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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Hmong Growers and Dealers. 
It is reported that the Easterling Nursery Co., of Cleveland, Tenn., 
proposes to plant 1,500,000 peach trees and 1,000,000 apple trees, 
and 50,000 cherry trees and 50,000 pear trees. 
The Green Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y., has been incorporated 
with a capital of $10,000 by C. A. Green, Jennie C. Green and R. E. 
Burleigh. 
Knight & Bostwick, Newark, N. Y., has been incorporated with a 
capital of $5,000 by C. W. Stuart, C. H. Stuart and J. M. Pitkin, of 
Newark. 
Herbert S. Chase, Huntsville, Ala., visited Rochester nurserymen 
on January 14th on his way home after a two weeks’ trip. 
W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Ala., is erecting a handsome residence. 
The Weber & Sons Nursery Company, St. Louis, will have an exhibit 
of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants on the horticultural grounds at 
the World’s Fair. A part of it is already installed. F. A. Weber 
made a business trip to eastern points last month. 
J. W. Schuette, St. Louis, Mo., spent last month in California. 
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Greening, of Monroe, Mich., celebrated the fif¬ 
tieth anniversary of their wedding on December 26th. Mr. Greening 
was the founder of the Greening Brothers’ Nursery Company in 1863- 
A. W. McDonald and Leon Girod are operating the Washington 
Nui’sery Company at Toppenish, Wash. Their 
grounds comprise 350 acres of wdfich nearly 50 
are in nursery stock. According to the Yakima 
Herald this firm is preparing to open an office 
at Detroit, Mich., whence nursery stock grown 
in Washington is to be distributed n. the east. 
The park commissioners of New London, 
Conn., have engaged W. E. Arnold, of the Shady 
Hill Nursery Company, to lay out Riverside 
park, on the Thames River. 
It is reported that Downs & Co. have pur¬ 
chased the business of the Shreveport, La., 
Nursery Co. 
The Oklahoma Nursery purchased the Will¬ 
iam Murray farm just north of Guthrie, Okla¬ 
homa, for $15,000. A large plant will be erected 
for packing and shipping trees and a switch 
will be built to the farm from the Santa Fe 
and the Denver, Enid and Gulf railroads. 
J. F. DONALDSON. 
The subject of this sketch started in 
life with nothing but his hands and a 
determination to succeed at anything he 
might undertake. He was born in London, England, October 
6 , 1874, and at the age of eight years came to America to 
live with an uncle in Orange County, Va. His life from eight 
years to 16 years was spent on a farm and he received a com¬ 
mon school education. At the age of 17 he engaged in the 
nursery business. In 1892 he went to Kentucky and was 
employed by E. K. Taliaferro & Bro., of Newport and War¬ 
saw, Ky.; was with them three years and then went to The 
Storrs & Harrison Co.’s at Painesville, O.; was with them two 
years and in Spring of 1898, with D. E. Gibson, of Warsaw, 
Ivy., started the Willadean Nurseries known as Donaldson & 
Gibson, J. F. Donaldson being manager and at the head of 
the firm, as his partner knew nothing about the nursery bus¬ 
iness. The first year they planted about six acres in nursery 
stock; have grown and increased their planting until now they 
have about 100 acres planted in stock. The Willadean 
Nurseries are the largest nurseries in the state and grow one 
of, if not the largest stocks of ornamentals/shrubs and seed¬ 
lings south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. 
The business is almost exclusively wholesale. They ship 
to over 30 states and their trade it increasing rapidly each 
year. In August, 1903, J. F. Donaldson bought out his 
partner’s interest in the nursery which is now conducted by 
The Donaldson Co., Mr. Donaldson being the proprietor. 
The nursery is located on the Ohio river, 65 miles south of 
Cincinnati and 85 miles north of Louisville, Ky. 
MARYLAND ORCHARD COMPANY. 
The Mountain Dale Orchard Company of Maryland and 
West Virginia, was recently incorporated at Cumberland, 
Md., with a capital stock of $20,000. Mayor W. C. White, 
of Cumberland, is the president; G. H. Hetzel, secretary- 
treasurer, and S. D. Moser, general manager. The campany 
controls or owns about 1,000 acres of land adjoining the Alle¬ 
gheny peach orchards, near Paw Paw, W. Va., Hampshire 
county, and it is understood has options on more of the con¬ 
tiguous territory. It contemplates starting a general nursery 
business. It starts with an orchard of 25,000 peach, pear 
and plum trees from one to four years old. About 50,000 ad¬ 
ditional trees in variety will be plante in the next two years. 
['MARYLAND HORTICULTURISTS. 
At the sixth annual meeting of the 
Maryland Horticultural Society, in Balti¬ 
more last month, W. M. Peters’ Sons, 
Snow Hill, exhibited big stem juicy sweet 
potatoes; J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, 
fruit and ornamental trees; J. W. Kerr, 
Denton, varieties of nuts. Professors T. 
B. Symons and J. B. S. Norton exhibited 
36 cases of mounted insects which affect 
crops. Orlando Harrison discussed “No¬ 
menclature and New Fruits.” Prof. F. A. 
Waugh, of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College, spoke on “The Tree Planters’ 
Interest in Propagation.” His talk gave 
rise to considerable discussion and differ¬ 
ences of opinion between the growers and 
the nurserymen. Professor Waugh said 
that the nurserymen should be held re¬ 
sponsible for the trees they sell if they 
develop disease. C. M. Peters read a paper on vineyards. 
A. L. Towsen, of Washington County, was elected presi¬ 
dent; Prof. Norton, secretary-treasurer. Orlando Harrison 
is a county vice-president; he is also a member of the executive 
committee of the Peninsula Horticultural Society, including 
Maryland and Delaware. 
The Illinois Horticultural Society has adopted a resolution asking 
the state department of agriculture to conduct experiments tending 
to convince the foreign authorities that there is no danger of infection 
of orchards from fruit infested with San Jose scale. 
Dean Davenport, of Illinois, says that if the various kinds of apples 
were as assiduously advertised as breakfast foods, the orchard bus¬ 
iness would be revolutionized, much to the increase of the fruit grow¬ 
ers’ bank account and the general health of the public. 
It is probable that the general assembly of Virginia will adjourn 
until 1905 early this month and that there is little hope for an amend¬ 
ment of existing nursery inspection laws about which there has been 
much complaint. The reason for a shorter recess is that the last legis¬ 
lature passed a large mass of new and untried laws that will have been 
tested in twelve months, and as is always the case, time will demon¬ 
strate the necessity for change in some of them. The regular biennial 
session would not meet until 1906. 
J. F. Donaldson. 
