YIELDING ABILITY tered 
Maximum yields are necessary for greatest profit. cottot 
Coker 100 Wilt, because of its wide adaptation, abun- incre 
dant fruiting characteristic, wilt resistance, and ear- terist 
liness, has been outstanding in yield. The ability of ognld 
Coker 100 Wilt to produce high yields has been con- and ¥ 
clusively proved in our own experimental tests on 
wilt-infested soils from the Carolinas through Mis- 
sissippi and Arkansas and by results obtained in tests (ok 
conducted by State and Federal experiment stations on av 
throughout the cotton belt. Its performance on thou- sons. 
sands of farms has shown it to be a truly outstanding Missi 
variety. In 38 five-acre state-wide contests in North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, Coker 100 
Wilt has won first place 36 times. 
WILT RESISTANCE Plan 
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 Folia 
grown. Our trained and experienced plant breeders | 
and pathologists are working together in breeding 
for wilt resistance. They have succeeded in combin- 
ing high yields and excellent fiber quality with resis- 
tance. Coker 100 Wilt, because of its yielding ability, 
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is a leading producer on non-wilt soils. This charac- Bolls 
teristic, combined with high wilt-resistance, makes 
Coker 100 Wilt the cotton that can be depended upon Lint 
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 mech- 
anized production have been enthusiastic in their 
praise of Coker 100 Wilt and its adaptation to me- 
chanical 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 characteris- 
tics. Through an amendment to the Smith-Doxey 
Act, passed in 1941, the services of the fiber and 
spinning laboratories 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 1954 Breeder’s Regis- 
LEFT—Harvesting a bale-and-a-half per acre field of Coker 100 
Wilt with a mechanical picker on the Coker farms in Hartsville, 
S. C. The wide, fluffy opening and storm resistance of this variety 
result in better grades and a high degree of picker efficiency. 
