TABLE 1A. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN AT FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. FOR AMMI GROUP 1 **/ 2009 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME NJ1 MD1 NY1 MN1 MEAN FAIRMONT (TCD) 5.5 5.3 7.2 7.0 6.2 MVS-FRC-101 5.5 5.2 7.0 7.0 6.1 IS-FRC-33 5.4 5.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 BEACON (Z6300) 5.5 5.2 6.8 6.7 6.1 * SPARTAN II 5.4 5.1 6.8 6.6 6.0 * GOTHAM 5.4 5.2 6.8 6.4 5.9 * INTRIGUE 2 5.2 5.0 7.0 6.5 5.9 PSG-5RM 5.2 5.1 7.1 6.3 5.9 IS-FRR-62 5.2 5.0 7.0 6.5 5.9 PSG 50C3 5.2 5.0 7.0 6.5 5.9 * TREAZURE II 5.2 4.9 6.8 6.5 5.9 IS-FRR-51 5.1 5.0 7.1 6.3 5.9 PST-4HES 5.3 5.0 6.7 6.4 5.8 LACROSSE 5.1 5.0 6.8 6.4 5.8 * ZODIAC 5.0 4.8 6.8 6.4 5.7 NC-HF1 5.1 4.9 6.6 6.2 5.7 IS-FRC-35 4.9 4.8 6.8 6.3 5.7 MVS-OS-1 4.9 4.8 7.0 6.0 5.6 * EPIC 4.6 4.6 6.7 5.8 5.4 PST-48Y7 4.6 4.6 6.6 5.7 5.4 * CASCADE 4.5 4.4 6.5 5.6 5.3 BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 4.5 4.3 6.1 5.6 5.1 * ABERDEEN 4.3 4.2 6.2 5.4 5.0 PST-4CSD 4.1 4.1 6.2 5.1 4.9 * BOREAL 3.0 3.0 5.2 4.1 3.9 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 C.V. (%) 12.5 12.9 9.2 10.0 11.0 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2010. **/ ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS AMMI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE AN AMMI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AMMI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.OR/AMMI_Q&A.PDF 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.