Mohawk, released jointly with Canadian scientists, should grow well in southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. Northeaster, suggested for both the fresh and frozen markets, should also grow well in the northeastern United States. Delmarvel seems best adapted to the Middle Atlantic. All three varieties are expected to be available commercially for the 1996 growing season. Generally, range grass seedlings are notoriously poor at surviving harsh climates.
Some seedlings survive only a few days.
These traits are the seed's weight and its ability to send forth a shoot from deep in soil. New crested wheatgrass and Russian wildrye varieties have been bred for these traits. Such cool-season grasses have the potential to be reliable sources of forage for cattle herds, improve wildlife habitat and slow erosion on about one half of the world's grazing lands. Plants are expected to be on the market in 1996 or 1997. In 13 years, this densely branched shrub has grown 8.5 feet high and eight feet wide.