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1953 Breeder's Registered Seed 
Our 1953 Breeder’s Registered Seed possesses the 
best combination of desirable characteristics of any va- 
riety that we have ever bred or tested. It was developed 
through many years of scientific breeding and testing 
to provide the cotton grower with a variety that would 
ae more money than any other variety that he could 
plant. 
YIELDING ABILITY 
Maximum yields are necessary for greatest profit. 
Coker 100 Wilt, because of its wide adaptation, abun- 
dant fruiting characteristic, wilt resistance, earliness, 
and stormproofness, has been outstanding in yield. The 
ability of Coker 100 Wilt to produce high yields has 
been conclusively proved in our own experimental tests 
on wilt-infested soils from the Carolinas through Mis- 
sisSippi and Arkansas and by results obtained in tests 
conducted by State and Federal experiment stations 
throughout the cotton belt. Its performance on thou- 
sands of farms has shown it to be a truly outstanding 
variety. In 388 five-acre state-wide contests in North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, Coker 100 Wilt 
has won first place 36 times. 
WILT RESISTANCE 
Fusarium wilt has infested the soils of large areas 
throughout the entire cotton belt. Profitable yields 
cannot be obtained unless a wilt-resistant variety is 
grown. Our trained and experienced plant breeders and 
pathologists are working together in breeding for wilt 
resistance. They have succeeded in combining high yields 
and excellent fiber quality with resistance. Coker 100 
Wilt, because of its yielding ability, is a leading pro- 
ducer on non-wilt soils. This characteristic, combined 
with high wilt-resistance, makes Coker 100 Wilt the 
cotton that can be depended upon for profitable yields 
of high quality cotton in wilt-infested fields. 
PICKING QUALITY 
Coker 100 Wilt, being early and having fluffy bolls, 
thin foliage, and desirable plant type, is especially 
adapted to hand or machine picking. The ease with 
which it can be cleaned in the gin assures the grower 
of a sample with the minimum amount of trash and 
the best gin preparation that could be obtained with 
any variety. Growers who have been leaders in mechan- 
ized production have been enthusiastic in their praise 
of Coker 100 Wilt and its adaptation to mechanical 
harvesting. 
FIBER QUALITY 
Coker 100 Wilt is outstanding in quality of fiber 
as the result of many years of breeding, selection, and 
testing for improved fiber and spinning characteristics. 
Through an amendment to the Smith-Doxey Act, passed 
in 1941, the services of the fiber and spinning labora- 
tories of the U. S. Department of Agriculture were 
made available to breeders and others on a fee per 
sample basis. Tens of thousands of lint samples of 
Coker 100 Wilt breeding stocks have been sent to these 
laboratories during the 12 years that these services have 
been available. The extensive use of fiber technology in 
the selection of new strains has resulted in the 1953 
Breeder’s Registered Strain being outstanding in fiber 
and spinning qualities and in its being sought for and 
praised by the cotton mills. This has been accomplished 
along with an increase in yield and an improvement in 
other characteristics. Cotton buyers and cotton man- 
ufacturers recognize Coker 100 Wilt as being a cotton 
with character and with a very low amount of waste. 
STAPLE LENGTH 
Coker 100 Wilt produces a staple of 1% to 1% inches 
on average soils in average seasons. In favorable sea- 
sons and on heavy, fertile soils, such as those in the 
Mississippi Delta, it frequently produces a longer staple. 
COKER 100 WILT ’53 BREEDER’S 
REGISTERED SEED 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant—FErect, semi-determinate in type. Vigorous with 
more erect branches. Well adapted to mechanized 
culture and harvesting, and to control of insects. 
Foliage—Thin, with deeply-lobed, medium size leaves, 
usually easy to defoliate. 
Season—Very early, escaping maximum boll weevil 
damage and mid-season to late-season moisture 
shortage. 
Bolls—Round ovate, slightly pointed, 70 to 72 per 
pound, well-fluffed, storm resistant. 
Lint Length—1),.” to 1%” under average conditions, 
longer under good conditions. 
Lint Percent—37% to 39% under average conditions, 
higher under more favorable conditions. 
Fiber Quality—Excellent, uniform, strong. Sought for 
and praised by buyers and manufacturers. 
Production—High. Widely adapted. 
Wilt Resistance—High resistance to Fusarium and 
tolerant, though not resistant, to Verticillium. 
Picking Quality—The best. Type of plants, amount of 
foliage, fluffiness and storm resistance of bolls, 
and cleanability of lint well suited to hand and 
mechanical picking. 
PRICES MACHINE DELINTED SEED 
Coker 100 Wilt, 1953 Breeder’s Registered Seed 
$12.50 per 100 lb. bag, $225.00 per ton. 
PRICES ACID DELINTED SEED 
Coker 100 Wilt, 1953 Breeder’s Registered Seed 
$10.00 per 50 lb. bag, $370.00 per ton. 
All prices F.O.B. your nearest Coker Seed distributor. 
ALL SEED TREATED WITH CERESAN 
