[KK SHANK RESISTANCE 
iiome of the worst infested black shank soil in North Carolina and Virginia. Pic- 
‘n six of these North Carolina and Virginia black shank plots. 
Early July and very dry weather 
view of Coker 139 and Coker 14(¢ 
planted in demonstration plot on E. L. 
Gupton farm in Franklin County, 
North Carolina. This picture shows 
the center check row of a black shank 
susceptible variety being destroyed by 
this disease. As in the other North 
Carolina and Virginia locations, 
Coker 139 and Coker 140 showed 
strong resistance. In the background 
are North Carolina tobacco farmers 
listening to a discussion of these new 
varieties led by members of the Coker 
staff. 
This demonstration was grown on 
the Eagles farm near Wilson, N. C. 
The soil in this plot was heavily in- 
fested with black shank, it being one 
of three locations in Wilson County 
where demonstration plantings of 
these two varieties were planted in 
1954. Here Coker 139 and Coker 140 
are shown standing up while the cen- 
ter row of Golden Harvest has gone 
down. 
) This is one of two Columbus 
County, North Carolina, black shank 
plots where Coker 139 and Coker 140 
were grown in 1954. This field is 
severely infested with black shank. 
When Dr. Hoyt Rogers, left, and 
Robert R. Coker, right, visited this 
plot in July, as shown opposite, they 
found Coker 139 and Coker 140 as 
pictured. Both came through the en- 
tire season well in spite of the black 
shank conditions. These two new to- 
baccos were bred in Columbus County 
on black shank soil. 
