TABLE 1B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1994 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AZl CAl CA3 ILl IL2 KS1 KS2 KS3 M01 M02 MS1 NE1 OK1 TXl TX4 UB1 VA6 WA4 MEAN NTG-4 5.2 6.2 4.8 4.6 4.0 6.8 6.3 7.3 7.0 5.8 6.6 4.7 5.8 6.1 6.2 3.5 6.0 3.3 5.8 5.6 NTG-5 5.3 6.4 4.5 4.3 3.9 6.6 6.0 6.8 7.0 7.1 6.3 3.3 6.2 6.1 6.4 3.3 6.0 3.6 5.9 5.5 NTG-2 6.1 6.3 4.7 4.3 3.8 7.2 5.4 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.0 2.8 6.0 6.4 6.3 2.8 5.8 4.1 5.6 5.5 NTG-3 3.2 6.7 4.4 4.6 4.4 7.3 6.2 6.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 3.7 5.8 6.1 6.4 2.2 6.0 4.6 3.6 5.4 TATANKA (NTG-1) 4.4 6.3 4.7 4.6 3.8 6.3 5.7 7.0 7.4 6.3 5.8 3.3 5.5 5.9 6.3 2.8 5.9 3.5 4.7 5.3 TEXOKA 5.1 6.0 4.9 4.3 3.3 6.1 6.4 7.0 7.7 6.3 5.5 3.6 5.0 5.9 6.3 3.7 5.8 2.3 3.6 5.2 BISON 4.2 6.4 5.1 4.4 3.2 5.2 5.9 7.6 7.6 6.0 5.5 2.8 5.2 5.8 6.4 2.3 5.5 3.1 5.1 5.1 SHARPS IMPROVED 3.8 6.3 4.8 4.5 3.7 6.1 5.9 7.3 7.3 6.6 5.2 3.4 5.3 5.8 6.5 2.2 5.9 2.4 3.6 5.1 TOP GUN (BAM 101) 4.1 6.2 4.9 4.5 3.3 5.3 5.3 7.1 7.2 5.7 6.1 3.6 5.3 6.0 6.2 2.4 5.7 2.1 4.9 5.0 PLAINS (BAM 202) 4.9 6.3 5.1 4.2 3.8 4.9 4.9 7.4 7.8 5.3 5.9 2.9 4.7 5.8 6.4 3.4 5.1 2.2 4.5 5.0 RUTGERS 4.6 5.7 4.9 5.0 1.7 3.3 4.9 6.6 7.1 3.9 6.7 3.7 1.0 6.1 6.5 2.0 4.1 1.3 2.3 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.0 1.9 0.2