TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A SAND GREEN AT TWELVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 AZ1 KS1 MA1 MN1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 OK1 QE1 TX1 UT1 MEAN SRX 1GD 6.5 6.8 4.9 4.9 6.4 5.9 6.4 7.5 6.3 6.8 6.2 6.6 6.3 235050 6.7 6.7 5.4 5.0 6.4 6.1 6.6 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.6 6.8 6.2 CY-2 6.0 6.5 6.3 5.1 6.4 5.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.6 5.8 6.1 6.1 * PENN A-1 6.1 6.6 5.6 5.1 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.9 6.5 7.0 5.3 6.6 6.1 * T-1 6.1 7.0 4.8 5.4 6.9 5.8 6.5 5.9 4.4 7.8 5.7 6.8 6.1 SHARK (23R) 6.6 6.1 5.8 5.1 6.5 6.3 5.7 6.6 5.9 5.5 5.8 7.1 6.1 * DECLARATION 6.4 6.5 5.4 5.1 6.6 5.7 6.6 6.5 5.6 6.3 5.9 6.4 6.1 007 (DSB) 6.2 6.5 5.3 4.9 6.7 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.0 7.3 5.7 7.7 6.0 * MEMORIAL (A03-EDI) 6.0 6.9 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.5 5.2 4.6 6.1 5.8 6.4 6.0 IS-AP 9 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.5 6.2 6.5 5.6 4.7 6.0 5.7 6.7 5.9 * INDEPENDENCE 6.1 6.7 4.8 4.9 6.6 5.9 5.5 6.3 5.5 6.6 5.6 6.6 5.9 * LS-44 5.7 7.0 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.2 6.1 5.9 SRX 1GPD 6.1 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.3 5.7 5.6 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.5 6.6 5.9 * BENGAL 6.2 6.8 5.1 5.2 6.2 6.0 7.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.1 5.9 * ALPHA 6.0 6.9 5.3 5.0 6.3 5.6 7.0 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.2 6.3 5.7 * BENCHMARK DSR 5.7 6.3 5.8 5.3 6.3 5.9 7.6 3.9 4.7 5.7 5.3 6.3 5.7 13-M 5.7 6.6 5.6 5.5 6.2 5.4 6.3 4.8 4.8 5.6 5.5 6.3 5.7 KINGPIN (9200) 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.3 6.1 5.3 7.1 4.4 4.8 7.0 5.6 6.0 5.7 * PENNLINKS II 5.5 6.9 5.4 5.4 6.0 5.5 6.3 4.4 5.0 6.3 5.2 5.5 5.6 * VILLA (IS-AC 1) 6.5 5.8 4.2 6.2 6.4 5.3 5.8 7.8 5.4 6.0 4.8 2.8 5.6 * GREENWICH 6.0 6.0 4.5 6.1 6.4 5.8 5.8 7.0 6.2 4.8 4.6 3.7 5.6 * LEGENDARY 6.2 6.1 4.1 6.4 6.2 5.1 5.8 7.5 5.8 5.8 4.5 2.9 5.5 EFD 5.8 5.9 4.2 6.1 6.3 6.1 5.8 7.1 5.9 4.9 4.4 2.8 5.4 * VESPER 6.0 5.3 4.1 6.3 6.9 5.7 3.4 7.1 5.8 5.4 4.4 2.8 5.3 * SR 7200 6.0 5.6 3.6 6.2 5.9 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 4.4 2.4 5.2 * PENNCROSS 5.0 6.9 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.5 2.8 4.0 7.0 4.6 4.5 5.1 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.3 2.2 0.7 0.8 0.3 C.V. (%) 7.6 8.2 8.9 5.9 5.0 11.1 6.6 7.8 14.7 22.5 7.9 9.5 10.8 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2005. 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.