Photo taken on severely infested Granville Wilt soil near Durham, North 
Carolina, where some of our disease breeding work is conducted. Note 
severely infested row of non-resistant variety on left. Vigorous, highly 
resistant Coker’s Golden Wilt on right. Dr. C. H. Rogers is shown making 
notes on wilt reaction. 
NORTH CAROLINA, GRANVILLE WILT SOIL—This fine crop of 
Coker’s Golden Wilt was grown on Mr. V. Herman Britt’s farm near 
Lumberton, North Carolina. This farm is heavily infested with Granville 
Wilt. Mr. Britt (left) is showing Charles Warwick of Lumberton Trading 
Company, the many desirable characteristics to be found in this variety. 
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Cokers Pedigreed 
Coker’s Golden Wilt has been reselected for nine generations 
out of a cross involving Virginia Bright Leaf and 448A, an 
introduction by the Tobacco Division of the United States 
Department of Agriculture from South America. The leaves 
have a puckered appearance with a tendency to smooth out 
as ripening progresses; are above average size with fairly 
blunt tip and medium narrow at the point of attachment to 
the stem; and spaced closer than average on the stalk, giving 
from 20 to 22 leaves on a 4 to 4% foot plant. It is medium 
late in blooming. 
COMBINES DISEASE RESISTANCE WITH GOOD 
QUALITY AND WEIGHT 
Coker’s Golden Wilt is not only resistant to Granville Wilt, 
but also shows good resistance to Fusarium Wilt, which is 
spreading rather rapidly, especially in the border belt and 
eastern North Carolina. In addition to this, it also carries some 
factors for Mosaic resistance and comparatively high nema- 
tode resistance. The leaf cures to a rich lemon color, is of 
excellent texture, medium bodied, and produces a high yield 
of excellent quality cigarette tobacco, standing very high in 
our 1948, ’49, and ’50 tests. 
IMPORTANT NOTE 
Although the Golden Wilt variety was bred on Fusarium 
and Granville Wilt infested soils and has proved to be resistant 
under all growing conditions experienced thus far, it is possi- 
ble that variations might occur in these disease preducing 
organisms, especially under certain climatic or soil conditions 
which would possibly result in an infection causing some 
plants to die. It is known that new races or strains of disease 
organisms develop from time to time. 
NORTH CAROLINA, FUSARIUM WILT SOIL—Mr. N. C. White of 
Columbus County lost 75 per cent of a non-resistant variety in this field 
last year. With Coker’s Golden Wilt, Mr. White produced the fine crop 
he is shown inspecting here. 
