FEATURES:
• High density at fairway clipping heights
(under _ inch)
• Intense dark green color – darker
green than all other bluegrasses
• Fine-textured, upright leaves
• Excellent leafspot resistance
• Excellent spring and summer disease
resistance
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS:
• SUPERIOR TURF QUALITY:
Award scored an 8.4 average in overall turf
quality over five growing seasons in Post
Falls, Idaho and ranked in the top 5% at the
Maryland trials. Award is a dense, very dark
green Kentucky bluegrass variety selected
for improved disease resistance and broad
climatic persistence under varying management
regimes.
• UNMATCHED CLOSE-CUT TOLERANCE:
Award showed strong quality performance at
a cutting height of _ inch. It scored a superior
8.7 rating in Post Falls, Idaho trials. Award
was the #1 variety in a fairway cut trial
in Manhattan, Kansas.
• SHADE TOLERANCE:
Award performed very well in a shade trial
in May, 1995. Award was identified as possessing
exceptionally good shade tolerance.
• TOP WINTER AND SPRINGTIME PERFORMANCE:
Award performed very well in winter color
and in spring greenup.
• AGGRESSIVE:
Award is moderately aggressive, but it is
not as thatch-prone as earlier aggressive
bluegrass releases.
DISEASE AND INSECT TOLERANCE:
• Leaf spot - Excellent resistance
• Stem rust - Very good resistance
• Snow mold -Good resistance
• Brown patch -Good resistance
DEVELOPMENT:
Award began as one of the progeny of hybrid
cross no. 89-1037. Two, high-performance,
commercial bluegrass varieties (the identity
of which will be kept confidential until the
PVP application is filed) were hybridized
in 1989. Plants with characters dissimilar
to the mother plant were harvested in July,
1991, and established into turf plots in Post
Falls, Idaho.
