TABLE 3. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON GREEN AT TWENTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1994-97 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME AZ1 IA1 IL1 IL2 KS1 KY1 KY2 MA1 MI1 MN1 MO1 MO2 MS1 NH1 NJ1 OK1 PA1 QE1 RI1 SC1 TX1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WA4 WI1 WI2 MEAN LOFTS L-93 (L-93) 3 3.0 3.0 1 1.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 1 6 11.0 27.0 1.0 15.5 1 4 1 2 1.0 9 10 1 4.0 4 6.0 5 1 1 PENN A-4 (A-4) 1 8.0 8.0 4 9.0 3.0 1.0 20.0 2 1 10.0 5.0 18.0 3.5 3 1 4 13 4.0 2 5 2 1.0 1 1.0 2 2 2 PENN A-1 (A-1) 4 7.0 7.0 8 8.0 2.0 7.0 5.0 6 2 12.0 11.5 4.0 24.0 2 3 2 8 3.0 1 6 3 2.0 2 5.0 3 4 3 PROVIDENCE 6 2.0 1.0 9 2.0 9.0 2.0 2.0 5 11 4.0 1.0 8.0 2.0 7 6 7 16 6.0 15 4 7 9.0 7 8.0 6 9 4 PENN G-2 (G-2) 8 1.0 2.0 16 21.0 6.0 7.0 3.0 3 3 14.0 8.5 17.0 15.5 5 8 3 5 2.0 3 27 5 5.0 5 7.0 4 3 5 CATO 2 4.0 6.0 11 3.0 4.0 11.5 6.0 4 7 7.5 21.5 19.0 3.5 6 5 5 3 7.0 6 21 6 7.0 8 4.0 9 6 6 PENN G-6 (G-6) 10 11.0 15.0 12 22.0 5.0 18.0 4.0 8 5 25.0 23.5 5.0 5.0 4 2 6 6 5.0 5 12 4 10.0 9 13.0 1 5 7 SOUTHSHORE 11 15.0 5.0 7 4.0 13.0 19.0 15.0 10 9 15.0 8.5 14.0 6.5 8 11 8 1 8.0 7 2 11 8.0 11 11.0 7 14 8 CENTURY (SYN 92-1) 9 9.0 9.0 5 20.0 22.5 7.0 7.0 18 12 18.0 5.0 12.0 22.5 12 16 11 11 9.0 10 16 12 12.0 6 3.0 14 11 9 IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5) 12 5.0 18.5 3 25.0 14.0 13.5 8.0 11 17 19.0 17.5 21.5 25.0 9 9 10 4 12.5 14 7 8 17.0 3 2.0 13 12 10 CRENSHAW 7 6.0 11.0 6 17.0 17.0 3.0 10.0 15 21 13.0 2.0 20.0 10.0 19 7 16 17 15.0 4 9 14 6.0 18 14.0 17 10 11 SR 1020 5 10.0 10.0 18 24.0 15.0 11.5 17.0 9 14 22.0 23.5 10.0 6.5 20 10 18 18 19.0 13 3 17 11.0 12 9.0 15 13 12 BAR WS 42102 16 17.0 12.0 20 10.0 12.0 9.5 9.0 7 8 24.0 25.5 7.0 15.5 13 17 9 10 12.5 21 24 9 3.0 16 15.0 8 7 13 PENNLINKS 17 14.0 4.0 15 5.0 7.0 22.0 12.0 12 16 1.0 3.0 21.5 12.5 14 14 13 19 10.0 11 23 13 23.0 17 16.0 11 8 14 BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2) 14 18.0 18.5 2 18.0 24.0 9.5 14.0 16 15 23.0 17.5 3.0 18.5 17 20 17 9 16.0 12 25 10 19.0 10 10.0 20 19 15 DG-P 21 24.0 23.0 10 16.0 10.0 24.0 11.0 21 23 17.0 17.5 16.0 18.5 15 15 14 15 14.0 20 13 18 18.0 13 . 12 22 16 ISI-AP-89150 15 16.0 22.0 17 13.0 8.0 23.0 18.0 14 10 6.0 11.5 24.0 20.5 16 23 12 12 11.0 19 8 19 13.0 14 12.0 19 21 17 REGENT 13 13.0 24.0 13 6.5 20.0 21.0 13.0 19 20 16.0 5.0 13.0 10.0 11 22 19 20 21.0 17 1 22 15.5 19 21.5 10 18 18 MSUEB 19 20.0 16.0 14 12.0 16.0 16.5 19.0 13 19 2.0 10.0 2.0 22.5 10 19 15 22 20.0 8 26 15 22.0 25 24.0 21 17 19 PRO/CUP 20 21.5 13.0 19 6.5 18.0 13.5 21.0 22 22 20.0 13.0 6.0 12.5 18 13 22 27 22.0 23 14 21 14.0 15 19.0 18 16 20 TRUELINE 24 23.0 21.0 24 11.0 19.0 20.0 22.0 23 13 5.0 17.5 15.0 8.0 21 18 21 14 17.0 24 22 16 20.0 20 23.0 16 20 21 LOPEZ 18 21.5 17.0 23 19.0 11.0 25.0 16.0 17 18 3.0 17.5 11.0 20.5 22 12 20 23 18.0 25 15 23 15.5 21 18.0 23 23 22 18TH GREEN 22 12.0 25.0 26 27.0 25.0 5.0 23.0 25 26 9.0 7.0 27.0 1.0 23 21 23 7 25.0 18 17 20 21.0 23 21.5 22 15 23 PENNCROSS 25 19.0 20.0 21 14.5 22.5 16.5 25.0 20 25 7.5 17.5 9.0 10.0 25 25 24 24 24.0 22 18 25 24.0 24 17.0 26 26 24 MARINER (SYN-1-88) 23 25.0 14.0 22 23.0 21.0 15.0 24.0 24 24 21.0 14.0 23.0 26.0 24 24 25 21 23.0 16 11 24 25.0 22 20.0 24 25 25 TENDENZ 27 28.0 28.0 25 28.0 27.0 27.0 26.0 26 4 26.0 28.0 25.0 15.5 27 28 26 25 28.0 28 20 27 27.0 27 25.0 27 28 26 BAR AS 492 28 26.0 27.0 27 14.5 28.0 28.0 27.5 27 27 27.0 21.5 28.0 28.0 26 27 28 26 26.0 27 28 26 26.0 26 26.0 25 24 27 SEASIDE 26 27.0 26.0 28 26.0 26.0 26.0 27.5 28 28 28.0 25.5 26.0 27.0 28 26 27 28 27.0 26 19 28 28.0 28 27.0 28 27 28 1/ THIS TABLE CONTAINS NO STATISTICAL VALUES (LSD VALUES) THEREFORE IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRY OR ENTRIES ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS OR REGIONS. TO ASSESS STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, REFER TO THE MEANS AND LSD VALUES FOUND IN TABLE 1. 2/ RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY IS ACHIEVED BY ASSIGNING "1" TO THE HIGHEST MEAN, "2" TO THE SECOND HIGHEST MEAN, ETC. FOR EACH LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MEANS ARE TIED FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKS, BOTH ARE ASSIGNED "2.5".