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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Alta fescue |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | USGA Journal and Turf Management. Vol. 2, No. 5, September 1949, p. 32. |
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| Publishing Information: | New York: United States Golf Association |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Alta fescue has been the subject of a great deal of controversy at our club. Will you please give us your concept of the use of Alta fescue as turf grass?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "The report of the Turf Committee of the American Society of Agronomy for 1948 (Journal, American Society of Agronomy, Vol. 40, No. 12, December, 1948, p. 1140, republished in the USGA JOURNAL, Winter, 1949) cites Alta fescue and Kentucky 31 fescue as having merit as turf grasses and suggests expanded study on their use. The USGA Green Section consistently has encouraged widespread test plantings on golf-course tees and fairways, on lawns in mixtures with other adapted permanent species, on airfields, roadsides and athletic fields. Without citing innumerable case histories, it can be said with assurance that these two tall fescues have won a high place on most turf areas over a wide range of climate and soils. The virtues of the tall fescues at turf grasses are: (1) they are droughttolerant but will also tolerate "wet feet"; (2) they are deep rooted; (3) they are resistant to weed and clover invasion; (4) they are tolerant of insects; (5) they are retentive of good color throughout the year; (6) they are capable of combining with other turf grasses. Their major disadvantages include: (1) coarse texture (which is less objectionable with age, in mixtures and when closely mowed); (2) susceptibility to certain diseases in the early stages of growth (which so far are not particularly destructive)." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related article "Turf" Journal of the American Society of Agronomy, 40(12) December 1948, p. 1140-1141 R=126533 R=126533 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1949. Alta fescue. USGA J. Turf Manage. 2(5):p. 32. |
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