TABLE 1D. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD AND SHEEP 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 SPARTAN II (PICK HF #2) 5.0 3.4 6.7 5.8 5.9 6.9 7.4 5.9 GOTHAM (IS-FL 28) 4.6 3.4 6.4 5.6 5.5 7.2 7.1 5.7 PREDATOR 4.5 4.2 6.6 5.5 5.4 6.7 6.7 5.7 RELIANT IV (A01630REL) 4.9 2.7 6.1 5.4 5.2 6.9 7.6 5.6 FIREFLY (SPM) 4.9 2.9 6.4 5.5 4.4 7.0 6.8 5.4 OXFORD 4.4 4.1 5.9 5.8 4.1 6.7 6.7 5.4 BERKSHIRE 4.2 3.7 6.1 5.5 4.1 7.0 6.9 5.3 SRX 3K 4.1 3.3 4.9 5.7 4.9 6.9 5.2 5.0 SR 3000 4.2 2.9 5.2 5.7 4.1 6.8 5.5 4.9 QUATRO 3.9 2.6 4.5 5.7 4.2 6.6 5.6 4.7 SCALDIS 3.6 2.5 4.8 5.5 2.7 6.7 5.0 4.4 LSD VALUE 0.9 1.6 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.4 C.V. (%) 13.1 31.5 5.0 5.5 19.9 4.5 9.4 12.1