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May, 1987

Volume 21, Number 2

WHO DID THE RAIN DANCE ?

Up Coming Events
CAGCS Meeting— June 8 
Hopmeadow Country Club
Univ. of Mass. Field Day-June 25 
South Deerfield, Mass.
CAGCS Meeting- July 14 
Cliffside Country Club
CAGCS Family Day — August ? 
Madison Club

CAGCS Meeting — Sept. 15 
Skungamaug, Coventry, CT.
Scholarship & Research Tourney 

Whitney Farms

Glastonbury Hills — Oct. 7

CAGCS Meeting — October 13 
Tashua Knolls, Trumbull, CT.
John Deere Scramble — Aug. 20 

? ? WHAT’S INSIDE ? ?

Responses to Supt. Forum

GCSAA News

Grass Catcher

Turf Clippings

Question for this Issue's 

Supt. Forum

The Case of 
Seasonal Labor

A view of the 2nd hole at 
Cliffside Country Club 

April, 1987

Connecticut 
of Golf

Association
Course
Superintendents

President Greg Wojick, CGCS

Vice Pres. Robert Chalifour,
CGCS

Secretary Thomas Watroba

Treasurer Michael Wallace,

CGCS

Past Pres. David Stimson,CGCS

Directors and Committee 

Chairpersons:

Education Mike Reeb, CGCS

Golf Mike Chrzanowski

Public James Mederios, CGCS 
Relations

Newsletter John F. Streeter, CGCS

Membership Steve Rackliffe

Research John Napieracz, CGCS 
and Scholarship

Representative Henry Lesinski 
to the Board

Executive Director :

Peter Pierson 
Po. Box 112 
Cromwell, CL 06416

The object of this association is to encourage 
increased knowledge of golf course management 
and greater professionalism through education, 
research, exchange of practical experience and the 
well being of each individual member.

Healthy Turf, Reduces Pollutents in Water

Runoff

Studies at Penn State University by Dr. Thomas Watschke, have shown 

that a thick healthy turf will reduce runoff "to next to nothing."

"Thick well maintained turf will slow the velocity of runoff and allow the 
water to infiltrate" he said. "We have found differences of the magnitude of 15 
times between runoff from a highly maintained turf area and that from a 
patchy area full of weeds."

What that may mean to homeowners, is that pesticides running off into 

water supplies may be overblown.

The Penn State study involves 12 sloped plots of seeded and sodded areas. 
The 1300 square foot plots range in quality from thinly vegetated to thickly 
vegetated.

When it rains, water runs into a catch basin, where automatic equipment 

measures the rate and amount of runoff every 60 seconds. Water samples are 
collected so the nutrient and pesticde content can be analyzed.

Watschke said the research so far has concentrated on the rate of runoff.
"The next step will be to add commercially available registered pesticides 

and nutrients to study their effects," he said. "This will finally put the horse 
before the cart. It will tell us what we don't know about what has already 
happened and is happening."

Watsche said he believes the research will show that when a shomeowner 
has a thick, dense lawn, almost all of the pesticides he or a lawn-chemical 
company applies stays on the site.

He said infiltration into the ground is much more desirable environmentally 

than having the pesticides run off because microbes in the soil break down 
the chemicals into harmless materials.

In the runoff tests, Watschke found that the highest-quality plot - a sodded 
plot without soil patches showing through - registered a runoff rate of about 
a half gallon a minute during peak rainfall.

By comparison, 7.5 gallons of water a minute ran off a neighboring plot 

that was thinly seeded and had bare areas separating clumps.

The tests showed that sodded plots did a much better job of reducing runoff 

than seeded plots four months after the lawns were established.

Watschke said the study also is the first to document the actual amount of 

runoff coming off lawns.

Civil engineers must rely on figures from pasture runoff studies when 

designing water-collection systems for residential developments.

Watschke said pasture runoff figures are much greater than lawn runoff fig­

ures because pastures are more compacted and not as thickly vegetated as 
lawns.

He said as a result, the water-collection systems in developments probably 
are designed to handle more water than is likely to occur - at least that water 
coming from vegetated areas.

"It doesn't particularly bother me, though, that water-collection systems are 

probably overdesigned," he said. "That serves as a fail safe."

The study is being conducted at Penn State's Landscape Management and 
Water Quality Reseaarch Center and is being funded by the university, the 
Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council and the professional lawn-care industry.

Superintendents'
Forum
The Supt. Forum is 
published each issue of the 
Conn. Clippings, and is of a 
question and answer type 
format. At this time, the 
questions are being written 
by the editor, with the 
responses coming from the 
readers, which will be 
published in the next issue 
of Conn. Clippings.
This months Forum 
question, deals with hiring 
of seasonal labor.

Seeing that the golf season 
entails about 8 months of 
the year, seasonal labor 
seems to have been a neces­
sary evil. Dealing with hir­
ing and training new people 
from year to year, has be­
come more and more 
difficult in recent years. As 
Golf Course Managers, I 
feel that this is a dilema we 
must deal with or at least be 
thinking of dealing with.

My question to you is, what 
methods have you employed 
at your particular facility to 
combat this dilema, what 
were the results of these 
methods, and what other 
methods do you wish you 
could employ to deal with 
this problem.

To aire your comments to 
these statements, please do 
so by June 15 to;

John F. Streeter, CGCS 
Editor, Connecticut 
Clippings 
160 Nod Road 
Avon, Ct. 06001 
or call, 658-5796

The Connecticut 
Clippings is an offical 
publication of The Connec­
ticut Association of Golf 
Course Superintendents,
Inc.

Readers Respond to Superintentents' Forum on

Winter Golf

by Dennis Petruzzelli

I've always believed that a Superintendent is as strong or respected, based primarly by his ex­
tent of communication and educating the golfing membership. I've had to deal with recent con­
troversial topics such as "Killer Chemicals and Exposure to Them", also the "Winter Greens 
Syndrome". I've attacked both topics, not only to protect myself at my club, but nationally to 
help protect our image as Golf Course Superintendents', [rebuttals of articles have been sent to 
Golf Digest and Golf Magazine.]

At Redding, we have a monthly newsletter for club news and information. I've routinely 

written articles on various topics concerning the golf course and the enviorment. It is a very ef­
fective and valuable vehicle. It can be used to educate, inform, set precidents and policies, pro­
vide foresight, and to gain leverage on projects I feel that might not be favorable to the mem­
bership.

Posting editorials and my rebuttals side by side, have also been effective means of protection 

or supporting A Point of View,[mine of course].

One such controversial topic recently arose in Golf Digest regarding "Winter Greens". The 

article was extremely one sided, and has snowballed into a situation which I really have to 
fight for support. In my one year at this club, I've gained support and respect from the mem­
bership on just about anything I wanted to do, except temporary greens.

Back in late November, play had died down to nill, we had an extremly wet period and I de­
cided to go to temporary greens. Not only did I disrupt the few die hards we have, but the golf 
pro and greens committee as well. I did inform the membership of the necessities and benefits 
of temporary greens before hand, so this was no suprise. My job is to give them the very best 
golf course attainable. I was just protecting myself and my greens. There is still mixed feel­
ings about my temporary greens, but I believe it will be a sore subject here for years to come.

This article also by Dgnni$ Pefruzzelltts^a rgbuttaale to Golf Digests article on
"Winter Greens", which also appeared in his club's Newsletter

"Temporary Greens?" "I don't like playing on those pseudo-greens!" "It's just not golf!" 

Those are just a few of the comments I have heard through the 'grapevine'. Why play tempo­
rary greens? Hopefully, in a very simple, concise explanation, I can make our winter golfers 
aware of the 'monster' we could create (or should I say have created).

As colder temperatures move in, turfgrasses begin to slow their vegetative growth (leave 

blades). Plant roots grow constantly, regardless of air temperatures. The leaf blade's main func­
tion is to make food. This process, photosynthesis, basically uses carbon dioxide and water 
with the aid of sunlight and produces carbohydrates (food for the plant). The food produced is 
stored in the root system and is gradually used up. During winter periods, limited food making 
occurs,if any, and the stored reserves aid in root growth.

When 'traffic' occurs on frosted turf, mortality is the end result. Frosts actually freeze the 

plant cells and disruption of the frozen cells kills the plant in question. In 'pre-snow' periods, it 
is a good practice to avoid any 'traffic' on greens for the above reason. As the ground freezes, 
regular greens can be played on without any major detrimental effects. Playing on greens, re­
gardless of weather conditions (like in the past), 'sets us back' that much further from having 
high quality, championship-type greens. In the long run, playing temporary greens will give 
us healthier, better playing, higher quality putting turf. From a playability standpoint, use of 
greens in the winter provides horrible putting, and it doesn’t make that much difference which 
surface you play on. When the greens are in a freezing and thawing period, traffic must be 
avoided to prevent putting surface imperfections and plant damage.

In this concise article, I hope I've made this situation a bit more understandable. If anyone 
has any questions, I would appreciate it if you would contact me directly. I am open to any 
suggestions/ideas you may have.

^age 3

Responses to

Superintendent Forum

Continued .

by Michael Wallace, CGCS

As superintendent at Rockledge 

Country Club years ago, we had a mild 
Fall and early Winter one year. I rec­
ommended the closing of the course as 
usual, December 1st, and with that de­
cision, politics entered.

The course was opened in sort of a 
"closed" mode. What that meant was 
we would allow play but since the con­
tract for the professional and the starters 
had ended, no fees would be collected. 
Seeing that golfers are bargain hunters 
at heart, you can imagine the results.

Play proceeded up until January 6th 
of that year. The ground was frozen, 
and cups could not be moved. The next 
Spring one could see very dramatically 
the damaged areas on the greens, which 
were very thin and weak. Was there a 
lot of play? No, not really. Maybe 20 
to 30 people a day. After that experi­
ence, December 1st became the date to 
close the course. Politics was not an 
agronomic factor to be considered, but 
it was and at the time, I had to live 
with the consequences.

Is there an answer? I feel that there 
is, that is public relations. Let us re­
member, it is the golfer we serve. It is 
their course, so one must approach the 
issue from that prospective. I point' 
out the cost benefit ratio in this prob­
lem.

Cost: Greens will in all probability 
be damaged and set back in the Spring.

Benefit: Ten to 20 members may 

benefit from a little exercise.

Who do we owe our alliegence to? 

The 20 members? Or, the vast majori­
ty who want good Spring conditions 
and who don't really want the higher 
expenses to allow the other 20 to play 
Winter golf? I think the majority 
rules.

Point out the consequences, and then 
implant a decision. If you have good 
PR, you should not have a problem.
In New England, this will always be a 
problem. The coast will be open earli­
er, and stay open later. This is a geo­
graphic area we can do nothing about.

We can, however, educate our 
committees and members to our par­
ticular conditions and problems.

by Steve Rackliffe

I was very disappointed to read 
Robert Carney's article regarding 
temporary greens. I suggest Mr. 
Carney concentrate on his field of 
expertise, and let golf course super­
intendents concentrate on theirs.

In the first place, I do not know 

of any Superintendents who feel that 
they do not want to "bother with 
any of their membership” spring, 
summer, fall or winter.

Secondly, Mr. Carney would 

probably be one of the first to com­
plain in the spring about greens that 
aren't true and are bumpy. He also 
would be among the first to com­
plain in the summer, when high 
temperatures and drought lead to a 
decrease in density of the truf on the 
putting surface, which was caused in 
part, by continuous winter play.

Thirdly, with regards to the golf 
course in which 9 of the 45 holes 
are opened for winter play, I ask, 
"Why aren't all 45 holes open, if 
Mr. Carney is SURE damage would 
not result?"

Lastly, not all golf courses have 
budgets which can afford extra top- 
dressings, like those in Westchester 
County. The easiest way out for 
superintendents would be to say,
"Go ahead, play the greens". How­
ever, most superintendents choose 
the right way, and what's best for 
their golf course and TOTAL mem­
bership rather than taking the easy 
way out.

A copy of this article was also sum- 
mitted to Golf Digest.

Thanks to all Forum contributors: 
Dennis Petruzelli, Mike Wallace 
CGCS, Steve Rackliffe, and 
Robert Chalifor CGCS.

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GCSAA Public 
Relations on the
Move

No. 1—AND MADE 
IN CONNECTICUT!

Donald E. Hearn, CGCS, 

President of The Golf Course 
Superintendents Association of 
America, has announced the 
"GCSAA $10,000 Challenge For 
Excellence" in conjunction with 
the Liberty Mutual Legends of 
Golf Classic in Austin, Texas.

"We're excited to offer a 

$10,000 prize to the first member 
of the Senior Tour to ace the 17th 
hole during competition on 
Saturday or Sunday," said Hearn.

"Today's Golf Course 

Superintendent pursues excellence 
in developing playable conditions 
at thier course just like 
proffesionals who play golf to 
win," added Heam.

The Legends Classic is part of 
the PGA's Senior Tour program 
and the final two rounds will be 
nationally televised by NBC 
April 25 and 26.

"The 17th hole at Onion Creek 

is one of the most exciting and 
familiar TV holes in the history 
of Seniors golf," said Rush 
Evans, general chairman and 
executive director. "AT 150 to 
160 yards this will be a great 
challenge and we're excited to be a 
part of this activity with 
GCSAA."

Five thousand dollars will be 
awarded directly to the first Tour 
member to score a hole-in-one on 
Saturday or Sunday. The Associa­
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of Dimes and the GCSAA 
Scholarship program in that 
player's name.

"It's a chance for everybody to 

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Nine Ways to Kill an
Association

Here are the Nine Commandments for 
making sure your association meets a 
certain death:

1.  Don't particapate beyond paying 
your dues—let "them" handle things. 
Then complain that members have no 
voice in what goes on.

2.  Decline all offices and committee 
appointments—your too busy for them. 
Then offer vociferous advice on how 
"they" should do things.

3.  If appointed to a committee, don't 
work—it's a courtesy appointment. 
Then complain because the organiza­
tion has stagnated.

4.  If you do attend management meet­
ings, don't initiate new ideas. Then 
you can play "devil's advocate" to those 
ideas submited by others.

5.  Don’t rush to pay your dues-they're 
to high anyway. Then complain about 
poor financial management.

6.  Don't encourage others to become 
members--that's selling. Then complain 
that membership is not growing.

7.  Don't read the mail from headquar­
ters—its not important. Then complain 
that your not informed.

8.  Don't volunteer your talents-thats 
ego fullfillment. Then complain that 
you're never asked, never appreciated.

9.  And, if by any chance the organiza­
tion grows in spite of your contribu­
tions, grasp every oppurtunity to tell 
the youngsters how tough it was, how 
hard you worked in the old days to 
bring the organization to its present 
level of sucess.

This article was received from Ron 
Holcomb by way of The Buckeye 
Nurseryman.

Page 5

John Deere Company to Sponsor Go

Event

The John Deere Company, recently 
announced that they will sponsor a Su- 
perintendent-PGA Proffesional golf 
tournament.

The event will feature four-man teams 
competing in a scramble type format, at 
the 41 PGA Sections throughout the 
country. Teams will be made up of, The 
Golf Course Superintendent, the clubs 
PGA Proffesional, club President and 
the clubs Manager.

Qualifing is scheduled between June 
and September at local sites, with the 
sectional winners competing in a 36 
hole tournament to be held in 
November. Not much has been said 
about the final tournament in Novem­
ber, but rumor has it being held some 
where in the sunbelt.

Gary Gottschalk, manager of John 

Deere's Golf and Turf Division, said the 
firm is exicted about the concept. The 
program provides an excellent 
oppurtunity for the club superintendent 
and club profesional to associate with 
the club officals in a congenial atmos­
phere.
The Connecticut Section competition 
will be held on August 20 at Whitney 
Farms. Anyone requesting more infor­
mation contact Peter Pierson Executive 
Director, CAGCS.

Golf Committee Announces Tourmament Slat®

Mike Chrzanowski, Golf Chairman for CAGCS, announced the follow­

ing tournament schedule and formats for 1987.

May 19, Throw Out Tournament; The Brownson Club

June 8, First Round CAGCS Championship; Hopmeadow 

Parsons Memorial 
Met area team qualifing

June 15, CAGCS Annual Invitational Tourney; Watertown

July 14, Second Round CAGCS Championship; Cliffside 

Second Round Met area team qualifing

Aug. 20, John Deere Scramble; Whitney Farms

Sept. 15, Callaway Tournament; Skungamaug

Oct. 7, Scholarship and Research Tourney; Glastonbury

Oct. 13, Supt. and Assistant Tourney; Tashua Knolls

The Grass Catcher

Floods and rain have ravished Connecticut golf courses this spring. I'm 
sure many of you have some interesting tails to tell. What better place to 
do it than in the Connecticut Clippings.

A good time was had by all who attended the CAGCS monthly meeting 
at New Haven Golf Club in April. Superintendent Jim McDonald, was a 
most gracious host. The golf course was in fine condition and the weather 
was very cooperative. No one burned up the golf course, but I do know of a 
twosome or two that won 2 dollar nassaus. Better luck next month. After a 
fine day of golf, the New Haven Golf Club adorned us with a birrage of 
hors d'oeuvres second to none, followed by a scrumtious roast beef dinner. 
Hats off to Jim McDonald and the staff of New Haven Golf Club.
Jim Mederios and the SAV PLAN, great idea and needs support.
Here is how one Superintendent deals with informing the members of 

pesticide spraying at his golf course.

"Greens Will be Sprayed Today

Please Don't Lick Your Balls"

A sign posted at The Yale Golf Club.

Did you fill out and return the survey on The Black Layer 
problem that was in the Feburary-March issue of Newsline. 
{The GCSAA Newsletter}

TOOFCLr^GS
Snow Mold, devistates Connecticut golf
Courses by, Wiliam Dest Associate Proffesor 

Dept. of Plant Science 
Univ. of Connecticut

Golf Course Superintendents from around the state have observed 

and reported one of the worst incidence of snow mold diseases in thier 
years of experience in golf course management This concurs with 
the observations that we have also had the opportunity to make both 
on golf courses and in-home lawns. As much as 80 percent of fair­
way turf on some golf courses has been affected. Both the gray 
(Typhula spp.) and pink (Gerlachia spp.) species were present, al­
though the Typhula was more prevalent. Bentgrass, annual bluegrass 
and perennial ryegrass were infected.

A few golf courses that apply fungicides on fairways to control dis­
eases throughout the growing season reported from 50 to 75 percent 
of the turf infected with snow mold. However, most golf courses on 
a fungicide program for disease control on fairways reported much 
less disease incident than golf courses with no fungicide program for 
fairways. The disease incidence did not appear to be related to the last 
date fungicide treatments were applied. Golf courses that applied the 
last fungicide treatment in September had no greater disease incidence 
than golf courses applying later treatments. This indicates some re­
sidual protection against snow mold diseases from programs designed 
to control diseases associated with spring/summer weather.

The first snow fell before the ground was deeply frozen and may 
have had some effect on the severe disease incidence. The snow re­
mained on the ground throughout January and most of February, with 
the first sign that the grass infected showing up in the latter part of 
February as snow began to melt. Daytime temperatures were from 
35 degrees through 40 degrees, optimum temperatures for snow mold 
to occur, particularly the Typhula species. Also, the snow melted 
slowly which provided moist conditions and high relative humidity.
Fortunately, the pink snow mold which seems to cause more per­
manent injury was not as widespread as the Typhula. This may be 
due to lower temperatures for optimum Pink Snow Mold infection to 
occur. However, we have noticed increased occurrence of Pink Snow 
Mold over the last several years with most of the infection to grasses 
occurring in late fall. This could be due to the development of resis­
tant strains of the pathogen, lack of an early fall fungicide that will 
control Pink Snow Mold, increased use of irrigation or a combina­
tion of all three factors.

This year's injury from snow mold appears to be surficial and most 

of the turf infected should fully recover within several weeks.

A Good Year for SnowMold by, Peter Landschoot 

Dept of Plant Science 
Univ. of R.I.

Winter is generally considered the 'off season' for turfgrass growth, 
and the time when turf managers can make preparations for the next 
agrowing season. However, as turf growth slows in late fall, a 
group of cold tolerant pathogenic fungi become active. These fungi 
cause a group of turf diseases collectively known as snow molds. 
Although there are several different snow mold diseases affecting turf- 
grasses, the two most common to Southern New England are gray 
snow mold and pink snow mold.

Gray snow mold is caused by the fungus Typhula incamata. T. in- 
camata survives the summer months as dark, reddish-brown resistant 
structures called sclerotia. In late fall, the cold and wet conditions fa­
vor germination of sclerotia and the fungus begins active growth.

Symptoms of gray snow mold first appear at snow melt in early 
spring, the resulting straw-colored patches are 2 inches to 3 feet in 
diameter. The leaves of affected grass are usually matted together and 
sometimes covered with a fuffy, gray-white mycelium. Under opti­
mum conditions for disease development the turf may be killed, thus, 
resulting in poor recovery. In most cases, however, only the leaves 
are killed and patches fill in with new tillers from unaffected rhi­
zomes and stolons.

Pink snow mold is caused by the fungus Microdochium nivale 
(formerly called Fusarium nivale). M. nivale survives unfavorable 
conditions as microscopic, dormant spores in plant debris.

Symptoms of pink snow mold appear as circular patches of pink 
to orange colored dead turf 2 to 8 inches in diameter. The pink to or­
ange color is produced by numerous fungal fruiting structures called 
sporodochia. Mycelium of M. nivale may be evident under extreme­
ly wet conditions. This disease tends to be more destructive then 
gray snow mold because it can affect the roots as well as the leaves.

Snow mold diseases are generally most severe under prolonged, 

deep snow cover over unfrozen turf. Ordinarily, the mild winters in 
Southern New England do not favor severe outbreaks of this disease. 
The winter of 1987, however, provided more snow accumulation 
than any winter over the past several years. These conditions result­
ed in an unusually high amount of snow mold in Southern New 
England.

The severity of snow mold diseases can be reduced by avoiding 

heavy applications of N-fertilizer in late fall before the turf becomes 
dormant. Other recommended practices include mowing the turf in 
late fall so that it will not lay over and mat together under snow; 
construction of snow barriers (fences) to prevent drifting on golf 
greens; and preventing the compaction of snow by snow mobiles or 
skies in sensitive areas.

Fungicides are effective as preventative treatments when applied in 

late fall before the development of a permanent snow cover. Turf 
managers have traditionally used mercury-based fungicides to control 
snow mold diseases. However, because of concerns about environ­
mental pollution, several states have restricted the use of these fungi­
cides. Altematiave fungicides include thiram, cadmium, cloroneb, 
and some systemic compounds. Check labels for rates and the partic­
ular snow mold disease you want to control (some fungicides control 
gray snow mold but not pink snow mold and vice-versa). It should 
be noted that gray snow mold and pink snow mold often coexist in 
the same area, thus, fungicide combinations may be helpful in con­
trolling both these diseases. Fungicides are generally not recom­
mended for snow mold control in spring. In most cases, the turf will 
recover when temperatures rise and the turf begins active growth.

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®3ehas. C. Hart Seed Co. 

Wethersfield, CT 06109 
Robert Keinedy 
Roy Sibley
(203) 529-2537

XCloro-Spray 

775 Louis Drive, P.O. Box 2809 
Warminster, PA 18974-0357 
E J. Sanson, Frank Paladino 
(212) 338-2153
\ountry Club Cars of New England, 
Inc.
10 Shoham Road 
East Windsor. CT 06088 
Dick Kaupin - Dick Mather 
(203) 623-3871

& Egypt Farms, Inc. 

Golf Course Topdressing 
White Marsh, MD 21162 
John Strickland 
(301) 335-3700

»\c• •Glenmore Landscape Service

RR3 Box 199 Hackgreen Rd.
Pound Ridge. NY 10576 
Glenn S. Moore 
(914) 764-4348 
«kl & E Supply, Inc.

66 Ema Avenue 
Milford, CT 06460 
Steve Smith - Paul Roche 
(203) 878-0658

•  Imperial Nurseries 
Hort. Distribution Center
713 Pigeon Hill Road. Windsor. CT 06095 
John PcTTOtti, Jr., Ron Holcomb, Karl Novak 
12031 GRR-059R

\•  Lesco, Inc.

20005 Lake Road 
Rockv River. Ohio 44116
Mike Donahue, Frank Downey, Mike Oleykowski
(800) 321-5325

X Larchmont Engineering & 

Irrigation Co., Inc.
Box 66, Larchmont Lane 
Lexington, MA 02173 
Steve Butler 
(617) 862-2550

•  The Magovern Company

J

Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Carl Wallace, Peter Moran
(203) 623-2508 Windsor Locks
(203) 348-8211 Stamford
1 Metro Milorganite 
P.O. Box 267 
Hawthorne, NY 10532 
John Wistrand 
(914) 347-4222 

•X) .M. Scott & Sons

Proturf Division 
Marysville, OH 43041 
Al Arison
(203) 336-9890

• ''Partac Topdressjng

Kelsey Park
Great Meadows. NJ 07838
BHI Carriere (914) 937-5479
Steve Kotowicz (203) 792-3032

•^Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.

30 Nashville Road 
Bethel, CT 06801
Steve Kotowicz - Sales Representative
(2031 792-3032

3 Purple Kings Farm

633 Northwest Hill Road 
Williamstown, MA 01267 
Ralph Mason
(413) 458-4646, (413) 458-3184

Whe Reichert Company
P.O. Box 273, Riverside, CT 06878 
Automotive Lubricant Distributor 
Frank Reichert
(203) 637-2958

• Salsco, Inc.

105 School House Road Cheshire, CT 06410 
Salvatore J. Rizzo, Jon Mattsoon 
(203) 271-1682

Inc.

Shemin Nurseries, 
1081 King Street 
P.O. Box 64, Glenville Station 
Greenwich, CT 0683 
(203) 531-7352

•'/S'Cromers Turf Supplies

P.O. Boz 294 Devon, CT 06460 
Bill Somers
(203) 878-2108

erre Co.
206 Delawanna Avenue 
Clifton, NJ 07014 
Byron Johnson, Jr. 
(201) 473-3393

Turf Products Corporation
1496 John Fitch Blvd.
South Windsor, CT 06074
Mark Loper, John Ferry, Shawn Donovan
(2031 528-9508
Valley Farms Nursery & Supply 
Simsbury, CT 06070 Sod - Turf Supplies - Fertilizer 
Joseph D. Bidwell. Owner
(203) 651-8555

Westchester Turf Supply, inc. 
P.O. Box 198 Lincolndale. NY 10540 
Bob Lippman
(914) 277-3755 
(914) 248-5790HM
Winding Brook Turf Farm, Inc. 
240 Griswold Road Wethersfield, CT 06109 
Donald Grant
(203) 529-6869

Al Zikorus
Golf Course Architect 
Member ASGCA
P.O. Box 187. Canaan. ME 04924
(2071 474-8868
Val-Agra, Inc.
P.O. Box 8811, 672 Tolland St.
East Hartford. CT 06108 
Henry Lesinski 
(203) 528-9249

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Member