BARENBRUG SPORT 2024 | PRODUCT GUIDE 5 INTRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUPS GOLF CRICKET & TENNIS FOOTBALL & RUGBY RACING & EQUESTRIAN TECHNICAL & SUPPORT New Varieties ALTIVO New to the Sport Range for 2024 is Altivo, with a #2-ranking in table S1 of BSPB Turfgrass Seed 2024. It is included in Elite Sport - the market-leading and top-rated perennial ryegrass blend for winter sports use. Altivo is a true winter sports and late-heading cultivar, with a medium-fine leaf, high shoot density and paler green colour. It offers highly active growth in winter and spring promising superior mid-season recovery before temperatures recover towards the end of the season. Despite the “non-Bar-” name, the variety was bred and developed by Barenbrug in our Dutch breeding station. BARPERSIE Introduced to the Sport Range in 2023 is Barpersie, which now takes pride of place in our market-leading Ultrafine product portfolio. Its performance in Table L1 of BSPB Turfgrass Seed 2024 as a new cultivar, is nothing short of staggering. Unprecedented scores of 9.0 for both visual merit and shoot density, allied to extremely fast growth (which actually lowers its Mean score) promises a cultivar that is finer-leaved, denser, better looking and more wear tolerant than the #1-ranked variety Barolympic! Like Barolympic, it is exceptionally pale (the two varieties are #1 & #2 for paleness), which helps it blend visually with grasses such as red fescue and Poa annua. Barnoustie turf plot as part of 2018 BSPB G3 Trial. BARNOUSTIE A cultivar of slender creeping red fescue bearing the name of the legendary Angus links (host to eight Open Championships) needs to be a bit special – and Barnoustie is certainly that. Ranked #2 in Table G3 of BSPB Turfgrass Seed 2024 and provisionally #1 in Table L4 (as a New Cultivar), its performance will force the retirement of the legendary Barcrown in the next couple of years. Mid-green colour, top-ranked visual merit and high disease tolerance are the hallmarks of this debutant. It features in Fescue for 2024. BARQUESS 2024 sees the launch of not one but two new slender creeping red fescues. Barquess is ranked #1 in Table L4 and provisionally #3 (as a New Cultivar) for close-mown turf (Table G3). Its visual merit score for lawns is 0.7 ahead of the next best variety on the main list. Barquess is pale in colour. Trials in Scotland have indicated that it has very high growth potential early in the season for its species, which points to significant benefits in an overseeding programme. Like Barnoustie, it features in Fescue for 2024, taking this market-leading mixture to another level of performance. It is also included in SGT Fine Fescue. Barquess production field; harvested July 2023 in Norfolk.
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