Originally small plots of land were leased to farmers. Today the trend is towards larger plots and land ownership. Several small farmers are now growing oranges under contract to the Citrus Company of Jamaica. The nursery and offices of this new venture are on the R of the road. At the next crossroads a sign directs you to turn R towards Belvedere Plantation, a very popular tour.
Belvedere covers a thousand acres of citrus, pasture and forest along the banks of the Great River.
Owners of the estate, the McGanns also operate the Beachcomber Club in Negril. The slave-built Barracks Bridge over the Great River is close to the site of a military barracks built in 1773 and besieged by slaves in the rebellion of 1832. A JDF camp just before the Montpelier crossroads was originally intended to be a residential agricultural school. It was one of three Cuban gift schools built during the 1970s regime of Michael Manley. The other two, Garvey-Maceo in Clarendon and Jose Marti near Spanish Town are used as secondary schools.