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GRASSES (Agrostis species). There are better 
than two dozen varieties belonging to this 
genus, all having different characteristics 
just as children in a family are not alike. 
Perhaps the most outstanding variety is the 
variety known as ASTORIA GRASS. 
The Agrostis grasses are the aristocrats 
in lawn materials, superb in appearance and 
performance. Astoria Grass produces the finest 
textured turf known forlawn purposes. it is 
very permanent; many of these fine lawns in 
England are from 100 to 300 years old! It is 
self-multiplying, spreading by means of under- 
ground runnersor stolons and rhizomes, con- 
stantly getting thicker. Forthis reason, the 
Astoria grass is able to choke out weeds. 
The texture is remarkably fine, and the 
color ideal. Astoria is resistant to cold. 
It isfairly deep rooted and tolerant of dry 
conditions. It grows best in a mildly acid 
Somiececting srom6,5 to 7.0 P.H. 
The seed bee is outstanding. Since 
“i nee aan need use 
only half ove ee needed of Blue Grass. 
Germination is almost Sins above 98%, and 
under good conditions the seed germinates in 
a week--often in 4 or 5 days. The purity of 
the seed is above 99%, and there is rarely 
even a trace of weed seed. 
We built an Astoria lawn for a customer 
in Minneapolis 10 years ago.He reports that 
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lawn, free of» weed ab. easy to 
keep up, of LE te Sf RTE | we know 
of nothing better than our Astoria Bent. 
é Use 4%t05 pounds of Thomsen's Certified 
_ Blue Ribbon Astoria Grass Seed per 1000 sq. 
ft. of new lawn. For rejuvenation of old turf 
use 2 to:'3 pounds. Astoria may be used to 
- thicken old lawns composed of blue grass or 
fescues. 
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Our 30 years experience proves it-early 
seeding is essential. Our finest lawns are 
seeded in March--justas soon as the snow is 
fairly well gone. Any frost after seeding 
is beneficial. 
Top dress ole lawns with one bateof 
certified horticultural peat moss per 1000 
sq. ft., or, good loamy topdressing may be 
used. If you prefer not to keep increasing 
the height of the lawn with topdressing, we 
cantreat the lawn with our VERTICUT machine. 
With this treatment, hundreds of short knives 
cut about 4 inch into the turf, aerating 
the soil, helping to control fungus attacks 
and giving most of the benefits of topdress- 
ing. 
You can purchase CERTIFIED lawn mat- 
erials from us, or we are glad to give you 
an estimate on the complete lawn. Come in 
at any time to discuss your lawn problems. 
Thomsen's Blue Ribbon Astoria Grass 
seed 1s grown in cool, moist Washington and 
Oregon, assuring outstanding quality and 
hardiness. Don't use poor bargain seed of 
any kind on your lawn--it is no economy. 
The best cost little more than the cheapest 
and here at Thomsen's, you get not only the 
seed put 
to help you get the best results. 
You can have the outstanding lawn in 
your neighborhood. Whether you start with 
Astoria or decide upon Blue Grass, get the 
seed in early--within the next few weeks. 
Use a good fertilizer, such as LOMA. You 
can mix a fungicide such as Terzan vith it. 
If you have nightcrawlers or cut worms, use 
8 pounds of arsenate of lead or 3 pounds of 
biaordanc per LO0G ssa ett.) Li your soLi. is 
hard clay, use 1 pound of Krilium soil con- 
ditioner per 100 sq. ft. to break it up. 
I want to say a word about fungus at- 
tacks, which occur in hot, muggy weather. 
iiese. are, called “brown, patoh™, “dollar 
spots", "snowmold", etc. Terzan, above, or 
Phenyl mercury acetate, are good fungicides 
--the latter also is used for crab grass 
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