
Coker’s Pedigreed 
COASTAL WHEAT 
1950 BREEDER’S REGISTERED SEED 
(Tested as Coker 45-21) 
A New Variety for the Coastal Plain Section 
of the Southern Wheat Belt 
Coker’s Coastal is a new variety of wheat which was offered 
our customers in limited quantities last year. It was selected 
in our breeding nursery from the cross: Frondosa x Redhart- 
Noll. The original hybrid material was supplied to us by 
Mr. J. W. Taylor, Senior Agronomist, Division of Cereal 
Crops and Diseases, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in the 
fall of 1940. 
RESISTANT TO RUST—TOLERANT TO MILDEW 
Results of 10 years of testing and selection show that 
Coker’s Coastal is a very productive variety with stiff straw, 
good resistance to both leaf and stem rust, and considerable 
tolerance to prevalent forms of mildew. Coastal grows some- 
what taller than Redhart and Hardired, bears extra long and 
heavy heads, and in the Coastal Plains area has given excellent 
yields. Coastal produces rapid, vigorous early growth. In 
maturity, this wheat is about two weeks later than Redhart 
and one week later than Hardired. It is ripe about the same 
time as Leap, Thorne, or Fulcaster. 
EXCELLENT TEST RECORD 
Yield trials at many locations show that Coker’s Coastal, 
in the southeastern plains area, has given significantly better 
yields than any other variety. In 1945-46, Coastal led a Uni- 
form Variety Test of 18 wheats grown at 9 stations in 5 
southeastern states. This variety was top yielder at 4 of 
the 9 locations. Its average yield for all 9 locations was 33.7 
bushels per acre, compared to 32.3 bushels for the second best 
yielder, which, incidentally, was a Coker selection of similar 
origin. 
Owing to its lack of hardiness, Coastal is not reeommended 
for sowing in the redlands of the Piedmont section. The 
variety seems to be sufficiently hardy for growing on the 
Coastal Plains of the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi 
and Louisiana. Distribution of this variety should be definitely 
restricted to the Coastal Plains area. 
As this catalog goes to the printer (late June), reports on 
our customer results with Coastal wheat have begun coming 
in. Yield records of from 30 to 35 bushels per acre are not 
uncommon—produced in spite of an unseasonably mild winter 
which resulted in a prevalence of mildew and rust. 
DESCRIPTION 
PLANT: Vigorous, leafy early growth, good stooling, medium 
to tall in height. Resistant to leaf and stem rust; tolerant 
to mildew. 
STRAW: Stiff, storm resistant, yellow color. 
HEADS: Beardless, unusually large and long, bearing up to 
4 grains per mesh; copper-colored glumes attached firmly 
enough to prevent shattering. 
YIELD: Unexcelled in its area of adaptation. 
SEASON: Medium late. 
GRAINS: Large, plump, and of good milling quality. 
PRICES: $6.50 per bu., $13.00 per bag. 
F.0.B. Hartsville, S. C., and Memphis, Tenn. 
On left: Long, heavy heads of Coastal wheat are reproduced here actual 
size. On right: The straw on Coker’s Coastal is stiff, storm resistant 
and bright yellow im color. The plant makes a vigorous, leafy, early growth, 
stools well and is medium to tall in height. 
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