GRASS SEED EXPORTS
MARKET IN UNITED STATES AERODROMES AND LAWNS *P.A.) IN-VERCARGTLL, this day. An increase from 250 tons to 500 tons is the quota of chewings fescue which New Zeaamd may send annually to America has been made as a result of a visit to the United States of Mr. J. Murray Wilson, who represented New Zealand exporters of the seed, practically all of which is grown in Southland.
Fescue growing was increasing in America, but the market could be developed to absorb a considerable quantity, stated Mr. Wilson yesterday. Up to the time of his visit only 15 per cent of fescue was used in mixtures for aerodromes and runways and for private lawns, but as a result of his advocacy up to 25 per cent was now being used. Fescue was used only in localities north of Washington, as the conditions in the |south were too dry for its firm establishment. This Southlanddeveloped grass would be used more and more for golf courses when the game was resumed to a much greater extent after the war.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 228, 25 September 1943, Page 6
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