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But if anybody has any reason to offer why the Okabena is not 

 hardy and should not be placed on that Hst I wish they would tell 

 me now. I understand hardiness to mean ability to grow, to live 

 and be healthy and to produce apples. That is what I call hardi- 

 ness. All I want to know is whether or not it does that. If it is 

 failing I want some one to tell me. 



The Chairman : We have it in the list of the "most profitable 

 varieties." 



Air. Underwood : I know that, but you have the Patten's 

 Greening in the list of "first degree of hardiness," and it is not so 

 well known for its hardiness as the Okabena. There have been a 

 thousand Okabena planted to one of Patten's Greening, and what 

 I want to know is whether it is not fully as hardy, and whether the 

 tree does not live and produce apples. Are the trees healthy and 

 thrifty? That is what I want to find out. Does anybody know of 

 any place or locality where the Okabena is a failure? If so, I want 

 to know it. You have the Patten's Greening on the list of "first 

 degree of hardiness," and the Okabena on the list of "second de- 

 gree of hardiness." It is placed with the Malinda. That is en- 

 tirely contrary to my judgment, but I am willing to let it stand. I 

 think, however, it belongs in the first list. 



Mr. Taylor: I move to amend the report that the Okabena be 

 placed on the list of "first degree of hardiness." 



The Secretary : There are two varieties on that list of the 

 second degree of hardiness that are as hardy as those on the first 

 list. Those are the Okabena and the Peerless. Of course, the 

 Peerless does not bear well, and it may be that ics buds winter- 

 kill, but I fail to hear reports from any part of the state where 

 these varieties are planted but what they stand the winter well. 



Mr. Cole : I probably have a chance to see as many trees in 

 the country as any one. I do a great deal of traveling. I have 

 sold hundreds of Okabena, and I have heard nothing but praise 

 for both the tree and the fruit. The tree itself is hardy and bears 

 annually, and I have often wondered why we did not put the va- 

 riety on the list of "first degree of hardiness." It gives entire 

 satisfaction wherever I have found it, though sometimes where 

 there is an unfavorable location it may not do so well but I am 

 sure it will do as well as any variety that is on the list of "first 

 degree of hardiness." I have also noticed that the Peerless is as 

 hardy as any, but I have also noticed that it does not bear until it 

 gets old. 



Mr. Taylor's amendment was then put to a vote and it was 

 unanimously recommended that the Okabena be placed on the list 

 of "first degree of hardiness." 



Mr. Elliot: If the Peerless is as hardy as those other va- 

 rieties I do not see any objection to putting it on the first list. 

 There is this about the Peerless, experience has taught me that 

 it does not bear equallv well in all locations. I have a place where 

 it is on a high elevation and where it is doing admirably, while on 

 low flat grounds it is not producing as it ought to. It is only a mat- 



