidy, it was the only cheese in Europe made from the milk of Red Poll cows, a rare pedigree breed grazing traditional pastures and drinking from the farm well. This gave the cheese a fresh-cut hay aroma and sharp, grassy tang. It was made by hand and allowed to develop and mature in its own rind. It had a smooth, silky texture and robust taste. Other Carmarthenshire cheeses include Caws Cenarth and Kid Me Not, both winners of prizes at