Coker’s PEDIGREED 
HARDIRED WHEAT 
Coker’s Hardired wheat is a new variety first 
introduced in the fall of 1940. Resulting from 
eight years of plant breeding effort, Coker’s 
Hardired comes from a cross of Early Red May 
(the parent of Redhart wheat) and a mid-western 
variety (Hope x Hussar). Hardired combines 
winter hardiness with high production, resistance 

to mildew with considerable rust tolerance. It 
is a valuable addition to our southern wheat 
varieties. 
Coker’s Hardired wheat is of medium early 
ripening, maturing from a week to ten days 
later than Redhart and about one week earlier 
than Leap’s Prolific, Forward and Fulcaster. 
Although the severe drought in the southeast 
which extended from early April to early June 
resulted in reduced yields, especially in the later 
maturing varieties, and in absence of rust damage, 
Hardired gave satisfactory performance and we 
submit herewith a few of the reports received 
from our customers who planted this variety. 
From Mr. S. H. McPherson, 
leading farmer of Fayetteville 
(Cumberland County), N. C.,, 
comes the following ... “In spite 
of all adverse conditions, Hard- 
ired made 86 bushels per acre, 
has a strong stiff stalk and seems 
to be resistant to disease.” 
R. Morris King, Delta Planter 
of Pace, Mississippi, advises us 
“My Hardired wheat averaged 45 
bushels per acre on 18 acres,” 
and from Mr. B. F. Malone, 
Planters Warehouse, East Cen- 
tral Alabama, who reported... 
“We have just harvested 10 acres 
of your Hardired wheat and the 
average was 32 bushels to the 
acre. The best acre yield was 52 
bushels. We considered this a 
remarkable yield under the severe 
drouth that lasted about five 
weeks.” 
Left: Mr. George J. Wilds, President, 
and Mr. J. F. Clyburn, Vice-President of 
our Company, examining seed field of 
Coker’s Hardired wheat. 
Bottom: In spite of extended drought 
this spring, this 27-acre field of Hardired 
produced more than 30 bushels per acre. 

