Coker’s Pedigreed 
HARDIRED STRAIN 4 WHEAT 
AN IMPROVED STRAIN WIDELY ADAPTED 
FORSTHE- COTTON. BELT. 
Coker’s Hardired Wheat Strain 4 is our new- 
est and best strain of the Hardired Variety first 
offered our customers in the fall of 1940. 
Hardired Strain 4 is of medium early maturity, 
ripening about a week later than Redhart Strains 
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. 
It has considerable cold resistance, is resistant 
to the early types of rust and to most races of 
mildew. (See important note at bottom of page.) 
Hardired wheat stools (tillers) profusely and 
consequently, less seed per acre is needed than 
with most other varieties. Heavier seedings some- 
time result in shorter heads and smaller, weaker 
straw. 
This wheat grows somewhat taller than Red- 
hart, and consequently, its storm resistance is 
not as great. Although we have never suffered 
any loss of this variety on our farms from lodg- 
ing, we do not recommend it for planting on 
heaviest types of soil, high in organic matter 
or nitrogen content. 
EXCELLENT VARIETY TEST RECORD 
Strain 4 which has been widely tested by ex- 
periment stations throughout the South under 
our breeding number, Coker’s Hardired 42-8, led 
all commercial varieties in the 1943 North Caro- 
lina Uniform Wheat Variety Tests. It ranked 
second in the 1943 Clemson College Test, stood 
near the top in test at Pee Dee Experiment Sta- 
tion, Florence, S. C., and led all commercial 
strains at Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, 
S2. G: 
In the 1940 Variety Test at the Delta Branch 
Exeriment Station, Stoneville, Mississippi, Har- 
dired led all varieties with a yield of 41 bushels 
per acre. 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. 
Left: Photo on our Marlboro Farm shows heavy, well- 
filled heads and productiveness of our Hardired Strain 
4 wheat. 
The following significant quotation is from 
Clemson College Circular No. 199 reporting on 
1941 Wheat Contest: “The 1941 Wheat Contest has 
proved conclusively that wheat can be produced 
profitably in all sections of South Carolina. With 
the introduction of disease-resistant varieties of 
wheat, the farmers in the Coastal Plains Area 
as well as in the Piedmont are now able to produce 
profitable yields per acre.” 
We have received good reports from most of 
the Southeastern States on this variety which 
gives an indication of its wide adaptability and 
satisfactory performance under varying condi- 
tions. 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant: Winter type, profuse tillering, cold resist- 
ant, mildew resistant (see note at bottom of 
page); high tolerance to leaf rust. 
Season: Medium, week to ten days later than 
Redhart Strain 5. About one week earlier 
than Leap’s Prolific, Forward and Fulcaster. 
Heads: Long, square, well filled. 
Straw: Good, enabling ease of harvest with mini- 
mum loss. 
Grains: Very similar to Redhart; high milling 
value. 
Production: Highest. 
PRICES: 1 to 12 bushels, $6.00 per bushel. 
12 to 48 bushels, $5.75 per bushel. 
Above 48 bushels, $5.50 per bushel. 
NOTE: For the first time since we introduced 
our Hardired Wheat four years ago, we have dis- 
covered mildew damage in certain of our in- 
crease fields. Because of the high degree of resist- 
ance to mildew which this variety heretofore has 
shown, we are convinced that this is a rew race. 
We believe that Hardired will continue to show 
resistance to the type of mildew against which it 
has been bred and will suffer loss only when at- 
tacked by this newly discovered race or others yet 
to be discovered. 
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