TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A SOIL GREEN AT TEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1999-2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 KS1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MT1 NE1 NY1 WI1 MEAN L-93 6.8 5.2 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.8 6.1 6.9 6.7 5.2 6.3 PENN A-1 6.6 5.1 6.0 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.2 7.1 6.4 5.5 6.3 PENN G-1 6.5 5.0 5.9 6.4 6.8 6.5 6.0 6.8 6.8 5.3 6.2 PENN A-4 6.8 5.0 5.2 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.1 7.1 6.5 5.6 6.2 SYN 96-2 7.2 5.0 5.2 6.2 6.8 6.4 6.0 6.9 6.7 5.4 6.2 PENN A-2 6.7 5.2 5.8 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.1 6.8 6.5 5.1 6.2 PENN G-6 6.4 5.1 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.9 6.6 4.9 6.2 SYN 96-1 7.0 5.1 5.4 6.2 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.8 5.1 6.1 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 6.9 5.2 5.6 6.1 6.8 6.4 5.2 7.0 6.5 5.1 6.1 ISI AP-5 6.4 4.9 5.6 6.2 6.8 6.4 5.8 6.6 6.7 5.6 6.1 SYN 96-3 6.8 4.8 5.6 5.7 6.8 6.5 6.0 7.0 6.3 5.2 6.1 PST-A2E 6.7 4.6 5.8 5.9 6.7 6.6 5.7 6.4 6.5 5.4 6.0 CENTURY 7.0 5.0 5.1 6.0 6.8 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.7 4.9 6.0 ABT-CRB-1 6.7 4.5 5.1 5.5 6.9 6.5 5.9 7.0 6.4 5.2 6.0 CRENSHAW 6.9 4.7 5.2 6.1 6.7 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.6 5.1 6.0 IMPERIAL 6.9 4.9 5.5 6.1 6.4 6.4 5.7 6.1 6.4 5.0 5.9 SRX 1NJH 6.3 4.9 5.7 6.0 7.1 6.4 5.4 5.7 6.7 5.1 5.9 SR 1119 6.1 4.8 5.7 5.8 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.8 5.0 5.9 PICK CB 13-94 6.1 4.9 5.4 6.1 6.7 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.5 5.4 5.9 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 5.9 4.9 5.5 6.1 6.7 6.3 5.4 6.3 6.6 5.1 5.9 SRX 1BPAA 5.8 4.4 5.2 5.6 6.9 6.4 6.0 6.4 6.6 5.4 5.9 BAR CB 8US3 6.3 4.8 5.2 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.4 6.1 6.5 5.2 5.8 PROVIDENCE 6.2 5.0 5.3 5.8 6.3 6.1 5.5 6.0 6.2 5.0 5.7 BACKSPIN 6.2 4.8 5.3 6.0 6.5 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.4 4.8 5.7 PENNLINKS 5.4 4.4 5.3 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.9 5.4 6.3 4.9 5.6 PENNCROSS 5.2 4.5 5.5 5.8 6.3 5.9 6.0 5.0 6.4 5.0 5.5 VESPER (PICK MVB) 4.8 3.6 5.3 6.7 8.5 6.6 5.7 2.4 6.6 5.5 5.5 SR 7200 4.7 4.0 5.3 6.6 8.2 6.4 5.2 2.2 6.4 4.8 5.3 BAVARIA 4.6 3.2 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.9 4.6 2.4 5.9 4.0 4.7 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.3 C.V. (%) 7.0 8.7 11.1 4.6 5.7 4.8 12.4 9.1 7.8 12.8 8.8 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.