TABLE 3. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN AT TWENTY-FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1999 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME AL1 AZ1 IA1 IL1 KS1 KY1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MO1 MT1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NY1 OK1 PA1 RI1 SC2 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 MEAN PENN A-4 10.5 1.0 5.5 8.0 15.0 5.0 8.0 18.5 3.0 12.5 5.0 25.0 1.0 11.5 11.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.0 5.5 3.0 3.0 1.0 1 PENN A-1 15.5 4.0 7.5 11.0 3.0 1.0 6.0 8.5 6.5 21.5 1.5 28.0 4.0 1.0 15.0 1.0 7.0 6.5 2.5 3.0 14.0 8.0 14.0 4.5 2 PENN G-1 20.0 5.0 7.5 22.0 8.0 8.0 4.5 12.0 20.0 7.0 6.0 1.0 7.0 4.0 1.5 7.0 12.0 11.5 22.0 9.0 10.0 1.0 6.0 8.0 3 PENN A-2 13.0 6.0 10.5 4.0 5.0 2.0 3.0 21.0 9.5 3.0 3.0 8.5 7.0 11.5 3.5 8.0 10.0 2.0 18.5 10.0 24.5 4.5 14.0 17.0 4 SYN 96-1 24.0 8.0 10.5 1.0 13.0 8.0 8.0 12.0 14.0 4.5 4.0 14.0 15.0 6.0 6.5 9.5 4.0 8.0 12.0 4.0 1.0 18.0 24.5 11.5 5 SYN 96-3 22.5 7.0 13.0 9.5 13.0 14.0 20.5 8.5 8.0 10.0 10.5 21.0 7.0 5.0 23.0 4.0 5.0 14.0 4.0 5.5 2.0 6.5 19.5 3.0 6 L-93 6.0 19.0 14.0 19.5 1.0 3.0 1.0 21.0 16.0 1.0 15.0 15.0 11.5 21.0 11.0 6.0 11.0 9.0 7.0 5.5 3.0 4.5 19.5 24.5 7 SYN 96-2 27.0 2.0 1.0 5.5 20.0 21.5 2.0 24.0 6.5 18.0 20.5 19.5 7.0 7.0 1.5 5.0 6.0 18.5 6.0 1.0 15.5 13.0 27.0 2.0 8 PENN G-6 25.0 12.5 20.0 12.5 2.0 8.0 8.0 18.5 19.0 9.0 1.5 18.0 3.0 10.0 6.5 9.5 15.5 6.5 24.0 17.5 8.0 6.5 23.0 14.5 9 BAR AS 8FUS2 9.0 12.5 4.0 9.5 10.0 11.0 17.5 12.0 5.0 11.0 28.5 11.0 2.0 13.0 17.5 11.5 15.5 4.0 1.0 15.5 20.0 11.0 9.5 22.5 10 PST-A2E 1.0 3.0 10.5 25.0 21.5 4.0 25.0 16.0 4.0 6.0 19.0 26.0 13.0 9.0 25.0 13.5 8.0 10.0 18.5 14.0 8.0 18.0 19.5 27.0 11 ISI AP-5 5.0 17.0 16.0 14.5 4.0 14.0 4.5 12.0 9.5 19.0 12.0 12.0 15.0 16.0 11.0 15.0 21.5 25.0 10.5 8.0 18.5 15.0 11.5 4.5 12 CENTURY 15.5 11.0 2.0 2.0 28.0 16.0 10.5 4.5 12.5 8.0 22.0 27.0 17.0 17.0 6.5 20.5 9.0 20.5 20.0 7.0 22.0 13.0 11.5 20.5 13 IMPERIAL 18.0 21.0 3.0 7.0 13.0 21.5 14.0 16.0 17.5 20.0 17.5 10.0 23.5 18.0 20.0 20.5 15.5 11.5 10.5 12.0 12.5 23.0 6.0 17.0 14 ABT-CRB-1 28.0 16.0 5.5 23.0 16.0 12.0 27.0 2.0 11.0 23.5 10.5 24.0 7.0 8.0 27.0 11.5 1.5 27.5 16.0 13.0 12.5 18.0 19.5 20.5 15 CRENSHAW 22.5 14.5 16.0 5.5 23.0 23.0 12.0 6.5 21.0 14.0 9.0 6.5 11.5 19.5 23.0 17.0 15.5 23.0 15.0 17.5 4.0 2.0 27.0 22.5 16 SR 1119 18.0 14.5 21.0 17.5 6.0 10.0 22.5 24.0 12.5 12.5 15.0 16.5 20.5 14.0 6.5 18.5 20.0 18.5 13.0 23.0 18.5 13.0 19.5 8.0 17 SRX 1120 7.5 20.0 26.0 14.5 7.0 17.0 17.5 4.5 24.0 2.0 25.0 5.0 15.0 22.0 14.0 13.5 24.0 20.5 21.0 24.0 17.0 21.5 3.0 13.0 18 PROVIDENCE 18.0 9.0 10.5 17.5 17.5 19.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 21.5 7.5 3.0 18.5 23.5 17.5 23.0 21.5 26.0 23.0 11.0 8.0 18.0 3.0 6.0 19 SRX 1BPAA 10.5 24.0 25.0 27.0 26.0 20.0 27.0 21.0 15.0 23.5 17.5 4.0 10.0 23.5 3.5 16.0 25.0 17.0 8.0 25.0 5.5 10.0 8.0 8.0 20 SRX 1NJH 14.0 23.0 16.0 12.5 19.0 6.0 22.5 6.5 24.0 26.5 23.0 13.0 23.5 15.0 11.0 2.5 23.0 24.0 9.0 22.0 24.5 9.0 24.5 10.0 21 BACKSPIN 12.0 18.0 18.0 3.0 17.5 24.0 10.5 28.5 22.0 15.0 20.5 22.0 26.0 19.5 17.5 24.0 18.5 15.5 25.0 21.0 11.0 24.0 9.5 26.0 22 BAR CB 8US3 7.5 10.0 22.0 21.0 27.0 18.0 14.0 12.0 17.5 4.5 24.0 8.5 20.5 25.0 17.5 18.5 18.5 29.0 14.0 19.0 15.5 26.5 14.0 24.5 23 PICK CB 13-94 3.5 22.0 19.0 16.0 10.0 14.0 19.0 27.0 27.0 16.0 13.0 16.5 18.5 26.0 21.0 22.0 26.0 15.5 26.0 15.5 22.0 21.5 27.0 11.5 24 PICK MVB 3.5 27.0 27.0 28.0 21.5 27.5 16.0 1.0 1.0 28.0 26.5 19.5 27.0 3.0 27.0 25.0 1.5 1.0 5.0 28.0 27.0 25.0 1.0 14.5 25 SR 7200 2.0 28.0 28.0 26.0 24.0 27.5 14.0 3.0 2.0 25.0 26.5 23.0 29.0 2.0 27.0 28.0 13.0 5.0 17.0 27.0 28.0 28.0 6.0 19.0 26 PENNCROSS 26.0 25.0 24.0 19.5 10.0 26.0 27.0 28.5 28.0 26.5 7.5 2.0 23.5 27.0 11.0 26.0 27.5 22.0 28.0 20.0 26.0 18.0 16.0 17.0 27 PENNLINKS 21.0 26.0 23.0 24.0 25.0 25.0 20.5 16.0 29.0 17.0 15.0 6.5 23.5 29.0 23.0 27.0 27.5 13.0 29.0 26.0 22.0 26.5 19.5 28.0 28 BAVARIA 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 26.0 26.0 29.0 28.5 29.0 28.0 28.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 27.5 27.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29 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".