COKER’S 
HARDIRED WHEAT 
STRAIN 3 
A Variety with Considerable Cold and Leaf Rust 
Resistance, High Resistance to Mildew, Profuse Stooling 
and Good Production Record—Widely Adapted. 
Coker’s Hardired Strain 3 is our third and newest 
strain of a new wheat variety first introduced in the 
fall of 1940. Backed by eleven years of plant breed- 
ing effort, Strain 3 is showing a marked degree of 
uniformity and a consistent record of satisfactory 
production. 
This wheat grows somewhat taller than Redhart, 
and consequently, its storm resistance is not as great. 
Although we have never suffered any loss of this 
variety on our farms from lodging, we do not recom- 
mend it for planting on heaviest types of soil, high 
in organic matter or nitrogen content. 
Strain 3 Best Hardired 
Hardired Strain 3 has made the highest average 
yield record of either of the other two Hardired 
Strains, in our tests here, and its parent strain led 
all commercial varieties in the 1942 N. C. Wheat 
Performance Trials in an average of all five tests 
conducted. In the 1941 South Carolina Three-Acre 
Wheat Contest, Hardired made the highest yield 
record of any variety planted, with an average yield 
of 33.56 bushels and winning both the first and 
second state prizes with a yield of 56.5 and 55.73 
bushels per acre respectively. 
It is an excellent stooling wheat, has considerable 
cold resistance, is resistant to the early types of 
rust and highly resistant to mildew damage. 
Well Filled Heads — High Milling Value 
Hardired Strain 3 is of medium maturity, ripen- 
ing about a week to ten days later than Redhart 
Strain 5 and about one week earlier than Leap’s 
Prolific, Forward and Fulcaster. The heads are long, 
square and well filled with grain of high milling 
value. 
We have received good reports from most of the 
southeastern states on this variety which attest its 
wide adaptability and satisfactory performance 
under varying conditions. 
PRICES: (\.0.2) to/ 12: bushels i745. 00. oes $5.00 per bu. 
12°to.48 bushels wiih $4.75 per bu. 
Above 48 bushels ............ $4.50 per bu. 
All Oats and Wheat treated with Ceresan. 
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