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Conrad 1/Lolium perenne Perennial ryegrass Preserves playing quality with superior fusarium patch tolerance and persistency | | Density | Fineness of leaves | Wear tolerance | Resistance to rust |  |  |  |  |  |
Excellent winter colour Performs in sport and lawn mixtures Very persistent variety Excellent resistance to Fusarium patch |  |
Swiss knife
Conrad 1 shows very large adaptation with high rankings in three countries with thorough testing of new turf grass varieties:
RSM Germany 2009 edition:
Fair performance for Ornamental purpose (6) and excellent for Sport (8) and Lawn (8).
STRI UK 2009 edition:
For sport purpose Conrad 1 shows excellent winter greenness important in all regions where the main playing season is autumn-winter-spring. Fineness of leaf and red thread resistance is among the best.
For lawn purpose the winter greenness stands out again as well as the fineness of leaf.
Grasgids – The Netherlands 2009 edition:
For sport purpose Conrad 1 is ranking third (out of 27) for overall performance and shows better Fusarium (Microdochium patch disease) resistance and persistency than all other varieties.
For lawn purpose Conrad 1 is ranking 8 (out of 29) and again shows the best persistency and Fusarium resistance.
Color:
Medium green.
Uses
Sport and lawn where winter performance is important.
Superior persistency and Fusarium resistance | Sport | Lawn | Score for | | Conrad 1 | 8,5 | 8,5 | Persistency | | second best performer | 8,5 | 8,5 | Persistency | | Conrad 1 | 8,8 | 8,5 | Fus. resistance | | second best performer | 8,5 | 8,1 | Fus. resistance |
Source: Grasgids (NL) 2009 edition. 9 = best performance
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