TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A NATIVE SOIL GREEN AT ELEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1993 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME CA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 NJ1 NJ3 OR3 RI1 VA1 WA1 WA2 MEAN PROVIDENCE 5.9 5.1 6.8 5.1 7.0 6.2 5.6 7.3 5.2 7.5 6.8 6.2 PRO/CUP (FORBES 89-12) 6.1 6.4 7.2 4.9 6.2 6.2 5.6 6.8 4.9 6.9 6.4 6.2 LOPEZ (WVPB 89-D-15) 5.4 8.0 6.0 4.8 6.1 6.5 5.3 6.4 4.9 6.9 7.1 6.1 PUTTER 5.6 6.4 7.5 4.8 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.3 5.2 6.9 6.5 6.1 PENNLINKS 6.5 6.6 6.5 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.5 6.7 5.2 6.7 6.4 6.1 REGENT (NORMARC 101) 5.7 6.7 6.3 4.4 6.1 6.0 5.5 6.7 5.7 6.9 6.6 6.1 VIPER (88.CBL) 6.1 5.1 6.9 4.2 6.5 6.3 5.9 6.1 4.9 7.7 6.9 6.1 COBRA 6.0 5.4 6.6 4.4 6.0 6.3 5.6 6.5 5.1 6.9 6.7 6.0 88.CBE 5.5 5.3 6.8 3.8 5.8 6.2 6.0 6.3 5.1 7.1 7.1 5.9 SR 1020 6.2 5.8 7.0 4.5 5.9 6.2 5.7 6.5 4.4 6.8 5.7 5.9 PENNCROSS 5.4 6.6 6.3 4.8 5.0 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.3 7.0 6.2 5.8 CARMEN 5.9 6.3 6.7 3.8 5.5 5.8 5.1 5.6 4.5 6.3 6.4 5.6 NATIONAL 4.8 4.6 5.3 4.1 4.4 5.5 4.8 5.6 4.6 5.3 5.9 5.0 EMERALD 4.9 6.6 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.3 5.0 3.9 5.6 5.8 4.9 BARDOT 4.7 6.3 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.2 3.2 4.7 4.2 5.2 4.9 4.3 EGMONT 4.3 5.3 2.6 4.6 4.0 3.0 3.5 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.4 4.3 TRACENTA 4.1 6.1 3.7 3.2 3.7 4.2 3.1 4.0 3.8 5.5 5.0 4.2 ALLURE 4.0 5.3 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.8 4.7 4.0 5.1 4.4 3.9 BR 1518 3.9 6.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.0 1.8 4.8 3.7 4.7 3.8 3.7 LSD VALUE 0.8 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.3 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).