TABLE 1C. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST REGION 1/ 2006 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME MA1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN EPIC (5001) 5.4 5.8 5.1 5.4 6.8 6.5 6.5 5.9 FORTITUDE (TL 53) 5.3 6.0 5.5 5.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.9 GARNET (PICK CRF 1-03) 5.4 6.1 4.7 5.5 6.3 6.2 6.3 5.8 WENDY JEAN (C03-RCE) 5.5 5.6 5.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.4 5.7 DLF-RCM 4.9 5.9 4.9 5.6 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.6 CARDINAL (IS-FRR 30) 5.0 5.9 5.1 5.2 6.3 6.3 5.4 5.6 DP 77-9360 4.6 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.4 6.3 5.2 5.5 IS-FRR 29 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.6 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.4 C-SMX 5.1 4.4 5.3 5.7 5.7 6.2 5.2 5.4 PST-8000 4.9 4.4 4.8 5.5 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.4 DP 77-9578 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.6 5.6 6.1 5.1 5.4 DP 77-9579 5.2 5.6 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.9 5.0 5.3 PATHFINDER 4.8 5.1 4.4 5.7 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 TL1 5.0 4.3 4.9 5.4 5.3 6.1 5.5 5.2 IS-FRR 23 4.9 3.9 4.5 5.8 4.8 6.1 5.5 5.1 RAZOR 4.4 4.3 4.5 6.0 5.1 6.0 4.8 5.0 BMXC-S02 4.7 4.4 4.6 5.6 4.8 6.2 4.7 5.0 JASPER II 4.8 3.7 4.4 5.3 5.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 CELESTIAL 4.5 4.1 4.4 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.4 4.9 SPLENDOR (ASC 245) 4.6 3.3 4.8 5.9 5.1 5.8 4.9 4.9 AUDUBON 4.6 3.8 4.3 5.6 4.4 5.7 4.1 4.7 C03-4676 4.2 3.3 4.0 5.4 4.4 5.8 4.5 4.5 SHADEMASTER 4.0 2.8 3.7 5.5 4.3 5.6 3.2 4.2 ORACLE 3.7 2.4 3.8 5.5 3.8 5.3 3.0 3.9 BOREAL 4.0 2.1 3.3 5.5 3.3 5.5 2.4 3.7 LSD VALUE 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.3 C.V. (%) 7.6 17.7 8.0 4.1 8.5 3.9 13.4 9.5 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). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.