Greensmen Hear Arlington Report

C O M E 200 green-chairmen, greenkecp^ erg, and others interested in prohlems of turf maintenance assembled Monday morning. September 16, for the third annual turf meeting sponsored by the USGA Green Section and the Greenkeeping Superintendents' Association. A twoday program was arranged this year to inrlude a review (1) of the experimental work in progress on the Arlington turf garden, (2) the test plots established by the National Capital parks in collaboration wilh the Green Section, and (3) the experimental greens and fairway fertilizer and weed-control plots at the Capitol G&CC. In addition, time was allowed during the second afternoon for informal discussion groups. Monday morning was devoted to a review of the experimental plots on the Arlington experiment farm which are being conducted by the Green Section in collaboration with the bureau of plant industry of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Many strains of turf grasses were seen maintained in turf, among them a large number of vegetatively selected and propagated strains of creeping, velvet, and colonial bents, bluegrasses, fescues, and Bermuda grass; three species of Zoysia, and many grasses used for turf purposes in various sections of the country. The turf on the plots of Zoysia matrella growing at three different heights of cut aroused considerable interest. Some of the results from the grass breeding experiments with