TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A NATIVE SOIL GREEN AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1991 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AL1 CA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 NJ1 NJ3 ON1 OR3 RI1 VA1 WA1 WA2 MEAN * PROVIDENCE 3.4 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.5 7.3 5.6 7.8 6.1 5.8 5.1 7.4 6.9 6.1 * FORBES 89-12 (PRO/CUP) 3.7 6.5 6.3 5.5 5.7 6.8 5.9 7.8 6.4 4.4 4.8 7.3 6.5 6.0 88.CBL 3.7 7.1 6.3 5.3 5.0 7.1 5.1 7.5 6.6 3.8 5.1 7.0 6.7 5.9 88.CBE 4.0 6.6 5.9 6.1 4.9 6.7 5.5 7.5 6.4 4.0 5.1 6.7 6.3 5.8 * PUTTER 3.3 6.4 5.9 5.3 5.5 6.0 5.1 8.3 5.8 5.1 4.9 6.6 6.4 5.7 * COBRA 3.7 6.6 6.0 5.4 5.4 6.7 4.9 7.5 6.0 4.3 5.2 6.8 6.2 5.7 * PENNLINKS 3.8 6.9 6.1 4.7 5.1 6.3 4.6 8.0 5.9 4.6 4.9 6.7 6.8 5.7 * WVPB 89-D-15 (LOPEZ) 3.7 6.7 6.3 5.1 5.5 6.8 5.5 7.5 5.6 3.8 4.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 * NORMARC 101 (REGENT) 3.6 6.3 6.2 5.1 5.1 6.5 5.3 7.8 5.6 4.7 5.2 6.5 6.1 5.7 * SR 1020 3.2 7.1 6.0 4.8 5.5 6.2 6.0 7.8 5.9 4.1 4.9 6.7 5.8 5.7 * PENNCROSS 3.9 6.2 6.8 5.1 5.3 6.2 5.3 7.5 5.3 3.8 4.7 6.5 6.1 5.6 * CARMEN 3.8 6.7 5.8 4.8 4.9 6.1 4.6 7.0 5.3 3.2 5.6 6.6 5.7 5.4 * EMERALD 3.5 5.4 5.7 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.0 7.3 5.4 2.8 4.1 5.6 5.7 4.9 * NATIONAL 3.6 5.3 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.5 7.4 4.3 3.6 4.4 5.5 5.9 4.9 * BARDOT 4.8 4.7 6.3 4.7 5.1 4.7 3.8 7.8 4.0 1.7 4.3 5.4 6.0 4.9 * TRACENTA 4.4 4.2 5.7 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.0 7.3 3.7 2.1 4.1 5.5 5.4 4.6 * EGMONT 4.9 5.2 4.6 3.3 4.5 4.1 3.2 7.7 3.5 3.4 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.6 ALLURE 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.0 2.6 7.3 3.4 2.0 4.2 4.3 5.4 4.1 BR 1518 4.6 3.4 4.2 4.3 3.1 2.4 2.7 6.5 2.4 2.0 3.8 3.7 2.9 3.6 LSD VALUE 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1992 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).