TABLE 5. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN FOR EACH YEAR IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1994-97 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME 1994 1995 1996 1997 1994-97 LOFTS L-93 (L-93) 2 1 1 2 1 PENN A-4 (A-4) 1 4 3 3 2 PENN A-1 (A-1) 4 2 2 1 3 PENN G-2 (G-2) 8 3 4 4 5 CATO 6 5 5 6 6 PROVIDENCE 3 6 6 7 4 PENN G-6 (G-6) 7 7 7 5 7 SOUTHSHORE 9 8 8 8 8 IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5) 11 9 10 9 10 CENTURY (SYN 92-1) 10 10 9 11 9 CRENSHAW 5 12 16 15 11 BAR WS 42102 14 13 11 13 13 SR 1020 13 14 15 10 12 PENNLINKS 15 11 13 14 14 BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2) 12 16 12 19 15 ISI-AP-89150 17 17 17 16 17 REGENT 16 20 18 12 18 DG-P 22 15 14 17 16 MSUEB 18 18 21 18 19 PRO/CUP 20 21 19 21 20 TRUELINE 23 22 20 20 21 LOPEZ 21 19 22 22 22 PENNCROSS 24 24 24 24 24 MARINER (SYN-1-88) 25 23 23 23 25 18TH GREEN 19 25 25 25 23 BAR AS 492 28 26 27 26 27 TENDENZ 26 27 28 27 26 SEASIDE 27 28 26 28 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".