Coker’s Certified 
OXFORD 1-181 
Resistant to Black Shank 
This variety came from a selection made by Mr. J. F. Bulloch, 
agronomist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S.D.A., located at the 
Pee Dee Experiment Station, Florence, South Carolina. The 181 selec- 
tion shows Black Shank resistance comparable to Oxford 1. On soils 
moderately infested with Root Knot, it makes a noticeably better 
growth than does Oxford 1. The plant type is very similar to the 
Virginia Bright Leaf parent with the exception that the variety 
compares favorably with the medium broad leaf, flue-cured varieties. 
The leaf, if allowed to fully mature before harvest, will be bright, 
silky, and of medium body when cured. Our variety test has shown 
this to be one of the highest yielding of the Black Shank varieties. 
PRICES: $2.00 per ounce, $15.00 per half pound, $28.00 per pound, 
postpaid. A 
This tobacco has shown relatively high resistance to the Black 
Shank disease, but light to moderate losses may occur where this 
disease is particularly severe, especially under unfavorable soil and 
climatic conditions. Root Knot and Meadow Nematode lesions may 
offer avenues for entrance of the Black Shank organism and losses 
may be greater when these two diseases infest the soil from moderate 
to heavy degree. 
This field of black shank resistant Oxford 1-181 was produced by Mr. Posey Adams 
of Rockingham County, North Carolina. Mr. Adams (left) is shown checking his 
crop with a representative from the R. M. Gillie Company of Reidsville, North Carolina. 
Coker’s Pedigreed 
BONANZA 
Coker’s Pedigreed 
VIRGINIA BRIGHT LEAF 
Coker’s Pedigreed Bonanza is a good producer of Virginia Bright Leaf, another of the older varie- 
high quality cigarette type tobacco. It is well suited 
for sandy loam soils and this has probably been a 
feature in its past record in the Florida Bright 
Belt. Certain sections of Georgia and South Carolina 
have also found this to be a profitable variety. 
It has a medium to large stalk with well-spaced 
ties, has made a good record in the eastern section of 
the flue-cured belt. The strain that we are offering 
for the 1951 season has the same high-quality leaf 
that we have offered in earlier strains, but tends to 
make more pounds per acre. Virginia Bright Leaf 
leaves and cures to an excellent yellow color. Our 
pedigreed variety is an improvement over the old 
Bonanza in that it has longer and wider leaves and 
does not have a tendency towards reddening that 
was often found in the general strain. 
PRICES: $1.00 per ounce, $7.50 per half pound, 
$14.00 per pound, postpaid. 
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has medium to large leaves with small stems and very 
fine fiber. When gathered as soon as it is thoroughly 
ripe, it cures easily to a good lemon color. 
PRICES: $1.00 per ounce, $7.50 per half pound, 
$14.00 per pound, postpaid. 
