TABLE 9D. GENETIC COLOR RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS 1/ 2010 DATA GENETIC COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=DARK GREEN 2/ NAME CA1 IL1 MD1 MN1 NE1 NJ2 PA1 UT1 VA1 WA3 MEAN BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 8.0 7 8.0 7.7 7.7 6.3 9.0 7.0 5.7 3.0 6.9 GOTHAM 8.3 . 7.3 5.7 7.0 7.3 7.7 7.0 6.3 5.3 6.9 SWORD (NC-HF1) 8.3 7 7.7 5.3 6.7 6.7 8.3 6.3 5.7 5.3 6.7 PST-4HES 7.7 . 7.0 5.0 7.0 6.3 7.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.5 SPARTAN II 6.7 7 7.7 5.0 6.7 6.0 7.7 5.7 6.0 5.7 6.4 BEACON (Z6300) 7.7 . 7.0 3.7 7.0 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.2 LSD VALUE 1.7 . 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.8 0.4 C.V. (%) 13.6 . 5.5 8.7 5.8 15.0 6.1 12.8 7.9 21.4 11.2 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.