In a coordinated corn performance test conducted by 
the Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station at 8 loca- 
tions in 1952, Coker 811 led the average yield among the 
13 entries with 38.9 bushels per acre. In this test Coker 
S11 also led all competing commercial varieties included 
in the test in percentage of erect stalks and in lowest per- 
centage of weevily ears. 
In a three-year summary of 25 corn performance 
tests conducted by the Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment 
Station in 1950-52 and including 11 entries, Coker 811 
led all varieties in yield per acre and in percentage of erect 
stalks. 
In a summary of Coastal Plains corn performance 
fecta conducted shy thes No Cas Hxperiment Station’ in 
1952, Coker 811 showed the lowest percentage of lodging 
among all the 26 entries. . 
In a mechanical corn picker test conducted by Red 
River Valley Agricultural Experiment Station at Curtis, 
Poutstana, in 1951 im which there were 9 entries, Coker 
Sll led all varieties with 91.6% being mechanically 
picked, its nearest competitor showing 83.3%. Coker 811 
led all varieties in percentage of erect stalks, with 90%, 
LEFT ABOVE-—Mr. Will T. Henderson, prominent farmer of Green- 
wood County, South Carolina, stands in his 1953 field of Coker 811 corn 
from which he harvested more than 150 bushels per acre. LEFT BELOW— 
Mr. Hugh Dargan, a member of the corn breeding staff of Coker’s Pedigreed 
Seed Company, examines typical ears of Coker 811. 
ERFORMANCE IN TESTS 
its closest competitor showing 79%. ‘The 9 entries in- 
cluded in this test were high-yielding popular varieties. 
Its purpose was to determine varieties best adapted to 
mechanical picking. 
inea cern picker contest conducted in 1951 by the 
Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station in which there 
were 7 entries, Coker 811 produced 79.1 bushels per acre 
where beans were planted and 103.2 bushels per acre 
where beans were not planted. It led all varieties in per- 
centage harvested both where beans were planted and 
where beans were not planted. Percentage mechanically 
harvested where beans were planted was 83.9, its nearest 
competitor being 77, Percentage mechanically harvested 
where beans were not planted was 83. Its nearest com- 
petitor was 72.6. 
IMPORTANT NOTE | 
Our corns have shown good weevil resistance in the areas 
for which we recommend them. However, since conditions 
contributing to the performance of weevils vary from year 
to year, no conscientious breeder can guarantee any variety 
to be 100% immune to weevil damage. 
BELOW—Note the strong, erect stalks, the low, well-attached ears, and 
the large number of ears in this field of Coker 811. These are typical char- 
acteristics of this variety. Shown examining one of the ears is J. Raymond 
Pressly of the Coker’s corn breeding staff. 
