COKER 100 WILT-— FOR ONE-VARIETY PLANTING — 
WESTERN 
UNION 


At the urgent request of the Cotton Division 
of the Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA, and 
others, we have for the past several years been 
working toward reducing the number of our strains 
and varieties of cotton in order to aid in the pro- 
gram of standardized cotton production. However, 
it was not until we had bred our Coker 100 
Wilt Resistant up to its present standard of per- 
formance and wide adaptability for both wilt and 
non-wilt soil that we felt that we could safely 
eliminate our other varieties. 


CLASS OF SERVICE 
~OSEPH L. EGAN 
PRESIDENT 
























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CFRP39 PD=HUNTSVILLE ALA AUG 2 19485 
COKERS PEDIGREED SEED CO= 
We are convinced that it will be of greater 
advantage to our customers and distributors for 
us to offer one, superior, general purpose cotton— 
Coker 100 Wilt—adapted for planting anywhere 
that cotton is grown in the Southern Cotton Belt, 
rather than to offer several good varieties suited 
for special purposes, or for certain soil types and 
localities. 
OUR COMMUNITY PLANTED COKER 100 WILT RESISTANT SEED 100 
PERCENT IN 1947 AND 1948. ON APPROXIMATELY 5500 ACRES 1947 
CROP WAS BEST WE HAVE HAD IN YEARS AND 1948 CROP LOOKS VERY 
PROMISING AT THIS DATE. WE ARE SOLD ON THE EARLINESS STAPLE 
LENGTH AND QUALITY OF PICKING= 
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The Lily Flagg One-Variety Cotton Community located P.O. Ls Georg!a ADDR 
in Madison County, near Huntsville, Alabama, is one of Atlanta, 
the earliest of the one-variety communities formed under 
the program of standardized cotton production and has 3/18/48 
had the 100% cooperation of farmers of that area. The 
“Lily Flagg community adopted Coker 100 Wilt for planting nved) -2- 
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in 1947 and are making an enviable record for yield and oker (Cont 4 e 
quality of lint and seed produced. Mir Robert : sn our community ae > 
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found Coker es yall weevil mages we nave in 
GINS EASY AND SMOOTH Wie have owing under of wilt © hh the results 
“We have finished our first ginning season with your well adapted to sista to any atisf ed wit sety which 
Coker 100 Wilt Resistant cotton and ginned around 425 q@ it highly thor oug: is no b ioe 
bales that ran 97 percent one inch staple and better. We fin 11 County ce seve that there onditions « 
have been ginning cotton for the past 25 years and had to Carro fe ale’) and belie +ton gro © 
gin several varieties but we have never had a cotton that of Coker a for Georgi4 cf jn any way 
ginned as easy and smooth as yours. We were able to gin an equal it ut your cotton 
as many as six bales per hour during the rush season on four 2 tatements abo 
80 saw gin heads so you see why we like your cotton.” You may use my § 1 
Huntsville, Alabama Lily Flagg Gin Company ee fite -s very truly» 
August 2, 1948 By Aaron Fleming that you Ss Yours V y Drckf 
Nothing but Coker 100 Wilt cotton grown from seed p= wD g 
purchased directly from breeder each year is ginned o'be rvice 
at this $100,000 Lily Flagg One-Variety Gin. hee £ Seed Se 
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Right hand page: Dr. George J. Wilds, standing, Director 
determines the length and ‘“‘feel’ of Coker 100 Wilt 
while J. W. Talbert, center, and R. S. Cathcart, right, 
look on. 
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