QJf (bourse Superintendents ddoclation OF NEW ENGLAND President — N. J. SPERANDIO Concord Country Club Concord, Mass. Phone EM 9-4723 First Vice-President — JOSEPH BUTLER United Shoe Country Club 3 Ridgewood Terrace Beverly, Mass. Phone Wfl 2-1263 Second Vice-President — RAYMOND BRIGHAM Rhode island Country Club Phone CHerry 5-8255 52 North Lake Drive Barrington, R. I. NEWSLETTER September 1962 The September meeting was held Sept. 10, 1962 at the Lake Sunapee Country Club, New London, N . H . Several Supts. and wives attended this meeting and from all reports enjoyed a relaxing weekend. The results of the golf Tournament: Secretary — WILLIAM A. ASH Allendale Country Club Phone WYman 3-8767 9 Patton Street North Dartmouth, Mass. Treasurer — ARTHUR L. CODY Wollaston Golf Club Phone Supt. Office at club GRanite 2-3535 Home GRanite 2-7913 19 Ardell Street North Quincy, Mass. Trustee — HOWARD FARRANT Pinebrook Country Club Phone OL 3-5296 Wheeler Lane Natick, Mass. Trustee — MARIO FINIZIA Wanamoisett Country Club Phone GEneva 8-4045 50 Holleck Avenue Riverside, R. I. Trustee — MICHAEL O'GRADY Country Club of New Bedford Phone WYman 2-9885 135 Hathaway Road North Dartmouth, Mass. Finance Committee Chairman — PHILIP I. CASSIDY Weston Golf Club Phone HI 4-4127 45 Grosvenor Road Needham 92, Mass. Educational Commitee Chairman — ROBERT GRANT Supernault National Country Club Phone EM 5-5538 Deershorn Road Lancaster, Mass. Golf Committee Chairman — EDWARD J. MURPHY Lexington Country Club Phone WE 3-0286 25 Flagg Street Woburn, Mass. Newsletter Committee Chairman — RICHARD C. BLAKE Mt. Pleasant Country Club Phone CEdar 4-2209 138 Fletcher Street Whitinsville, Mass. Past President — ALBERT L. ALLEN Kernwood Country Club Phone PI 4-7783 Kernwood Country Club Salem, Mass. low gross net - Floyd Wiget Bill Carter - Purdy Carson Julie Aksten M r . Cote 78 79 69 74 Points of interest at Lake Sunapee in addition to a fine golf course were: 1 . The large nurseries of Velvet Bent and Penn Cross, the Penn Cross putting green is years old, #9 green Velvet is 4 years old and #18 Velvet green is 30 year8 old, 2. The par 3 course under construction at the entrance. 3. The new maintenance building under construction. Golf Tournament results for Club Championships held August 5 , at Charles River C . C , Club Championship - Mel Wendell Milt Brown Art Cody Bill Carter 75 78 79 79 Low Net - John Mileski John Alamonti - Mike O'Grady Phil Cassidy Joe Dandurand Seniors Championship 92 -. 22 -. 70 92 •• 16 -• 76 99 -• 23 -. 76 At the business meeting Stan Brown, Supt. New Bedford Public Links, New Bedford, M a s s , and Tom Scannell, Supt, Cranwell Golf Club, Lenox, Mass. were voted regular members. •k * it k It was nice to have Ed Buecher at our last meeting. been confined for some time with a broken leg. Ed has The next meeting will be the Pro Supt, meeting at Bra Burn Country Club, October 15, 1962. Only PGA pros and/or members of our Association are eligible to participate in this tournament. Arthur Anderson, host. Supt., requests that no one tee off before 10:00 A . M . •k * * * The last outdoor meeting of the year will be held November 7, 1962 on the Cape, details are not complete. WHY IS PENNCROSS SEED SO EXPENSIVE? From Eastern Turfletter This question is often asked..,why should Penncross creeping bentgrass seed cost from 8 to 10 dollars a pound while other bentgrass seed for putting greens is usually in the neighborhood of $1.00 per pound? Part of the answer was supplied by Dr. Joseph Duich of Penn State University in his discussion of Penncross at the University of Massachusetts conference recently...very limited production for one thing. He cited International Crop Improvement Association figures of acreage planted to bentgrass this year.,,which are as follows: Penncross 193 acres M '"'Highland 286 Seaside 1,065 " Astoria 1,800 " ^Colonial 10,742 " (Highland and Colonial are used primarily in tee and fairway mixtures ... not used for seeding greens.) Secondly, in order to grow Penncros3, rigid certification standards must be met...three separate creeping bentgrass strains of foundation or approved planting stock must be planted vegetatively (by stolons) in a manner designated in the certification regulations...and the first generation seed only produced by random crossing of these 3 strains is Penncross seed. Limited years of harvest too are realized.. .Three years is the life of any one field producing penncross seed. Compare this to unlimited restriction on other bentgrass production fields and some of the answers concerning price per pound evolve. Yet, is it expensive when you consider that the seeding rate for Penncross is reduce by one'half normal seeding rates for Seaside or Astoria...that improved turf is realized sooner...and that the spreading qualities of Penncross far exceeds that of other seeded bentgrass strains. Should price per pound therefore be the prime consideration? We think 1 not The Editor - Dick Blake September 22, 1962 To the Memberships The fact that the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New England, were Co-Sponsors of The Turf Conference, at the University of Massachusetts, March 8 and 9 , 1962, I am submitting this report. Attendance at Turf Conference 1962 Golf Courses 266 Dealers & Commercial Representatives 76 Landscape & Garden Centers 12 Park Departments 7 Cemeteries 5 University Personal 2 Industrial & Municipal Grounds 8 Public Works 2 Misc. 6 Total Paid Registration 384 Students 100 Speakers and Guests 21 University Personal 15 County Agents 6 Total Unpaid Registration 142 Total Registration 526 Financial Statement as per Conference Coordinator Amount Received: $3371.00 Turf Conference Expenes: 193 Luncheons @ $1.45 plus tax 293.84 190 Coffee ^Donuta @ $.25 47.50 215.46 152 Luncheons @ $1.35 plus tax 1197.00 240 Dinners @ $4.75 plus tax 130.00 Gratuities Use of rooms in the Student Union: 5.00 Colonial Lounge 24.00 Commonwealth Room 10.00 County Rooms 164.50 329 Registration Fees @ $.50 2087.30 Total Turf Conference Expenses: 1283.70 1283.70 Balance Due W f Conference* 164.50 Amount Received for Conference Office Expenses: Conference Office Expenses: 174.56 35 Dinners @ $4.75 plus tax! 10,06 1273.64 ^Refund to Turf Conference: 72.00 Refunded to Turf Conference on April 11, 1962: 1345.64 Total Refunds to Turf Conference: Financial Report Turf Conference Balance 1345.64 Registration Fees Sent to Sec. Mass.Turf 19.50 $1365.14 Total Conference Balance 84.79 Refund to Conference Coordinator New Total $1280.35 Turf Clipping Expense 413.05 (Mass. Turf Official Pub.) New Bedford Forward to (Sec. Treas. Mass. Turf and Lawn Grass Council)$ 867.30 Speakers Paid by the University of M a s s . Extension Service $225.00 - 4 The Officers of the Massachusetts Turf and Lawn Grass Council are as Follows J Eliot F . Rogers, President, Newton Cemetery, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Orlando Capizzi, Vice President, Landscape Contractor, 22 Pine Street, West Newton 65, Massachusetts; Orville 0 , Clapper, Secretary-Treasurer, The Clapper Company, West Newton 65, Massachusetts. N . J . Spcrandio, President