TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A SAND GREEN AT FOURTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1999-2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AZ1 KY1 MO1 NC1 NJ1 OK1 PA1 RI1 SC2 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 MEAN * PENN A-1 6.3 7.0 7.8 4.8 4.2 7.0 7.4 7.4 7.1 8.1 6.5 4.9 6.0 5.8 6.5 * PENN A-4 6.2 7.6 7.2 5.0 4.6 6.1 7.1 7.4 7.2 8.2 6.3 5.1 5.6 6.1 6.4 * PENN G-1 6.2 7.0 7.4 5.7 5.8 6.3 7.0 7.1 6.7 7.8 6.3 4.7 6.0 6.0 6.4 * PENN A-2 6.3 7.0 7.7 5.4 5.4 5.9 7.1 7.0 7.2 8.1 6.3 4.5 6.1 5.7 6.4 PST-A2E 6.6 6.6 7.0 5.2 4.6 6.1 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.8 6.2 4.8 5.8 5.8 6.2 * L-93 6.0 6.7 7.2 5.5 5.0 6.0 7.1 6.9 7.0 7.9 6.4 4.8 5.8 4.9 6.2 SYN 96-3 5.7 6.1 6.2 5.1 4.8 6.0 6.9 7.8 6.8 7.9 6.1 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.1 * PENN G-6 5.8 6.5 6.9 5.2 4.8 6.0 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.5 6.0 4.7 5.8 5.5 6.1 SYN 96-1 5.5 6.4 6.5 5.2 5.1 5.6 6.6 7.8 6.8 7.9 6.0 5.1 5.6 5.6 6.1 * BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 6.2 7.0 6.9 5.3 5.2 5.6 6.8 7.0 6.8 7.8 5.9 4.4 5.3 5.3 6.1 SYN 96-2 5.2 6.5 6.6 4.5 4.8 5.7 6.4 7.7 6.7 8.0 5.9 4.8 5.6 5.3 5.9 ISI AP-5 6.0 7.0 6.6 4.6 5.2 5.4 6.9 6.9 5.6 7.8 6.2 4.4 5.4 5.5 5.9 SRX 1NJH 5.8 6.4 7.3 4.0 5.1 5.5 7.0 6.6 6.0 7.9 5.8 4.2 6.0 5.3 5.9 * IMPERIAL 5.6 6.7 6.2 4.3 5.3 5.2 6.5 6.7 6.5 7.8 6.0 4.6 5.6 5.5 5.8 BAR CB 8US3 6.1 6.8 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.0 6.6 6.4 5.0 7.9 5.5 4.5 5.0 5.6 5.8 * CENTURY 5.9 6.4 6.2 5.3 4.5 5.1 6.2 7.0 6.0 7.7 5.9 4.4 5.2 5.5 5.8 * BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 5.8 6.3 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.1 6.9 6.2 6.2 7.7 5.4 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.8 * SR 1119 5.5 6.4 6.7 5.3 4.9 5.5 6.8 6.5 6.0 7.8 5.6 4.1 5.2 5.2 5.8 SRX 1BPAA 5.9 6.3 6.7 4.6 5.4 4.7 6.8 6.1 6.4 7.8 5.5 4.6 5.4 5.6 5.8 PICK CB 13-94 5.9 6.4 6.2 4.8 4.9 4.5 6.7 6.4 6.3 7.5 6.0 4.4 5.8 5.0 5.7 * ABT-CRB-1 4.7 5.8 6.9 4.1 4.7 5.9 6.8 6.9 5.8 7.8 6.1 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.7 * PROVIDENCE 5.5 6.7 6.0 4.5 5.6 4.9 6.6 6.3 5.8 7.7 5.6 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.7 * BACKSPIN 5.7 6.4 5.9 4.9 4.7 5.0 6.3 6.4 5.9 7.6 5.7 4.3 5.3 5.3 5.6 * CRENSHAW 5.4 6.6 6.0 5.2 5.4 4.7 6.3 6.2 5.8 7.9 5.4 4.4 5.4 4.7 5.6 * VESPER (PICK MVB) 5.4 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.8 6.7 4.9 5.7 7.4 7.4 4.4 2.6 5.2 6.9 5.2 * PENNLINKS 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.4 3.6 6.1 5.4 5.5 6.9 5.3 3.5 5.0 4.4 5.1 * PENNCROSS 4.9 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.7 3.6 6.2 5.2 5.1 6.7 5.6 3.1 5.2 4.3 5.0 * SR 7200 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.7 7.1 4.8 4.3 7.3 7.4 4.7 2.4 5.2 6.7 5.0 * BAVARIA 3.6 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 2.4 2.6 1.8 4.5 6.4 4.3 2.5 4.2 3.1 3.5 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.6 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 C.V. (%) 9.4 8.7 6.8 14.5 11.9 10.4 5.2 7.2 10.1 2.3 6.8 16.9 7.8 6.4 9.0 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2003. 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.