Turf for Golf Courses - Msu

80 TURF FOR GOLF COURSES
and again in late fall these lawns are unquestionably
the most beautiful that exist. Unfortunately, how-
ever, in the lati-
tude of Philadel-
phia this strain of
Red Fescue in
pure growth. suf-
fers from the at-
tacks of a fungus
disease, so that in
midsummer the
attractiveness of
the turf is much
lessened.
SHEEP'S FESCUE
(Festuca ovina)
Sheep's Fescue
(Fig. 8) is native in
the northern parts
of the Old World,
FIG. 8. - Sheep's Fescue (FmfICa wina): a, and apparently to
g1umes at base of spikelet; 11,spikelet.
a limited extent in
North America. Commercial seed is produced wholly
in Europe, and it is the cheapest of the fescues. The