IMPORTED COCKSFOOT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19957, 28 May 1928, Page 12

IMPORTED COCKSFOOT.

gi r> It was with more than surprise that 'i read the statements made by responsible men in Thursday's and rriday s Herald that Danish cocksfoot was as good as, or better than, the Akaroa article, especially as far as Auckland district is concerned. I have tried the two seeds side by side and found that, although the germination of Danish is decidedly better than that of Akaroa, yet the foliage of Akaroa is far superior to Danish, there being much more leaf and far greater spreading tendency and less seed shoots in ,the Akaroa. This is also the experience of some of my neighbours, who have tried these seeds in different paddocks. When visiting Ruakura Experimental Farm three years ago we were shown grass grown from Akaroa and Danish 'seed, set in rows side by side, and there was no comparison between them. The Akaroa was growing big, spreading bunches, while the Danish had the appearance of standing straight up, with narrow leaves, more like tufts o nishes We were told that the seeding habit, of the Danish was brought about by the fact that, in Denmark cocksfoot was grown in rows, with iniercultivation, for seed purposes onlv and that plants that did not seed freelv were at 6nce eradicated. Pukekawa. H. A. Hawkb.