Figure 24. The open-pollinated cultivar 'Golden Bantam' which was grown widely in the 1920s and early 1930s was extremely susceptible to Stewart's wilt. A Stewart's wilt resistant hybrid 'Golden Cross Bantam' was created from two inbred lines, P39 and P51, that were developed from 'Golden Bantam' by Glenn Smith, a USDA plant pathologist at Purdue University. (Courtesy J.K. Pataky) BACK