Coker’s Pedigreed 
HARDIRED WHEAT 
1946 BREEDER STOCK 
Our 1946 strain of Hardired wheat is our new- 
est and best strain of the Hardired Variety which 
was first offered our customers in the fall of 1940. 
Coker’s Hardired 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 
following.) 
Hardired wheat stools (tillers) 
profusely, and consequently, less 
seed per acre is needed than with 
most other varieties. Heavier seed- 
ings) sometime result in shorter 
heads and smaller, weaker straw. 
This wheat grows somewhat 
taller than Redhart, and conse- 
quently, its storm resistance is not 
as great. Although we have never 
suffered any logs of this variety 
on our farms from lodging, we do 
not recommend it for planting on 
heaviest types of soil, high in or- 
ganic matter or nitrogen content. 
EXCELLENT VARIETY TEST 
RECORD 
Our Hardired strains of wheat 
have led all varieties tested by the 
North Carolina Experiment Sta- 
tion in the Piedmont and Coastal 
Plain sections for an average of 
all years tested, and likewise came first in the 
five-year average test at Stoneville, Mississippi. 
It ranked second in the 1948 Clemson College 
test, stood near the top in test at the Pee Dee 
Experiment Station, Florence, S. C., and led all 
commercial strains at Edisto Experiment Station, 
Blackville, S. C. 
In the 1941 South Carolina three-acre wheat 
contest (the only year such a contest has been 
held in South Carolina), Hiardired made the high- 
est yield record of any variety planted—an aver- 
age yield of 33.56 bushels, and won first state 
prize with a yield of 56.5 bushels per acre. 
We have received good reports from most 
of the Southeastern States on this variety, which 
content. 
Left: Increase field of Coker’s Hardired Wheat. 

Highly magnified grain of Har- 
dired wheat—horny, 
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 following); 
high tolerance to early types of leaf rust. 
Season: Medium, week or ten days later than 
Redhart. About one week earlier than Leap’s 
Prolific, Forward and Fulcaster. 
Heads: Long, square, well filled. 
Straw: Good, enabling ease of 
harvest with minimum loss. 
Grains: Very similar to Redhart; 
high milling value. 
Production: Highest. 
PRICES 
1 to 12 bushels, $5.00 per bushel 
12 to 48 bushels, $4.75 per bushel 
Above 48 bushels, $4.50 per bushel 
IMPORTANT NOTE: Year be- 
fore last for the first time since 
we introduced our Hardired Wheat 
five years ago, and again this year, 
we have discovered severe mildew 
damage in some of our increase 
fields. Because of the high degree 
of resistance to mildew which this 
variety heretofore has shown, we 
are convinced that this is a new 
race. We believe that MHardired 
will continue to show resistance to the type of 
mildew against which it has been bred, and will 
suffer loss only when attacked by this newly dis- 
covered race or others yet to be discovered. 
high gluten 
The progress of any breeding program de- 
pends on the skill of the breeder, how large a 
number of plant progenies he is able to handle, 
and to some extent on good fortune. Our plant 
breeders are thoroughly qualified for the impor- 
tant job they are doing through specialized train- 
ing and many years of practical experience; and 
the answer to a part of their success in produc- 
ing superior varieties can be found in our breed- 
ing methods and the large volume of work car- 
ried on. More than 40,000 individual test rows 
are grown annually in these experiments. 
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