Our Most Productive Cotton 
FOR WILT LAND 
Coker’s 4-in-l comes from a cross of our Foster 
Strain 6 and Clevewilt. It is the result of 12 years’ 
continuous breeding and testing both on wilt and 
non-wilt soils. Those of us who have grown and 
studied this variety during its development, increase, 
and testing period, realize that these years of pains¬ 
taking care and expense were not in vain. Coker’s 
4-in-l is worthy of this effort. It is a remarkable 
variety—combining the earliness, and thin foliage 
of the Foster with the high yield, vigor and wilt 
resistance of the Clevewilt. 
It is a good cotton either for wilt or non-wilt 
soils. It led our Main Variety Test in 1936 and 
ranked 5th in 1937 in pounds of seed cotton per acre. 
In our main wilt tests, conducted at Hartsville, 
Sumter, Manning and Alcolu, (in which certainly 
three and possibly four different biologic forms of 
Fusarium wilt are represented), it ranked in yield, 
1st at Sumter, 2nd at Alcolu, 3rd at Hartsville and 
3rd at Manning. In these tests were planted 32 of 
the best wilt varieties and strains. In the 1937 
Clemson College (S. C.) Test on non-wilt land, 
Coker’s 4-in-l led all varieties, both wilt and non¬ 
wilt resistant, in pounds of seed cotton and money 
value per acre. In the 1937 Pee Dee Station test, 
Coker’s 4-in-l led all wilt varieties except our 
Clevewilt 7 which out-yielded it by only 15.9 pounds 
seed cotton. 4-in-l led the next highest competing 
wilt variety by 179.5 pounds seed cotton per acre. 
At this station in 1938, it led all commercial wilt 
resistant varieties in both staple length and money 
value per acre. 
Coker’s 4-in-l Strain 2 has all the good qualities 
of Strain 1 and in addition is a few days earlier; 
more uniform in type; has smaller leaf; a little 
larger boll; and higher lint per cent. It also has a 
slightly better wilt resistance and yield record. 
COKER’S 4-IN-l Strain 2 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant: Semi-dwarf, 2 to 4 basal 
branches and medium length 
fruiting branches. 
Foliage: Medium thin, slightly 
thinner than Strain 1. 
Bolls: Round ovate, slightly 
pointed, pendant; open wide; 
fluff beautifully; easy to pick; 
storm and weather resistant. 
Boll Size: 68 to 72 to pound. 
Lint Length: l-% 2 " under good 
conditions. 
Lint Character: Excellent. 
Lint Per Cent: 35.5 to 37.5%. 
Yield: Highest of any wilt re¬ 
sistant cotton we have bred 
or tested. 
Season: Slightly earlier than 
Strain 1. 
Wilt Resistance: Among best. 
No. Seed Per Bushel: Approxi¬ 
mately 119,000. 
PRICES: $12.50 per 100-lb bag; 
$200 per ton, f.o.b. Hartsville, 
S. C., Atlanta, Ga., and Mem¬ 
phis, Tenn. All seed treated 
with Ceresan. 
Photo taken August 22nd shows quick 
and heavy fruitage of Coker’s 4-in-l 
Strain 2. 
COKER’S 4-IN-l Strain 1 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant: Semi-dwarf; stocky, two 
to four vegetative branches. 
Foliage: Medium thin. 
Season: Early. 
Lint Length: l-%o" under good 
conditions. 
Bolls: 70 to 75 per pound; 
round, ovate; slightly pointed, 
pendant; open wide and fluff 
nicely, yet are very storm re- 
sistant. 
Lint Per Cent: 35 to 36.5%. 
Character: Excellent. 
Wilt Resistance: Good. 
No. Seed Per Bushel: Approxi¬ 
mately 115,000. 
PRICES: $7.50 per 100-lb bag; 
$140.00 per ton, f.o.b. Harts¬ 
ville, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., and 
Memphis, Tenn. All seed 
treated with Ceresan. 
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