PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 7. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2017 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME CT1 CT2 IL1 IL2 IN1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MI2 MI3 MN1 MN2 MN3 MO1 NC1 ND1 NJ1 NJ2 OR1 OR2 QE1 7C34 5.8 5.1 4.2 6.4 5.5 5.2 2.5 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.6 6.0 8.2 2.8 6.5 5.7 4.6 BAR 6FR 126 5.7 4.2 3.0 6.1 5.1 5.3 3.0 5.1 4.8 5.0 7.2 5.0 5.8 4.5 2.4 6.0 . 3.0 6.3 5.7 5.7 BAR FRT 5002 5.9 4.3 3.2 6.0 4.7 4.5 2.3 5.7 4.3 4.1 7.1 5.1 5.6 3.1 . 6.2 2.9 3.0 6.4 5.6 4.9 BAR VV-VP3-CT 7.3 6.8 3.4 7.5 5.7 5.8 3.0 5.1 5.4 5.3 6.5 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.4 5.8 2.7 3.8 6.3 5.3 5.7 BEACON 4.7 3.1 3.5 6.5 5.1 6.4 5.5 6.3 5.6 5.6 6.4 6.6 4.8 2.9 2.5 5.9 7.9 5.0 6.6 5.5 6.6 BEUDIN 5.2 4.1 2.7 6.6 4.5 4.3 3.0 6.0 4.3 4.3 6.1 5.4 5.6 3.5 2.3 6.3 3.7 2.7 6.6 5.8 4.8 BOREAL 4.6 4.1 3.2 5.4 4.3 4.6 2.6 5.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.6 4.1 2.4 5.9 5.0 2.5 6.1 5.2 3.7 C14-OS3 7.7 6.8 3.3 7.1 7.0 5.8 4.0 5.7 5.4 5.4 7.8 5.6 6.0 5.0 6.4 5.9 7.6 3.8 6.4 5.6 5.8 CARDINAL II (PPG-FRR 111) 5.2 4.6 4.0 4.7 6.3 5.0 3.2 5.7 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 5.0 6.4 5.7 7.7 3.3 6.6 5.7 4.6 CASCADE 5.3 5.1 3.3 7.5 5.4 4.8 2.8 5.1 4.9 4.9 5.4 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.4 6.1 3.0 6.0 5.4 4.8 CASTLE (RAD-FC32) 6.9 6.1 4.0 6.6 6.1 6.1 3.1 4.9 4.7 4.9 7.1 5.7 5.8 5.1 4.2 5.6 5.0 3.5 6.2 5.6 5.6 COMPASS II (PPG-FRC 113) 7.3 6.2 3.9 7.4 6.3 5.9 4.2 5.2 5.5 5.6 7.1 5.6 5.6 6.1 5.7 5.5 7.6 4.0 6.6 5.6 5.7 DLF-FRC 3338 7.6 6.0 3.6 7.4 6.6 5.9 4.4 5.7 5.5 5.6 6.6 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.5 7.3 3.7 6.5 5.6 6.2 DLF-FRR 6162 5.1 5.0 3.7 7.4 5.7 5.0 2.6 5.4 5.2 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.8 6.8 6.1 7.7 3.5 6.0 5.5 4.9 DLFPS-FL/3060 5.1 3.3 3.3 7.3 5.2 5.5 5.9 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.8 6.9 5.6 3.5 2.4 6.0 7.5 5.3 6.3 5.1 6.7 DLFPS-FL/3066 5.1 3.2 3.5 6.6 5.1 5.8 5.8 6.3 5.6 5.8 6.7 6.6 5.0 3.6 1.0 6.7 7.8 5.3 6.4 5.3 7.1 DLFPS-FRC/3057 7.3 6.4 4.3 7.9 6.3 5.9 4.1 5.6 5.2 5.3 6.9 5.3 5.4 6.0 4.6 5.5 8.3 3.8 6.4 5.6 5.8 DLFPS-FRC/3060 7.1 5.9 3.2 7.3 6.1 5.3 3.8 5.3 5.1 5.1 6.6 5.2 5.3 4.5 3.9 6.0 7.8 3.6 6.2 5.5 5.7 DLFPS-FRR/3068 5.4 4.8 4.1 6.4 5.4 4.9 2.3 5.8 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.9 5.7 7.6 2.9 6.3 5.4 4.3 DLFPS-FRR/3069 4.8 4.3 3.7 4.1 5.4 5.0 2.8 5.7 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.4 4.3 3.9 5.0 5.7 5.9 2.7 6.2 5.3 4.1 GLADIATOR (TH456) 4.9 2.6 4.0 7.4 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.9 5.6 5.6 6.4 6.9 5.0 3.3 3.2 6.6 8.4 5.0 6.6 5.0 6.5 JETTY (PPG-FL 106) 4.4 3.5 4.0 7.7 5.3 6.2 5.9 6.5 5.9 5.8 6.7 6.6 5.1 2.8 1.0 5.9 8.3 5.0 6.5 5.5 6.8 KENT 4.8 4.4 4.0 6.3 5.5 4.8 2.8 5.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.7 5.4 6.1 5.0 2.3 6.1 5.4 3.8 MARVEL 5.2 4.8 3.9 5.7 5.2 5.0 1.8 5.6 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.4 4.1 3.7 5.4 5.7 4.9 2.7 6.2 5.4 4.6 MINIMUS 3.9 2.7 3.9 7.1 5.0 5.8 5.0 6.2 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.3 4.6 3.3 7.0 5.9 8.1 5.1 6.3 5.4 7.0 MNHD-14 4.8 3.4 3.6 6.5 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.8 5.9 6.3 5.9 4.8 3.3 1.0 6.5 8.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.4 NAVIGATOR II 5.1 4.8 3.7 6.9 5.6 5.0 2.6 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 5.3 5.6 7.2 2.5 5.9 5.4 4.1 PPG-FRC 114 7.5 6.3 3.5 6.7 6.2 5.8 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.4 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.6 6.0 5.5 7.0 3.8 6.4 5.6 5.9 PST-4BEN 5.2 4.6 3.9 6.7 5.4 4.8 3.0 5.6 5.1 5.1 4.3 4.4 3.8 4.9 5.5 6.4 7.4 3.5 6.4 5.7 4.9 PST-4BND 3.6 2.4 3.6 7.7 4.5 5.3 4.8 6.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.7 4.5 3.1 1.0 6.1 6.7 4.9 6.4 5.0 6.6 PST-4DR4 5.1 4.4 4.0 5.8 5.3 4.8 2.9 5.7 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.5 6.0 6.9 2.6 6.4 5.5 4.9 PST-4ED4 4.8 4.0 4.0 6.0 4.7 4.7 3.4 5.3 5.5 5.6 4.8 4.0 3.6 4.3 2.9 5.4 7.4 3.1 6.1 5.4 4.4 PST-4RUE 4.9 4.1 4.0 5.9 4.7 4.2 2.5 5.4 4.8 5.0 4.2 4.6 3.6 4.5 5.4 6.1 7.1 2.8 6.5 5.3 4.7 QUATRO 4.8 4.7 2.6 6.6 5.0 4.3 3.9 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.4 4.7 4.8 3.1 2.6 6.2 7.5 4.4 6.2 5.3 6.1 RAD-FC44 6.8 5.3 3.5 7.0 6.1 5.5 2.8 5.3 4.9 5.1 7.0 5.3 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.7 3.9 3.6 6.1 5.3 5.7 RAD-FR33R 5.1 4.6 4.3 6.7 5.2 4.5 2.3 5.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.9 6.0 5.6 2.5 6.2 5.2 4.4 RAD-FR47 4.8 4.3 4.2 5.7 4.9 4.9 2.1 5.4 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.7 5.9 6.7 2.1 6.3 5.6 4.6 RADAR 7.7 6.7 3.8 6.3 6.4 5.4 4.1 5.2 4.8 4.8 6.8 5.2 5.2 5.7 7.0 5.5 8.1 3.5 6.4 5.9 5.4 RESOLUTE (7H7) 4.8 3.4 3.5 4.8 5.3 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.0 5.9 7.4 6.9 5.7 2.9 1.5 6.3 8.6 5.4 6.6 5.3 6.6 SEABREEZE GT 4.8 4.7 3.3 6.3 5.4 3.9 2.7 5.9 4.7 4.8 5.2 4.6 5.2 3.8 . 5.5 3.9 3.4 6.2 5.6 4.9 SEAMIST (PPG-FRT 101) 6.6 5.9 3.2 7.1 6.6 6.0 3.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.8 5.3 6.1 4.7 5.4 5.4 4.1 4.0 6.4 5.5 5.1 SWORD 4.6 3.2 3.3 6.6 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.3 5.9 4.9 3.5 1.0 5.5 7.9 4.9 6.4 5.1 6.9 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 2.1 0.2 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.9 C.V. (%) 10.8 14.1 11.4 9.6 12.5 6.1 12.5 6.4 7.3 7.5 9.6 8.0 9.0 14.7 23.9 2.1 9.4 11.5 4.6 6.0 10.0 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.