AGRTCULTURAL.
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! DEGRADING. We have observed with.

 in week or two, that some of our farm.

 CTS are trimming their orchards in the old

 bungling manner, leaving the stump of the

 limb six inches or foot long to rot and

 decay and eventually destroy the tree.

 The best writers on orchdrding, recon.

 mend that the pruning of trees be deferred

 until the sap runs freely, and tho bari.

 starts easily from the wood. In which

 case, if the trimming is done neatly, tho healing process commences immediately.

 and the small wounds will be healed over l the same season. The limb should al.

 ways be cut off as close to the trunk or

 main branch as possible the bark and

 wood pared smooth, and if the wound is a

 large one, it should be covered with s,me

 composition to prevent the hea, and mos.

 ture from making the wood decay before

 the bark grows over. It is of little con. sequence what the composition is made of

 If the trees are small or the number few, equal parts of rosin, beeswux and tnlIow can be melted together and make a Cood salve for the purpose. Where large or. chard is trimmed, less expensive materi- als must be used. Taunton AdUO.

 GRAPE VINES. To all those who are fond of grapes, and enough of them, wo would recommend the Isabella grape, as possessing more valuable properties than any other with which we are acquainted, lt IS great bearer, requires no trimming md is not affected by the winter; and iS atter all, more agreeable to most palates than the foreign varieties which have been cul- tvated with much success. Slips or cut. tngs containing three buds, stuck into the ground, leaving one bud about an inch a. bove the surface, will take root and grow in almost any soil, and will bear In four years from planting. The cuttings cun be obtained in all the principal villages and towns. One vine in full bearing will pro- duce more bushels of grapes, than half tho 1 wild vines do clusters! ib.

 Sorrel.-The leaves of.he common Aor. 'el growing in the fields; as we'll as that cultivated in gardens, make very fine pies. They are prepared similar to tke leaves of hubarb. They are also good for greens. Hopa-The young shoots when three 'r four inches in height. arc sometimes oiled like asparagus, and said to Do li.slo 'rencl, use the young roots, and the etic1 lted leaves with slices of bread and butter. Nhe root is used as n substitute for coffee.

 Celerv.--This is a hardy biennial plant The bIanched leaf stalks are very exs client raw sallad stewed they are put n soups. In Italy the seeds are bruised md form good substitute for the blanch- d leaves. The Germans uso the roots oi he variety called celeriack, with oil and vinegar, first boiling them and then suffer. ng them to get cold. ,..

 Gum of tks Chsrry tree.--The exuding yum iron, the cherry is thought to Do equal io gum arabic. Hasselquist relates that more than one hundred men, during Q siege, were kept alive for nearly. two months on this gum alone, taken In the mouth and suffered gradually to dissolve.

 Asparagus is used in Paris by the sed; entary operative classes, who arc inclined to the gravel or stone.