Coker’s Pedigreed 
YELNANDO SOYBEANS 
A NEW, HIGHLY SHATTER RESISTANT, HAY TYPE SOYBEAN 
Coker’s Yelnando is a new soybean 
variety which will be introduced this fall 
and offered our customers for planting 
in the spring of 1947. It combines high 
shatter resistance—well suited for com- 
bine harvesting, with an erect, semi- 
viney plant—excellent for hay or forage. 
It is the result of many years of painstak- 
ing and continuous selection and testing 
in an effort to find a bean that would 
help solve the Southern Farmer’s hay 
and seed problem. 
This bean was bred from a chance 
cross of Coker’s Yelredo and the Nanda, 
and combines the good characteristics of 
both parents. It is not ideal in every re- 
spect, for Coker’s Yelnando is not as high 
a seed producer as certain other varie- 
ties, nor does it produce as much hay 
as some; but we know of no bean that 
embodies as many good characteristics, 
or, in our opinion, is so well suited for 
general utility planting. 
BREEDING HISTORY 
During the process of breeding, many 
thousands of selections were made and 
tested. Beans were left in the field us- 
ually until after Christmas, and only 
those plants selected that were of good 
type, productive, and highly shatter 
resistant. These in turn were put back in- 
to plant-to-rows, and the same process 
repeated year after year until types that 
approached our ideal were found. 
We had a most promising group in 
plant-to-rows in 1942, the most out- 
standing one of which was the parent 
plant-to-row of Coker’s Yelnando. The 
record on this row showed that it made 
a vigorous growth of semi-viney, erect 
type and was highly productive and shat- 
ter resistant. The beans were yellow and 
of medium size. The yield on this row was 
Photo above left: Illustrates comparative yield, type and 
shatter resistance of Coker’s Yelnando with two other 
leading soybean varieties. 
Photo, bottom left, taken late January, 1946. Note erect 
viney growth, shatter resistance and production of Coker’s 
Yelnando Soybeans. 
at the rate of 41.6 bushels per acre. This 
bean was in increase in 1943 and has been 
tested as Coker 43-3. 
MAKES QUICK GROWTH—VINEY 
PLANT 
Subsequent testing with different 
dates of planting and on different soil 
types convinced us that this bean had 
true merit and should be increased and 
offered to our customers as a bean es- 
pecially well suited for planting follow- 
ing a small grain crop. It makes a quick 
growth, and when planted at this time 
will usually make 50% more growth 
than such beans as the Volstate. We 
consider it superior to the Biloxi because 
the stems are finer and make more palat- 
able hay. Normally, we expect a yield 
of 15 to 20 bushels per acre. 
SHATTER RESISTANCE ENABLES 
LATER HARVESTING 
This bean will fill a real need if used 
as a hay bean, and a sufficient amount 
planted in rows and combined for seed 
for the next year’s hay crop. The beans 
can be left, without much danger of 
shattering, until such time as the grow- 
er finds it convenient to have them com- 
bined. While we harvested a high per- 
centage of our crop last year after 
Christmas, our recommendation would 
be to combine them just as soon after 
maturity as is convenient to do so. 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant: Erect, semi-viney. 
Maturity: Medium late. 
Color: Yellow with brown hilum. 
Shatter Resistance: Highest. 
Adaptability: Best general purpose bean 
for hay and seed. 
Oil Content: Usually 17% to 18%. 
Productivity: Among the best. 
Seed Size: Medium—182,400 to bushel 
average. 
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