Books on Bowls. Construction, Renovation and Care of the Bowling Green

Title	Construction, Renovation and Care of the Bowling Green
Author	Enoch Bruce Levy
Publisher	The New Zealand Greenkeeping Research Committee with the recognition and support of the N Z Bowling Association
First published	1949
ISBN	Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed	1st
Hardback/softback	Hardback
List price	Not known
Cover size (cm) (height x width)	21.3 x 14.0
Number of pages	84
Number of pages with	Coloured photos	Black & white photos	Line drawings
	None	26	None
Synopsis	The recommendations in this book were derived from 16 years greenkeeping research conducted at Hokowhitu, Palmerston North, by the Greens Research Committee under the auspices of the New Zealand Golf Council, and from close supervisiion of bowling greens over ten years. The four chapters, with brief details of a selection of their contents, are: Theory and Practice Underlying the Establishment and Maintenance of Greens Soil fertility, acidity and acidification; poor physical structure; weeds and weed greens Construction and turf establishment of new greens Construction and layout; preparation of seed bed; fertiliser; seeds mixture and time of sowing; protection from birds; proofing against worms, porina and grass-grub Renovation and Care of Established Greens Renovation practice in autumn (operations 1-7); treatment subsequent to to autumn renovation (operations 8-10); winter mowing; after-opening care Appendix Hormone weed killers; worms; porina and grass-grub; fungus diseases; turf analysis of plot treatments at Hokowhitu Greens Research Area

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