COKER [40 
An Extra High Quality Shank Resistant Tobacco with Low 
Nicotine Content... Easy to Cure . . . Non-brittle 
.. . Recommended for All Flue-Cured Belts 
The Coker 140 variety is a sister line of Coker 139, 
developed from the same cross involving the same 
parents. It is also a new tobacco being released this year 
for the 1955 growing season. ‘This variety grows taller 
than Coker 139 having a growth and leaf habit about like 
a combination of Golden Cure and Golden Harvest. It 
is recommended for all flue-cured belts. 
DISEASE RESISTANCE 
Coker 140 does not have as high black shank resist- 
ance as 139 but does have higher resistance than other 
It has 
Tests in all our black 
resistant varieties more commonly grown today. 
fair tolerance to Granville wilt. 
shank infested locations have been satisfactory in that 
comparatively few plants have been 
killed. Freedom from leaf spot in- 
jury throughout the growing season 
has been very good. 
YIELD AND QUALITY 
In our tests Coker 140 has pro- 
duced well, giving high yields of poe 
top quality leaf. One of the out- 
standing characteristics of this tobacco is its superior 
quality leaf. It has shown a nicotine content of less 
than one per cent and considerably below that of gen- 
erally accepted flue-cured varieties. The leaf cures to a 
deep rich lemon color and has good manufacturing 
qualities. 
EASE OF CURING 
Like Coker 139 the Coker 140 has good tolerance in 
handling and curing. The green leaf withstands handling 
IMPORTANT NOTE 
Although Coker 140 was bred on soils 
severely infested with black shank and has 
shown high resistance on such soils in all 
locations tested we cannot guarantee per- 
formance since it is possible that new strains 
of disease or combination of conditions 
might occur so as to affect tolerance or 
without excessive breaking and usually comes out of the 
curing barn with uniform color even though some leaves 
may be a little green or a little over ripe when harvested. 
This tobacco can be grown over a wide range of soil types 
and readily cured to a rich color and quality. It 1s adapted 
to both diseased and disease-free soil. Growers in the lower 
Piedmont and in the old Belt of North Carolina and Vir- 
zinia, will find it adapted to their clayey type soil. It is 
also well adapted to the sandy type soil of the Coastal 
Plains. 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Disease Resistance: Moderate resistance to black shank 
and some tolerance to wilts, but having more black shank 
resistance than resistant varieties commonly grown. 
Leaf: Broadleaf type. 
Leaves not brittle. Does not 
break easily in harvesting and 
handling. 
Stalk: Somewhat taller growing 
and slightly wider leaf spacing than 
Coker 139. Strong root system. 
Growth: Grows about like Golden 
Harvest or Golden Cure with about 
same leaf spacing as Golden Cure. 
Quality: Produces very high quality leaf, very de- 
sirable cigarette manufacturing quality. Exceptionally 
low nicotine content. 
Yield: High yields. 
Cures easily to rich lemon color. 
Adaptability: 
ditions, 
Curing: 
Adaptable to wide range of growing con- 
Price: $5.00 per ounce. 
*Registered U. S. Patent office. 
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