In breeding for improved cotton varie- 
ties, our breeders have sought to develop 
cottons which meet the requirements of 
maximum dollar return per acre. This 
they seek to achieve by endeavoring to 
bring into combination in a single varie- 
ty the greatest possible number of desir- 
able characteristics. To a marked degree 
they have achieved this objective in our 
1954 Breeder’s Registered Seed of Coker 
100 Wilt Resistant cotton. 
Not only do our 1954 Breeder’s Regis- 
tered Seed of this variety represent a 
cotton containing the best combination 
of characteristics we have ever been able 
to breed into a single variety but they 
are the product of many years of refin- 
ing and improving this variety through 
intensive reselecting and testing. 
That means that your Coker 100 Wilt 
Registered Seed for planting in 1955 are 
the very best that the ingenuity and 
knowledge of man and the use of effi- 
cient methods and elaborate and scienti- 
fic equipment can produce. 
OUR RESPONSIBILITY 
Our seed are all carefully tested for 
germination and purity before shipment. 
Attached to every bag of seed we ship is 
a card on which is printed the percentage 
of germination and mechanical purity of 
that particular lot of seed. Under no cir- 
cumstances, however, can we be respon- 
sible for the germination of the seed 
after they have been planted for there 
are many reasons for imperfect germ- 
ination of planted seed other than their 
vitality. In no case do we give any war- 
ranty expressed or implied as to the 
productivity or performance of our seed. 
EFFECT OF GROWING CONDITIONS 
Our descriptions are based on the 
actual records that our varieties have 
produced in our tests and they will show 
the same characteristics elsewhere un- 
der the same conditions. Drought or 
POOR CONDITIONS will result in a re- 
duced yield and poorer quality—no mat- 
ter what variety is planted. 
TOP—J. Wallace Talbert, sales manager and secretary 
of our company, examines the lint in a field of Coker 
100 Wilt. Note the wide open, fluffy bolls of this cotton, 
and the excellent plant type. 
CENTER—AII wilt resistant cotton varieties released by 
Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Company are tested for many 
years on wilt infested soils. This picture shows two 
Coker 100 Wilt lines grown on either side of a _ wilt- 
susceptible check row in one of our Fusarium wilt studies 
in Hartsville. 
BELOW—tThe high yielding characteristic of Coker 100 
Wilt may be seen in this field of Coker 100 Wilt at our 
breeding nurseries in Chester, S. C. Shown in this picture 
is Henry Webb, plant breeder in charge of cotton breed- 
ing on our Hartsville farms. 
