TABLE 3. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 3 */ 2012 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME NJ1 WI1 IA1 MEAN NAME NJ1 WI1 IA1 MEAN BARVETTE HGT (BAR VV 0709) 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 ENDURANCE (PST-K4-7) 3.6 5.2 6.1 5.0 BOLT (H99-1653) 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 A01-1106 4.6 4.6 5.6 4.9 A00-4199 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 PICK MP07 3.7 5.3 5.8 4.9 THERMAL BLUE 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 A98-363 4.0 4.9 5.7 4.9 A04-38 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 RUSH 4.6 4.6 5.4 4.9 PICK 4340 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.7 SRX 466 4.4 4.5 5.7 4.9 ARAMINTHA (PP 10847) 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 A05-361 4.9 4.4 5.2 4.9 BARSERATI (BAR PP 110358) 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.6 PST-K9-99 3.8 5.1 5.6 4.8 PST-T10-18 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 PST-K9-90 4.6 4.8 5.1 4.8 SKYE 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.6 CABERNET 4.4 4.7 5.4 4.8 DAUNTLESS (A05-315) 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 LUNAR (PST-07-261) 4.9 4.4 5.2 4.8 RAD-849 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.5 A00-2882 3.9 4.6 5.8 4.8 KEENELAND (A04-342) 5.3 5.3 6.0 5.5 SR 2150 (SRX 5321) 4.4 4.6 5.3 4.8 ZINGER (A05-306) 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.5 SUDDEN IMPACT 4.6 4.3 5.4 4.8 BLUE NOTE 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.4 AMERICA 3.6 5.0 5.7 4.8 BAR 8PP 504 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.4 SRX 2758 4.8 4.2 5.3 4.8 A05-TB-382 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.3 GEISHA (DPPP 818) 3.8 4.9 5.5 4.8 A04-36 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.3 RAD-1492 4.3 4.6 5.2 4.7 A06-26 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.3 J-1136 4.5 4.2 5.4 4.7 BAR VV 118532 4.5 5.5 5.9 5.3 OASIS (A98-344) 3.4 4.7 6.0 4.7 BAR PP 119326 4.4 5.6 5.9 5.3 BURL 06-11 3.6 4.8 5.6 4.7 J-1770 5.9 4.7 5.3 5.3 MERLOT (LTP-08-6) 4.1 4.3 5.5 4.6 PICK TD8 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.3 AVID 3.5 4.7 5.7 4.6 SHAMROCK 4.3 5.6 5.8 5.3 ARROWHEAD 3.8 4.5 5.4 4.6 SRX 4338 5.0 4.9 5.9 5.3 PST-K4-3 4.0 4.4 5.3 4.6 J-1853 5.4 4.8 5.6 5.3 BURL 3-51 3.4 4.2 5.5 4.4 A06-46 5.3 4.6 5.6 5.2 RAD-507 3.4 4.4 5.3 4.4 JACKRABBIT (PST-K10-106D) 4.4 5.3 5.9 5.2 MAZAMA (A04-74) 3.4 4.2 5.5 4.4 BLUEBANK (A03-1017) 5.6 4.6 5.3 5.2 RUBIX (4S2W) 3.4 4.2 5.3 4.3 KENBLUE 4.2 5.6 5.7 5.2 WATERWORKS (A05-204) 3.0 4.3 5.5 4.2 BARSAHARA (BAR VV 112916) 4.6 5.2 5.8 5.2 EMPIRE 2.7 4.1 5.5 4.1 MIDNIGHT 4.9 4.9 5.7 5.2 PICK TD9 2.9 4.3 5.1 4.1 A05-999 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.2 AWARD 3.2 3.9 5.0 4.1 BLUE COAT (AKB 2282) 4.7 5.2 5.6 5.2 AKB 2555 2.7 4.5 5.0 4.0 BAR PP 119327 4.4 5.3 5.6 5.1 A06-47 2.5 3.9 5.4 4.0 A05-360 4.4 5.0 5.8 5.1 BAR 12PP 612 3.0 3.7 4.8 3.8 BLACKJACK 4.2 5.6 5.4 5.1 PST-K9-97 2.6 3.9 4.9 3.8 ZEDOR (PPH 9131) 4.3 5.3 5.6 5.1 A05-329 1.6 3.8 5.2 3.5 PICK 033 5.0 4.6 5.6 5.1 3733 1.9 3.5 4.6 3.3 BARON 4.2 5.3 5.6 5.0 LEGEND (A10-1) 4.4 4.9 5.8 5.0 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 BARDUKE 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 C.V. (%) 13.0 11.8 10.4 11.6 NU CHICAGO 5.1 4.5 5.4 5.0 * ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS LPI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE A LPI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LPI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.ORG/LPI_Q&A.PDF 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.