JAMBOREE
Festuca arundinacea
- Excellent visual merit
- Dark attractive green colour
- Good leaf spot tolerance
- Very good tolerance to Microdochium
Top ranked in French official trials
With high indices for Lawn and Sport use, Jamboree is suitable for use in sport fields and on playgrounds exposed to frequent traffic, as well as private lawns and public parks.
The establishment is fast, ensuring good competition with weeds and other grasses in mixtures.
Diseases
Good resistance to leaf spot, Microdochium patch and brown patch (France, NTEP USA).
Slow growing in NTEP (USA)
NTEP 2007-11 Jamboree is a slow growing variety with excellent perfomance in Schedule A trials (high maintenance, fairways).
Technical Specifications
- Tall fescue
Slow growing, for both sport & lawn use
- Listed/recommended in EU BY DK FR RU TR
BROWN PATCH (COOL TEMPERATURE) RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARSSource: NTEP 2007-11 DATA (table 34). Scale 1-9, 9 = best |
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| Table 34 | MEAN | AR1 | IN1 | KS2 | KY1 | NC1 | NJ1 | NJ2 | PA1 | VA1 | VA4 |
| Jamboree | 6,8 | 8,3 | 7,1 | 7,7 | 6,3 | 6,7 | 8,2 | 6,0 | 8,3 | 6,3 | 5,8 |
| Average all cultivars | 6,5 | 7,2 | 6,8 | 7,2 | 6,2 | 6,4 | 6,6 | 5,5 | 8,0 | 5,7 | 6,7 |
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Specification and ratings
Performance in France
Source : GEVES 2015 (France)Scale 1-9, 9 = best, darkest
| Variety | Jamboree | Average catalogue |
| Sport Index | 6,8 | 6,4 |
| Lawn Index | 6,7 | 6,4 |
| Wear Tolerance | 6,3 | 6,1 |
| Visual merit winter | 6,4 | 5,9 |
| Visual merit summer | 6,9 | 6,4 |
| Colour | 7,2 | 6,3 |
| Density | 8,2 | 7,7 |
| Fineness | 5,7 | 5,3 |
| Establish -ment | 7,6 | 7,2 |
| Red thread tolerance | 8,1 | 8,0 |
| Micro-dochium tolerance | 6,2 | 5,9 |
| Leaf spot tolerance | 7,9 | 7,7 |