m. 9/1.2: p ation Mix Perennial Ryegrass Annual Ryegrass total Ryegrass Creeping Red Fescue Tall Fescue White Clover Pennington Seed Inc. Frank's Dense Shade Premium Grass Mixture South Dakota Kentucky Bluegrass Shining Star Perennial Ryegrass Boreal Red Fescue 44.00 Flyer Creeping Red Fescue 9.50 Tiffany Chewings Fescue 9.50 24.80 27.27 2.47 3.12 19.64 19.38 19.01 58.03 57.59 -0.44 4.53 14.56 13.36 -1.20 2.95 25.50 14.98 40.48 41.91 1.43 3.83 19.61 14.03 -5.58 4.97* 19.98 21.88 1.90 2.86 14.93 15.79 0.86 4.80 4.96 4.91 -0.05 1.91 19.26 19.97 39.23 42.02 2.79 3.79 19.70 20.00 0.30 2.76 33.96 29.08 -4.88 3.78* 4.95 5.21 0.26 1.11 9.50 14.38 4.88 1.55* 24.00 22.50 -1.50 4.12 85 86 85 86 90 90 90 91 80+5 93+1H 80+5 92+6H 90 96 90 96 85 87 85 94 85 96+2H 85 84 90 96 85 84 85 84 85 84 80 71 90 97 90 97 90 97 87 80 75 90 94 90 94 85 90 14 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 977 Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. Blue Seal Early Green Lawn Mixture Kentucky Bluegrass Top Hat Perennial Ryegrass Annual Ryegrass total Ryegrass Creeping Red Fescue Blue Seal Feeds, Inc. Blue Seal Classic Lawn Mixture Kentucky Bluegrass Accent Perennial Ryegrass Top Hat Perennial Ryegrass total Ryegrass Creeping Red Fescue Barenbrug. USA Landscape Mixture Kentucky Bluegrass Perennial Ryegrass Pirouette Perennial Ryegrass total Ryegrass Creeping Red Fescue Lesco, Inc. Team Mates Mixture Allsport Perennial Ryegrass Titan II Tall Fescue Bravo Tall Fescue Cimarron Tall Fescue total Tall Fescue The Scotts Co. Scotts Fall Seeding Mix Kenblue Kentucky Bluegrass Grasslands NUI Perennial Ryegrass Gulf Perennial Ryegrass total Perennial Ryegrass Boreal Creeping Red Fescue Agribiotech Connecticut Mixture Kentucky Bluegrass Palmer II Perennial Ryegrass Chevvings Fescue 10.41 18.43 8.02 1.87* 85 91 51.13 90 94 10.43 90 94 61.56 56.09 -5.47 4.19* 26.23 24.34 -1.89 3.04 85 93 34.61 41.02 6.41 3.94* 85 90 19.29 85 96 19.73 90 96 39.02 36.13 -2.89 5.38 24.92 21.06 -3.86 4.12 85 92 8.65 13.23 4.58 1.50* 80 76 44.42 85 97 19.36 85 97 63.78 60.93 -2.58 3.46 24.61 22.76 -1.85 2.96 85 85 19.46 20.19 0.73 2.76 90 96 29.87 90 89 24.83 90 89 24.68 90 89 79.38 78.46 -0.92 2.86 9.85 13.21 3.36 1.47* 85 86 59.03 90 95 9.85 90 95 68.88 67.49 -1.39 3.34 19.24 17.76 -1.48 2.76 85 87 17.00 18.79 1.79 2.07 80 81 66.85 68.14 1.29 3.51 90 88 9.80 8.36 -1.44 1.96 85 87 Seed Germination and Purity Analysis 2001 15 Table 5. Germination and purity of crop seed. Seed Mixture Seed Company Purity Claim Wheat Agway. Inc. 99. 1 Rye Crop Production Services 97.6 Rye Agway, Inc. 97.0 Rye Agway, Inc. 97.0 Rye Semican International 99.6 Rye Agriculver, Inc 99.0 ity Found Germ. Claim Germ. Found 97.6 85 98 98.9 75 93 96.7 94 87 99.5 94 95 99.1 90 95 99.9 85 96 16 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 977 The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, religious creed, age, political beliefs, sexual orientation, criminal conviction record, genetic information, learning disability, present or past history of mental disorder, mental retardation or physical disability including but not limited to blindness, or marital or family status. To file a complaint of discrimination, write Director, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, P.O. Box 1106, New Haven, CT 06504, or call (203) 974- 8440. CAES is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Persons with disabilities who require alternate means of communication of program information should contact the Station Editor at (203) 974- 8446 (voice); (203) 974-8502 (FAX); or paul.gough@po.state.ct.us (E-mail)