D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, write: We send you for examination three bulbs of Bloomsdale pearl onions grown in Mississippi from sets furnished by us. The sets were planted November 5th, and the mature onions pulled April 12th. You will perceive they measure 19 inches in average circumference, and the combined weight of the three is 4 pounds 14 ounces. We have over a bushel of specimens sent us by customers in the Southern States, and should like you to see them, as they constitute the most remarkable exhibition of onions we have ever seen. No variety that we have ever seen is so rapid in development. The flesh, as you will perceive, is pure white, translucent, very delicate and so free from astringent oil that the bulbs can be eaten uncooked as freely as apples. Due to the precocious character of the sets, they cannot well be kept for spring planting. We therefore recommend them for autumn or winter planting, and anywhere south of the Susquehannathey are found perfectly hardy.

[The above-mentioned specimens came to hand and were truly of prodigious size, and were all our correspondents claim them to be.

We obtained a few of the sets of this onion in the spring of 1882, but were rather late in planting them. Their earliness and mild flavor struck us as being such desirable qualities that an endeavor was made to obtain some the present season for further trial, but the order was sent too late. - Ed. G. M.]