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  It is about teen sisara vince thieSe eirool-
sent neroiy geape ws-raWt - trotnced. - t 11a
faitly suaai;edileitichiraeter jgvi itand
iigro-'higin  R o, hrfjS vor-v e ry   Year.
  It is emphaiicillyie bestifarorer's grape, or,
the grape fri ftdii~igTWin  - -
  :  The-vine- is very-iiorbus, mniaking strong
wood.' Foliage lafte Land :ealthy. -Berrics
rouondish, large, -nrder good cultu *vety' large.
s#netiMes an' 'tith in dianweter, -buneh large
and handsomely shouldered, color dark, almost
black, ncoverel :witb.. a dense bluevbloom, skin
thin, juice. abundant, with a nweet aromatic
Xlavor.    :         -    .  ,
  It ripens hisl  o bal  two we;vs earlier thoul
-the Isabella, is exvreouely hardy, and. will betr
neglected culture better thanu most oilier sort-.
  It was first-aut oettJ . per vine, afterwards
at S-:; it may 4ow-1e obtaiued of moet nuiuse-
rymen, and the price t reduced as -to be with-
in the reach of all.  GQod vi.nes, may b had
for 50 cents to $i .4h1  a  i   tq Qi ss d
age, and muxuh less by the doze,, or hqp dyed
                          A. G. 11. :FoUD.
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   Mn. EDITOB.:-Please gwve thi best time to
transplant Apsragux.          M , M. CLARK.
   Scarcely any gadsR ,egetabJe, dIyose gp od
,qualities are w.e, ertatliejshe4 rd uaiver.ally
recognized by those wo have bcen a9ccstojtcd
to its use, is so Jittle ,nwn, to the farmers of
this country, as asparagus., We have thought
it well, therefore, to more than answer our cor-
respondent's question by publishing the tollow-
ing directions, copied from Buist's lPamily
Kitchen Gardener:
   PROPAG ATto'.-SoZ thct sete c Spy Tn spring
 (about a 1iound Will lt biodfbeT h*'a fnuly)
 ..thinly, ia drills o.e arid a beat to 4wo iiwhqes
 deep, and eighteeo inchtes frqtn row to row-in
 food, rich, wktriy, oamyr soil, wel mainured
 nd prepasred. -Utvoa eamid-pbnlststre
 much better fo~rrtsjtipta taps &s5wol
 even three years old when the growth nar
 'beenit dlffereflt.':"Rakdl:tgrtbln ~esi lt sd
 Lkeeslp iLfree from ,wee .bntut-thoemig.
 Aboutstable firstt pf; 4! t  t406r L. fh.
 s ome stable litter rshouli bb spread' over t'he
 -grosoni, to  kleep the  t&Wssh #e-A*   -~.!



-twuiten.L.Thie-bst groiad for Aspqtasgus
S S  tis  p4 fiim-h , at Wtit Vtvo fqet irep.
'efibrm itting ft'slioutdr be ilu ;-e t ttep or.
vrozcdtii the *ty we haveeer iaie id,
)a-tyihe-tu t.  of manuTe. ns no mOte -Sca
)e, uppsiett ethe bedJ9 nrepI[nnted (dness
     aDt Sigedt'SSl . 'The tr lld-6cni qtrCe-
1y be' t oo fieih,~' fdrihDe sweet neshsaod teodecttcss
o? the shoots depetfd on tha rnpidify of-fhe
growrth; 'whi'ch ti greatly proinotdbhy il~e rici-
ness of the soi7; A-plot of ground twrenty *det
0i4e and fom6 forty to fifty feet long will be
5aitable fosa' tnoderate-slzed family. Over it
;owr froib fto to'ane hundred pounds of salt,
incarporating it wir- ihe soil to the depth of
ronr or five inches. The ground having been
Well p'rqpied and properly leveled, divide it
off into belds fiar teet wide, *lrh licyrof two
rect between them.  The work shoudd all be
done in. fine weather, about the end of Maroh.
[This forthe latitude of Philadelphi; 'in Wis-
consin the work should be done in April tuu-
Rily.-Ei.J  Drive in a strong take at each
corner. talke u the plaiats.carefully fram the
seed-rowe with a fork. and expose them to the
air as little a:poesllte. keeping them covered
during Lhe tie ,of pl nting, sainotallowing
the root to .get dry. Streeiabinelengtowise
along the betizinejaches from the edge, iand
with a. s"de cut, a small trrow, six inches
deep. MAviag theolsntoresdy. D ia row-along
doe treach, nine ischee aportm with the emown
of " roots, &  ttlebelowthe surface,4dawing
a little earth: upe themto.iw4themut.pblaeel.
biaving knined amour,L ewer them directly
.writh thl arth'tbat; hasbeen thrown out *Mthe
furrow, raking. it- regulealy -and to an eqal
*deptlh ovetth.rowmof the plants.. Proceed
,toiopen,.a  dfturow  a foot frem the first;
plant aud flniah it as above, when you Will heve
fonr reveto each bed;  Afttu all is planted,
rak. the bedslengthwise, drawing off all stones
and rubbish; dreS s the, surhoae beady. and
evenly. Let the edges be litd outdin. exact
wdeir,' allowing two feet to fach alley.  As
these alleys -will be of little. service the first
eeason, and hio waste ground should ever be
seen in a garden, dig.them up and plant a-rew
of. eabbage in each. Nothing further, will be
required during the summer than to destiroyall
weeds, The following winter cover them to
the depth-of three or four inches with-rotten
manure, to keep the crowns fhom sUn, and frost;
if, in the spring, the -earth; is: found to-hive
settled in any part, -the deficiency must be
nade up: with mere mould. It is & commsou
practice to sow radishes upon the bedsi.butit
is.an injuriesis one, a it robs -the ground of a
'greaLpoetion of its nutriment4 so easential'to
their luxuriant. growth ..The.plats are per-
omitted the twoi frt yes to run up to.Slks,
that strongorowns may be formed at their base
feothefut*a~csep.    .
' AIeL the tUd: y"*, the beds rill require
&5trie  owfli  :idie of ttstent.  Proh the



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