”Hit the High Notes“

Rendition: It's not just another pretty face

Rendition Tall Fescue has been bred to provide a dense, very dark green and exceptionally attractive turf. Unlike tall fescues of old, ones that have wide, coarse blades and open stands, Rendition produces a thick, dense lawn, with soft thinner leaves. Rendition is both nice on the eyes and the feet!

Rendition looks good in NTEP plots

Dark, Lush and Disease Resistant Dark! - Rendition is a result of selections and synthetic crosses from 22 elite germplasms collected at Rutgers University in Maryland and at the breeder's Oregon research farm. Further screening of the offspring plants was made based on very dwarf growth habit, turf quality, straight growth form, very dark green color, rust resistance, stress resistance and disease resistance. Rendition produces healthy turf!

Rendition has good resistance to Rhizoctonia brown patch, pink patch and crown rust. Thanks to a high level of endophyte, Rendition provides its own natural resistance to insects, including sod webworms, bluegrass billbugs, chinch bugs and army worms.

A Real Winner! -Trial results are indicating that Rendition performs well from Coast to Coast. At independent trials on sod farms in both Fresno, CA and Dayton, OH, Rendition was amongst the very top varieties in both turf quality and color. Whether for sod, athletic fields, new lawns, or other professional applications, Rendition is a sure bet!

2001 Brown Patch Results
Rutgers University, NJ, (1999 Trial)
Selected Varieties Aug. '01 Disease '00-01 Quality
Titan Ltd. 5.7 4.4
Rendition 5.3 4.9
Plantation 5 5.1
Kentucky 31 4 1.2
Shortstop 3.7 3.9
2000 Trial Results
Ohio Sod Farm, (1999 Trial)
Top 5 Varieties Color Texture 2-yr Ave. Quality
SR8600 7 6.5 8
Rendition 6.7 6.3 7.9
Crewcut II 7 6.3 7.4
Titan Ltd. 6.7 6.3 7
SR8210 6 5.7 6.7
2002 Trial Results
Fresno, CA, (2001 Trial)
Top 10 Varieties Color 2-yr Ave. Quality
Millennium 6.83 6.62
Rendition 6.83 * 6.54
SR8600 6.5 6.42
Crewcut 2 6.33 6.42
Arid II 6.67 6.33
* 6.83 was the darkest color rating given

Nationwide Performance - Rendition is in the latest National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) trials at over 30 locations throughout the United States. The following chart indicates categories where Rendition is scoring statistically equal to the highest rated entry.

NTEP Performance Data

Categories Statistically Equal To The Highest Rated Variety '02 '03 '04 '05
Quality Under Traffic - St Louis   X X X
Quality Under Stress - Neb.       X
Quality at 1.5-2" cut X      
Quality - Northeast X      
Quality - MidAtlantic X      
Quality - Transition   X    
Quality - Midwest   X    
Quality - North Central     X  
Qualtity- Upper West/Mtn     X  
Quality - Southeast     X  
Quality - Southwest     X  
Quality - Mountain X X    
Quality - Semi-Arid X X    
Quality - Pacific X      
Quality - Southern   X    
Spring Density     X  
Summer Density       X
Spring Ground Cover X X X X
Summer Ground Cover X X X  
Fall Ground Cover under stress       X
Fall Ground Cover   X   X
Fall Color (Sept)   X X X
Fall Color (Oct)       X
Fall Color (Nov)   X X X
Fall Color (Dec)   X   X
Drought Tolerance - wilting X      
Brown Patch - warm temp. X      
Brown Patch - NC       X
Brown Patch - VA     X  
Brown Patch - Ark. X   X X
Percent Weeds X      
Seedhead Rating       X
Canopy Height - low X      
Pink Patch Resistance X      
Typhula Blight   X    
Gray Snow Mold     X  
Pythium   X X X
Leaf Spot     X  
Complete results available at www.ntep.org
Location Where Statistically Equal To The
Highest Quality Rating		 '02 '03 '04 '05
Auburn, AL X X X X
Fayetteville, AR     X X
Riverside, CA X   X  
Griffin, GA X     X
Ames,IA X X X X
Carbondale, IL X X    
Urbana,IL X X X X
W. Layfayette, IN X X X  
Wichita, KS X X X X
Lexington, KY   X X X
Amherst, MA X     X
College Park, MD X      
E. Lansing, MI X X X X
E. Lansing, MI (traffic)   X X X
Columbia, MO X X X X
St. Louis, MO (traffic)   X X X
Raleigh, NC   X X  
Mead, NE   X X X
Mead, NE (traffic)       X
New Brunswick, NJ (traffic)   X    
Las Cruces, NM   X X X
Ithica, NY X X X X
Stillwater, OK X      
Univ. Park, PA X      
Dallas, TX X X X X
Lubbock, TX X      
Logan, UT   X X  
Blacksburg, VA X   X X
Pullman, WA X X    
Puyallup, WA X   X  
Madison, WI X   X X
Complete results available at www.ntep.org
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