THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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M. MCDONALD. 
M. McDonald was born Oct. 14, 1861, in Western Ontario, 
Canada. His early life was spent on his father’s farm. At 
the age of twenty-one he engaged with Stone & Wellington, of 
Toronto, Canada, as traveling salesman. After one year with 
this firm, McGill Bros., of London, Ontario, secured his ser¬ 
vices and he continued with them until 1891 when he formed 
a partnership with Mr. A. McGill, the junior member of the 
firm, McGill Bros., under the firm name of McGill & McDon¬ 
ald, and immediately these two young men started for the 
Pacific Coast, arriving in Salem in the spring of 1891. They 
at once saw the superior advantages of soil and climate of the 
Willamette Valley for nursery purposes and decided to locate 
in Salem. In 1894 they organized the Oregon Nursery Co., 
of which Mr. McDonald became 
its vice-president. Upon the re¬ 
organization of the company in 
1896, he became its president, which 
position he now holds. 
From a small beginning he has 
seen his company grow under the 
management of himself and Mr. 
McGill, until it far surpasses in 
volume of business any other nur¬ 
sery on the Pacific Coast. 
Being always alive to the inter¬ 
est of the nursery business, he took 
an active part in forming the 
Oregon Nurserymen’s Association, 
and in 1895 and again in 189G was 
elected as its president. When the 
Pacific Coast Nurserymen’s Associ¬ 
ation was organized last January he 
was chosen as its first president. 
I he case was twice before a commissioner in chancery, who 
both times reported in Mr. Hood’s favor. The Law and 
Equity Court of the City of Richmond decided it in Mr. 
Hood s favor ; and when Mr. Bissell as appellant carried the 
case to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, that court 
in concluding its opinion against Mr. Bissell’s contentions, 
said : 
“ We have given the entire record a careful consideration, and feel 
satisfied that the appellant has not been prejudiced by the decree 
complained of. It appears to us that the commissioner has stated the 
account according to the true intent and meaning of the contract 
between the parties, dealing liberally with the appellant by solving, 
as stated in his second report, every doubt in his favor, and that his 
conclusions are sustained by the evidence. To give effect to the 
views urged on behalf of the appellant in support of his several 
exceptions to the reports would involve a wide departure from the 
contract, if not a total disregard of its 
terms.” 
COLORADO CONDITIONS. 
Mr. Shields, of the Colorado Nur¬ 
sery Co., Loveland, Colo., called 
upon Western New York nursery¬ 
men last month. He was in search 
of a carload of Plum and Cherry, 
but found them very scarce and bringing $20 to $25 per hun¬ 
dred. Mr. Shields says there is a surplus yet of Apples in the 
West, but the scarcity of seedlings will change this condition. 
“ We have practically no root gall and very little aphis in 
Colorado,” said Mr. Shields. “ We are using the Rocky 
Mountain Cherry as a stock upon which to graft Plum and 
Peach. The effect is a dwarfing which we can turn to good 
account in laying down Peaches and Plums so grown, in the 
winter, and covering, as we do small fruits. Such trees are 
prolific bearers. The Pennock Hybrid Cherry is a cross of 
Rocky Mountain Cherry and Plum. It is a heavy bearer and 
I think will prove popular.” 
COLD STORAGE THROUGH 
SUMMER. 
The experiment by a West¬ 
ern New York nursery company 
to carry over this summer 70,000 
apple trees in cold storage, at a 
temperature of 32 degrees, has 
caused some interest in such a 
proposition. But nurserymen 
generally are doubtful of results 
and some declare they would be 
sorry to see the practice become 
general as it would have a demoral¬ 
izing effect upon the market. 
FLOOD-LOSSES AT TOPEKA. 
M. McDonald. 
Peters & Skinner, North Topeka, 
Kan., have received reports from 
nurserymenin their locality regard¬ 
ing losses in nursery stock by the 
floods. They find that the per cent 
of loss is about as follows : 
Apple grafts, 60 per cent. lost. 
Apple coming 2 years, 25 per cent, 
lost. Apple seedling, 80 per cent. Peach coming 1 year, 65 
per cent. Peach seedling, 40 per cent. Cherry coming 1 
year, 60 per cent. Cherry coming 2 years, 6 per cent. Maha- 
leb stocks, 50 per cent. Plum stocks, 30 per cent, and grape 
cuttings, 50 per cent. lost. 
This statement includes only the nursery stock about 
Topeka and does not include the loss near Kansas City. 
AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 
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BISSELL-HOOD SUIT DECIDED. 
The suit of E. H. Bissell against W. T. Hood has been 
finally decided in a manner entirely creditable to W. r I . Hood. 
The twenty-first annual meeting of the American 
Trade Association was held at Atlantic City, N. Y., 
23-26. The attendance was 150. Papers on “Limiting Our 
List of Varieties,” “Free Seed Distribution by the Govern¬ 
ment,” “ Vine Seeds,” “Trials in Peas and Beans” were read. 
These officers were elected: President, S. F. Willard, Wethers¬ 
field, Conn.; secretary-treasurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O 
The next convention will be held in St. Louis. 
