. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Fig. 15.—Kentucky Blue «KKR>CJiU^, Fig. 16—English Blue Grass. TESTS OF FORAGE GRASSES. 51 fall sowing. This grass should be the chief ingredient in pasturemixture for dry limy soils. For other soils its value is much great difficulty in getting a stand of this grass is largely causedby the inferior quality of the seed sold in the market, which rarelygerminates above 15 per cent. English Blue or June Grass—Poa corrvpressa.—A low growing,succulent stemmed perennial grass, native of the cooler regions ofth
. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Fig. 15.—Kentucky Blue «KKR>CJiU^, Fig. 16—English Blue Grass. TESTS OF FORAGE GRASSES. 51 fall sowing. This grass should be the chief ingredient in pasturemixture for dry limy soils. For other soils its value is much great difficulty in getting a stand of this grass is largely causedby the inferior quality of the seed sold in the market, which rarelygerminates above 15 per cent. English Blue or June Grass—Poa corrvpressa.—A low growing,succulent stemmed perennial grass, native of the cooler regions ofthe world. Stems are flattish and purple colored. On our lowlandplat the seed sprouted poorly and the plants were soon crowded outby crab grass. On the upland plat it did better. Grew slowly thefirst year, but better the second year. Formed a good turf andspread into adjacent plats. This grass succeeds better than P. pra-tensis on soils lacking lime, and should be always substituted forthat species on such soils. The quality of the herbage is betterthan that of Kentucky blue grass, but there
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