COKER 100 WILT 
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infested with Fusarium Wilt and other diseases. 
This gives us almost ideal conditions for breeding 
wilt resistant cottons, and we have taken advan- 
tage of the opportunity. 
Elimination of Strain Numbers 
Year before last we decided on a change in our 
established method of identifying our varieties of 
cotton seed, oats, wheat, corn, tobacco, etc., of 
which we believe our customers will approve. We 
have eliminated strain numbers on our varieties 
of seed and instead will identify these varieties by 
the date or year the seed were produced. As an 
example: our new Coker 100 Wilt cotton for 1948 
planting is being labeled Coker 100 Wilt—1947 
Breeder Foundation Stock. 
This change was made to avoid confusion be- 
tween the different strain numbers of the same 
variety, also to enable our customers to identify 
the year that the seed were produced for sale 
by us. We will, of course, continue to improve 
our Breeder Foundation Stocks each year with 
our newest and best lines from our wealth of 
breeding material, and at the same time maintain 
the standard type and recognized characteristics 
of the variety. The extensive breeding program 
is such as to guarantee constant improvement in 
all desirable qualities. 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant—Erect, semi-determinate in type. Vigorous with more 
erect well spaced fruiting branches. 
Foliage—Thin, with deeply lobed medium sized leaves. 
Season—Very early. 
Bolls—Round ovate, slightly pointed, 70 to 72 to pound, open 
extremely wide and fluff beautifully yet storm resistant. 
Lint Length—1149” to 1%” or longer, under good conditions. 
Lint Per Cent—37% to 39%. 
Character—Excellent, uniform, strong. 
Production—High. 
Wilt Resistance—High. 
Picking Quality—The best. His proven to be especially well 
suited for mechanical harvesting as well as hand picking. 
PRICES: $14.50 per 100-tb bag, $255 per ton, F.O.B. Harts- 
ville, S. C., and Memphis, Tenn. All seed re-ginned and 
treated with Ceresan. 

CAUTION—Due to the development of apparently new 
races of wilt, complicated by adverse seasonal conditions, 
improper fertilization and the presence in some instances 
of the deadly meadow nematode, on conscientious breed- 
er can guarantee any wilt resistant cotton to survive 
on any wilt infested soils. 


J. Harvey Neeley of Smith Turnout, S. C., winner of the 1946 S. C. 
5-acre Cotton Contest. Mr. Neeley averaged 1655 pounds of lint cotton 
to the acre (314 bales) with Coker 100 cotton. This is the highest yield 
ever recorded in South Carolina. 
1946 Winners in the South Carolina 5-acre Cotton Contest 
Allowed 
Yield of 
Lint in 
Name County Pounds Variety 
J. Harvey Neeley Chester 8275 Coker 100 
R. E. Williams Hampton 5540 Coker 100 W.R. 
W. M. Wooten Chester 5505 Coker 100 W.R. 
J.M. Moss Calhoun 5500 Coker 100 
Joe Wylie Chester 5285 Coker 100 W. R. 
Albert Dority Florence 5200 Coker 100 
George Cogburn Bamberg 4905 Coker 100 W.R. 
W.F. Barnes Allendale 4680 Coker 4in1 
1946 Winners in the North Carolina 5-acre Cotton Production 
and Quality Contest 
STATE WINNERS Viel ot 
Lint in 
Name County Pounds Variety 
T. F. Moore Mecklenburg 7170 Coker 100 
H. P. Sauls Wake 6870 Coker 100 W.R. 
DISD TC ia 
John Summey Rutherford 6736 Coker 100 
Espy Westmoreland Mecklenburg 6430 Coker 100 
C. J. Goodman Cabarrus 6220 Coker 100 
DISTRICT II 
J.J. Sanders Johnston 5850 Coker 100 W.R. 
H. H. Ashley Robeson 5700 Coker 100 W. R. 
Jasper Edge Cumberland 5075 Coker 100 W. R. 
DISTRICT Tit 
C.S. Bunn Nash 5696 Coker 100 W. R. 
Lenard J. Kilian Warren 5500 Coker 100 
Willie Herbert Halifax 5255 Coker 200 
4-H Club Winner For State on Acre Basis 
Jack Belk Union 1355 Coker 100 
Center row shows reduction in yield from planting a non-wilt resistant cotton on land infested with wilt. The two outside rows are Coker 100 Wilt. 

