TABLE 15. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2003 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT FARGO, ND 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN IS-FL 28 6.7 5.3 9.0 7.0 7.3 7.3 6.3 7.3 5.3 6.8 PICK HF #2 7.0 6.0 9.0 6.3 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 5.3 6.7 C03-4676 8.3 4.7 9.0 7.0 7.7 8.0 6.7 6.0 4.0 6.6 JASPER II 8.7 5.0 9.0 6.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 6.7 4.0 6.6 PICK CRF 1-03 8.3 4.3 9.0 7.7 7.0 7.7 7.0 6.3 4.0 6.6 DP 77-9578 8.0 4.7 8.7 7.3 7.3 8.0 6.7 5.7 4.0 6.5 CELESTIAL 7.7 4.3 8.7 6.7 7.3 7.7 6.7 6.3 4.0 6.4 PREDATOR 6.3 6.0 9.0 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.7 7.0 5.0 6.4 QUATRO 6.3 5.3 9.0 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.0 7.0 5.7 6.4 RAZOR 8.3 4.3 8.3 6.7 6.7 7.7 7.7 6.0 4.0 6.4 SCALDIS 6.7 5.7 9.0 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.0 7.0 5.0 6.4 SR 3000 6.0 5.3 9.0 7.3 6.3 6.3 7.0 7.3 4.0 6.4 TL 53 7.3 4.3 8.7 7.3 7.0 7.3 6.7 6.0 4.0 6.4 AUDUBON 8.0 5.0 9.0 7.3 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.7 4.0 6.3 BERKSHIRE 6.0 5.7 9.0 7.0 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.3 4.0 6.3 DP 77-9579 7.7 5.0 8.7 7.0 6.7 7.3 6.3 6.0 4.3 6.3 IS-FRR 23 7.7 4.7 9.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.0 5.7 4.0 6.3 IS-FRR 30 7.3 5.3 8.7 7.0 6.3 7.7 6.7 6.3 4.0 6.3 OXFORD 6.3 5.7 9.0 6.7 6.7 6.7 7.3 6.3 4.0 6.3 TL1 7.3 4.3 8.7 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.7 6.0 4.0 6.3 AMBASSADOR 6.3 4.7 9.0 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.3 4.0 6.2 BMXC-S02 8.0 4.0 8.7 6.7 6.3 7.0 7.0 6.0 4.3 6.2 EDGEWOOD (C03-RCE) 7.7 4.7 8.0 7.3 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.3 4.0 6.2 DP 77-9360 8.0 3.7 9.0 6.7 6.3 7.3 6.7 6.0 4.3 6.2 DP 77-9885 7.3 4.3 9.0 7.3 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 4.0 6.2 IS-FRR 29 7.0 3.7 8.3 6.7 6.0 7.0 6.7 6.7 4.3 6.2 MUSICA 7.0 5.3 9.0 6.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.3 4.3 6.2 PST-4TZ 6.0 5.0 9.0 7.0 6.3 7.3 6.7 5.7 4.0 6.2 RELIANT IV (A01630REL) 6.0 5.7 8.7 6.0 7.0 6.7 6.0 6.7 4.7 6.2 5001 8.0 5.3 8.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.0 4.0 6.1 C-SMX 8.0 4.7 8.7 7.0 6.0 6.7 6.7 6.0 4.0 6.1 CULUMBRA II (ACF 174) 7.3 4.3 8.7 6.7 7.0 6.7 5.3 6.7 4.0 6.1 DLF-RCM 7.7 5.3 8.7 6.7 5.3 8.0 7.0 5.7 4.0 6.1 IS-FRC 17 7.3 5.0 9.0 7.3 7.3 6.3 6.3 5.3 4.0 6.1 SPM 6.7 4.7 9.0 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.3 4.0 6.1 ASC 245 7.3 3.3 8.7 7.0 5.0 6.7 6.7 6.3 4.3 6.0 PATHFINDER 7.3 5.0 9.0 6.3 6.0 7.0 7.0 5.7 4.0 6.0 PST-8000 8.0 3.7 8.3 7.0 5.3 7.3 6.3 5.7 4.3 6.0 7 SEAS 6.0 5.0 9.0 5.7 6.7 7.0 6.7 5.7 4.0 5.9 ZODIAC (BUR 4601) 6.3 4.7 9.0 6.7 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 4.0 5.9 JAMESTOWN 5 8.0 4.3 9.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 4.0 5.9 LONGFELLOW II 7.3 4.3 8.7 7.0 5.0 7.3 6.7 5.3 4.0 5.9 SRX 55R 7.3 4.0 9.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.0 5.3 4.7 5.9 ACF 188 7.7 4.0 8.7 7.3 5.0 6.7 6.3 5.7 4.0 5.8 BOREAL 7.0 4.7 8.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 5.7 5.7 4.0 5.8 ORACLE 7.3 5.3 8.0 7.3 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.7 4.0 5.8 SHADEMASTER 7.7 4.7 8.3 6.7 6.3 5.7 6.7 5.7 4.0 5.8 TABLE 15. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE (CONT'D) 2003 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT FARGO, ND 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN SRX 3K 6.0 4.7 9.0 6.0 5.3 5.7 6.3 7.0 4.3 5.8 SRX 51G 6.3 4.7 9.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.3 5.3 4.0 5.8 CASCADE 6.0 4.0 8.3 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 5.0 4.0 5.7 DP 77-9886 6.3 4.7 9.0 6.0 6.0 6.7 6.7 5.0 4.0 5.7 SEABREEZE 6.3 4.7 9.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.3 5.3 4.0 5.7 DAWSON E 5.7 4.3 8.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 4.0 5.6 LSD VALUE 1.6 1.2 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.7 3.5 1.3 0.7 1.0 C.V. (%) 12.1 13.5 4.1 11.1 18.8 10.9 12.3 11.2 9.6 6.3 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. TABLE 15. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2003 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT FARGO, ND 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT FALL FALL FALL SEEDLING DENSITY DENSITY DENSITY COVER COVER COVER COLOR COLOR COLOR MOWING NAME VIGOR SPRING SUMMER FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER QUALITY IS-FL 28 7.7 6.0 6.3 6.7 90.0 95.7 97.3 7.7 7.0 4.0 7.7 PICK HF #2 7.7 8.0 7.0 6.0 93.0 97.3 98.7 8.0 7.3 4.0 8.0 C03-4676 6.0 7.0 6.3 6.7 76.7 94.3 95.7 7.3 7.0 3.7 7.0 JASPER II 7.3 7.7 7.3 7.7 90.0 98.3 98.3 6.7 6.3 4.0 7.3 PICK CRF 1-03 6.3 7.7 7.3 7.0 76.7 92.7 93.0 6.3 6.0 4.0 7.0 DP 77-9578 6.3 7.3 6.7 6.3 80.0 93.0 94.3 6.3 6.3 4.0 6.3 CELESTIAL 6.7 6.7 7.3 6.7 81.7 95.0 98.7 7.0 6.7 4.0 7.3 PREDATOR 7.3 6.7 5.7 6.3 86.7 95.7 98.7 7.3 7.0 4.3 7.3 QUATRO 7.0 6.0 5.3 5.3 85.0 97.3 98.3 7.7 7.3 5.0 6.0 RAZOR 7.3 7.0 6.7 7.3 86.7 97.3 96.0 6.7 6.0 4.0 7.7 SCALDIS 6.0 7.0 6.7 5.7 71.7 98.3 98.7 7.3 6.7 4.0 6.3 SR 3000 7.0 6.0 6.3 6.3 86.7 98.3 98.7 6.7 6.3 4.0 6.7 TL 53 6.3 7.3 7.0 6.7 78.3 93.3 94.7 6.3 6.3 4.3 7.0 AUDUBON 6.0 7.7 6.3 7.3 81.7 97.0 98.3 7.0 6.7 4.0 7.0 BERKSHIRE 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 83.3 98.7 98.7 7.3 7.3 4.0 6.3 DP 77-9579 6.0 7.3 6.7 7.0 75.0 93.3 97.3 6.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 IS-FRR 23 6.7 7.0 6.3 7.3 81.7 97.0 96.3 6.7 7.0 4.0 7.0 IS-FRR 30 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 71.7 95.7 93.3 6.3 6.0 4.0 6.0 OXFORD 6.7 7.3 5.7 6.7 88.0 95.7 98.7 7.0 7.0 4.0 7.3 TL1 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.7 76.7 91.7 94.7 6.3 6.7 4.3 7.0 AMBASSADOR 5.7 7.0 6.0 6.0 70.0 98.3 98.7 7.0 6.7 4.0 7.3 BMXC-S02 6.7 7.7 7.0 7.3 83.3 91.7 94.3 6.3 6.3 4.0 7.3 EDGEWOOD (C03-RCE) 6.0 7.3 6.7 6.7 81.7 92.7 92.7 6.3 6.3 4.0 6.7 DP 77-9360 5.0 6.7 6.7 6.7 70.0 93.3 96.0 6.3 6.3 4.3 6.7 DP 77-9885 6.3 7.3 6.3 6.3 80.0 96.3 97.3 7.0 6.3 3.3 6.3 IS-FRR 29 6.0 7.0 6.3 7.0 71.7 96.0 95.7 6.3 6.3 4.0 5.7 MUSICA 7.0 6.7 6.0 6.3 86.7 98.7 98.7 6.0 5.3 4.3 6.0 PST-4TZ 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.3 78.3 91.3 97.3 6.0 6.0 3.7 6.3 RELIANT IV (A01630REL) 6.7 7.7 7.0 7.3 86.7 98.7 98.7 8.0 7.3 4.3 8.0 5001 5.7 8.7 7.3 7.3 73.3 96.0 98.7 6.0 5.3 4.0 7.0 C-SMX 6.3 7.7 7.0 7.0 83.3 96.3 97.3 6.3 5.7 3.7 6.7 CULUMBRA II (ACF 174) 6.0 7.7 6.3 5.7 80.0 95.0 97.3 7.7 7.0 3.7 7.3 DLF-RCM 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 86.7 96.3 97.3 6.0 5.3 4.0 7.0 IS-FRC 17 6.0 7.0 5.7 6.7 78.3 91.7 94.3 7.0 7.0 4.0 7.0 SPM 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 83.3 93.3 96.0 8.0 7.0 4.3 7.7 ASC 245 5.3 7.7 6.7 7.0 73.3 93.3 91.7 6.7 6.3 4.3 6.7 PATHFINDER 6.3 7.3 6.0 5.7 80.0 94.3 98.3 6.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 PST-8000 6.0 7.0 6.7 6.7 81.7 96.7 98.3 6.0 5.7 4.0 6.3 7 SEAS 7.0 6.7 7.0 6.3 81.7 93.3 97.3 6.7 6.3 3.7 7.0 ZODIAC (BUR 4601) 5.7 7.3 7.0 6.7 66.7 98.3 98.3 6.3 5.7 3.7 6.7 JAMESTOWN 5 5.7 7.0 6.7 6.0 80.0 95.7 97.3 7.0 6.0 4.0 7.3 LONGFELLOW II 6.7 7.0 6.3 7.0 80.0 94.3 97.3 6.7 6.0 4.0 7.0 SRX 55R 5.3 6.3 6.0 6.0 70.0 96.3 95.0 6.3 6.0 4.3 6.3 ACF 188 5.0 7.3 6.3 6.3 63.3 88.7 94.7 7.3 7.3 4.0 6.3 BOREAL 6.7 7.3 6.3 6.7 85.0 91.7 95.3 6.0 5.3 3.3 6.0 ORACLE 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.3 84.7 97.3 97.3 5.7 6.0 4.0 6.3 SHADEMASTER 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 85.0 97.3 97.3 6.7 7.0 4.0 6.7 TABLE 15. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2003 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT FARGO, ND 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT FALL FALL FALL SEEDLING DENSITY DENSITY DENSITY COVER COVER COVER COLOR COLOR COLOR MOWING NAME VIGOR SPRING SUMMER FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER QUALITY SRX 3K 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.0 80.0 98.3 98.7 7.0 6.7 4.0 6.0 SRX 51G 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.3 70.0 96.0 96.0 6.7 6.0 4.0 6.0 CASCADE 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.3 80.0 89.3 95.3 6.3 5.7 3.7 6.0 DP 77-9886 5.7 6.7 5.7 5.7 71.7 95.7 98.7 6.7 6.3 4.0 6.7 SEABREEZE 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 85.0 94.7 98.7 6.7 6.0 4.0 5.7 DAWSON E 5.3 6.3 6.3 5.3 73.3 91.3 94.3 6.0 5.3 4.3 5.7 LSD VALUE 2.3 1.9 2.5 2.0 28.2 10.4 8.2 0.9 1.7 0.8 1.0 C.V. (%) 14.3 11.5 12.5 12.4 12.3 3.9 2.9 8.1 11.9 8.6 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. TABLE A. 2004 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2003 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED ND1 SILTY CLAY AND CLAY 7.6-8.5 0-60 0-150 1.1-2.0 FULL SUN 2.1-2.5 TO PREVENT STRESS