TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1992 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AL1 IA1 ID2 IN1 KY1 MD1 MI1 NJ1 NJ2 NJ3 OH2 OR2 OR9 PA1 PA2 RI1 UB1 WA1 MEAN * WARWICK . 7.2 . . 6.8 5.6 . 6.7 7.0 6.9 . . . . . 4.3 6.2 6.3 6.3 * DISCOVERY (PST-4HD) 5.6 7.3 5.9 6.0 7.3 5.4 5.4 7.2 6.9 7.1 6.0 6.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.4 6.4 6.2 6.3 * SR 3100 (SRX 89-31) 6.2 7.7 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.9 5.1 7.1 6.5 7.9 6.3 4.7 5.0 5.7 6.2 5.8 6.9 6.9 6.1 * AURORA W/ENDO. (PST-AUE) 5.5 7.2 6.3 5.3 6.9 5.5 5.9 6.3 7.1 5.2 6.7 6.1 5.5 5.9 5.4 4.9 5.3 6.0 5.9 * RELIANT-W/ ENDOPHYTE 5.6 7.2 6.0 5.8 6.5 5.2 5.6 6.4 7.1 6.9 5.3 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.6 4.3 5.4 6.3 5.9 * SOUTHPORT 6.5 6.7 5.7 5.3 7.5 4.6 6.6 5.5 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.4 5.3 4.6 6.2 5.6 6.4 5.9 * BRIDGEPORT (N-105) 6.6 7.2 6.0 4.8 7.5 4.9 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.7 4.9 6.2 5.8 6.3 5.9 * BRIGADE (MELODY) 5.5 7.2 5.4 5.9 6.3 5.3 5.1 6.6 6.7 5.1 6.3 5.8 4.5 6.4 5.6 5.5 6.4 6.1 5.9 * SR 3000 5.5 7.1 6.7 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.2 6.1 6.7 4.7 6.3 4.4 5.7 6.3 5.6 5.1 6.7 6.3 5.9 PST-4AG 5.3 7.1 6.2 5.7 7.0 5.1 5.2 5.8 7.4 4.6 6.0 5.3 5.5 6.5 5.7 4.9 6.1 6.0 5.9 * AURORA 5.9 6.8 6.2 4.8 7.4 5.2 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.4 6.7 5.7 5.6 6.1 5.6 4.6 5.7 6.2 5.8 * TIFFANY (PST-4CD) 6.4 6.9 5.7 5.2 7.9 4.9 6.0 5.7 4.9 5.7 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.5 4.9 6.5 4.9 6.1 5.8 * SR 5000 6.7 6.9 6.9 5.3 7.0 5.1 6.0 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.9 5.4 4.7 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.8 * EUREKA 5.7 7.0 6.1 5.5 6.1 4.7 5.4 5.9 6.6 4.2 6.3 5.2 4.7 5.9 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.6 5.7 * LONGFELLOW 6.4 6.7 6.7 5.1 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.7 4.6 5.6 5.3 5.0 6.1 5.5 4.9 6.3 5.7 6.5 5.7 * JAMESTOWN II 6.6 6.8 6.5 4.9 7.0 5.3 6.3 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.5 4.7 5.8 5.5 6.3 5.7 * RELIANT-NO ENDOPHYTE 5.6 6.8 6.7 5.6 7.1 4.9 5.6 6.2 6.7 4.7 6.0 4.6 5.1 5.9 5.4 4.4 5.0 6.4 5.7 * SERRA 5.4 6.7 6.3 5.4 6.1 5.3 5.0 6.3 6.9 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.4 6.3 4.9 5.0 6.8 6.1 5.7 * SCALDIS 5.0 6.3 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.1 6.0 6.8 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.4 6.1 5.7 4.1 6.4 6.2 5.7 * PROFORMER (JMB-89) 6.8 6.4 5.6 5.4 7.3 5.2 6.0 5.7 4.5 5.3 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.3 4.8 6.0 5.4 5.9 5.7 * SILVANA 5.5 7.1 6.6 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.5 6.5 5.0 5.7 4.3 5.0 5.6 5.4 5.1 6.2 6.3 5.7 * SHADOW W/ENDO. (PST-SHE) 6.4 6.9 6.1 4.8 7.5 4.1 5.9 5.4 5.0 5.7 4.7 6.0 6.0 5.1 4.8 6.2 5.3 6.2 5.7 89.LKR . 7.2 . 5.7 6.5 5.4 . 5.5 5.0 5.0 . 6.1 6.3 5.7 4.7 5.7 4.1 6.4 5.7 * BILJART 5.0 7.3 6.7 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.2 6.8 4.4 5.7 4.9 5.1 5.6 5.7 4.8 5.4 6.5 5.7 * VALDA 4.5 6.3 6.4 5.3 2.5 5.3 5.9 5.8 6.8 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.2 6.3 5.6 5.2 5.4 6.6 5.5 * BIGHORN 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.9 6.4 5.4 5.4 6.0 5.9 4.3 6.7 5.9 4.6 5.7 5.8 3.9 5.2 4.8 5.5 * ATTILA 5.3 7.3 6.5 5.9 3.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 6.5 4.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.9 5.6 6.1 4.8 6.7 5.5 * DIGNITY (OFI 89-200) 6.4 6.7 6.7 4.9 5.8 4.3 6.0 6.1 4.6 5.1 4.7 4.6 6.0 5.3 4.7 6.2 4.6 6.3 5.5 PST-4FE 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.3 7.0 4.7 5.9 5.0 4.4 4.9 4.7 4.9 6.4 5.6 4.6 6.4 3.4 6.2 5.5 * BARDUR (BAR FO 9A2) 4.9 6.9 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.9 4.3 6.1 3.6 6.0 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.8 4.5 5.1 6.3 5.3 PST-4R3 4.7 7.1 4.2 4.8 7.3 4.4 5.6 5.2 4.5 5.4 5.0 5.2 6.2 5.1 4.0 5.6 4.2 6.0 5.2 * WALDORF 4.7 6.9 6.4 4.9 3.8 4.8 5.9 5.6 5.2 4.4 4.0 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.4 6.0 5.2 * MX 86 5.2 5.8 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.1 4.8 6.1 3.6 6.7 5.0 3.8 5.7 5.0 3.9 5.2 4.5 5.1 EPSOM 5.8 7.3 5.7 4.6 2.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 4.7 4.3 3.0 6.3 6.0 5.4 . 5.5 4.0 6.3 5.1 * BANNER 5.4 6.2 5.3 5.1 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 4.4 4.9 4.7 4.6 5.8 4.5 4.3 5.7 3.9 6.1 5.1 * MOLINDA 4.9 6.8 6.0 4.7 4.0 4.9 5.9 5.5 4.8 4.0 4.0 6.4 5.7 5.5 4.6 5.9 1.9 5.9 5.1 BARGREEN 5.8 7.2 5.8 3.7 2.3 4.4 5.1 5.3 5.6 4.7 4.0 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.0 6.0 2.7 6.1 5.1 * SALEM 4.4 6.7 5.0 4.4 7.4 5.2 6.1 4.7 3.5 3.1 4.0 6.3 6.0 4.8 4.1 5.5 3.7 6.0 5.1 * ATLANTA 4.7 7.1 5.8 4.8 3.5 4.9 5.7 4.8 4.9 3.9 4.3 5.7 5.8 5.3 4.8 6.0 3.1 5.8 5.0 * SEABREEZE (FRT-30149) 4.2 7.3 7.3 3.1 2.7 5.0 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.1 3.7 6.1 6.6 6.6 4.9 6.2 3.2 6.3 5.0 * ENJOY 5.0 7.1 5.8 3.8 3.5 4.7 6.0 4.4 5.2 4.0 3.0 5.9 6.0 5.3 5.1 6.4 2.3 6.5 5.0 PST-43F 4.3 7.3 3.2 4.8 6.2 5.3 5.7 5.3 3.2 3.1 4.3 6.2 6.4 5.1 4.1 5.9 3.6 5.9 5.0 * TROPHY (ESTORIL) 5.3 7.2 6.7 3.1 2.7 4.9 6.1 5.0 5.3 4.0 3.7 4.5 6.7 6.0 4.4 6.0 2.1 5.8 5.0 * SHADOW 5.3 6.3 5.8 3.8 4.8 5.1 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.5 3.3 4.9 5.4 5.1 4.4 5.7 3.5 6.0 5.0 * JAMESTOWN 5.5 6.2 4.8 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.7 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.7 5.6 4.5 4.4 5.8 3.4 5.6 5.0 * JASPER 4.1 7.1 5.5 3.6 4.6 4.7 5.8 5.0 3.0 3.4 4.3 6.3 6.1 5.2 4.3 6.0 3.7 6.3 4.9 PST-4NI 4.2 6.9 3.4 4.3 6.7 4.7 6.1 4.8 3.5 3.0 4.7 5.6 5.9 5.2 4.1 6.0 3.8 6.0 4.9 BARREPPO 3.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 4.5 4.9 5.1 4.7 6.0 3.4 5.3 4.4 4.9 5.0 5.2 4.3 4.6 5.8 4.9 * HERALD 4.0 6.8 5.9 4.1 4.3 4.9 5.8 4.5 3.7 4.0 3.3 6.7 5.6 5.5 4.3 5.8 3.2 5.9 4.9 TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS (CONTINUED) GROWN AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1992 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AL1 IA1 ID2 IN1 KY1 MD1 MI1 NJ1 NJ2 NJ3 OH2 OR2 OR9 PA1 PA2 RI1 UB1 WA1 MEAN PST-4C8 4.2 7.1 5.0 4.3 5.2 5.1 6.1 4.6 3.4 3.6 3.3 5.8 6.4 5.1 4.2 5.6 3.3 5.9 4.9 * VISTA 4.4 6.9 2.7 4.9 6.7 4.7 5.7 4.6 3.3 3.2 4.7 6.2 5.8 4.9 3.9 5.1 3.8 5.9 4.8 ERG 1143 4.0 6.8 5.3 5.1 2.6 5.3 5.2 4.5 5.2 3.9 3.0 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.9 2.0 6.1 4.8 * MARY 4.6 6.7 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.7 5.7 4.4 4.7 4.2 3.7 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.9 1.8 6.3 4.8 * CAMARO 4.8 6.8 5.9 3.2 3.2 4.3 6.0 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.0 5.0 5.6 5.5 4.2 6.3 2.0 5.7 4.8 * FLYER 4.0 6.7 3.8 4.8 5.8 5.1 6.0 4.3 2.8 3.3 4.3 5.7 5.7 4.7 4.4 5.4 3.6 5.7 4.8 * WILMA 5.9 6.3 4.6 5.0 3.7 4.6 6.0 3.4 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 5.8 4.8 4.7 5.7 2.9 6.2 4.8 * RAYMOND 5.2 6.5 5.5 4.3 2.6 4.4 5.8 3.7 4.8 3.8 3.3 5.1 6.1 5.2 5.0 6.0 2.3 6.1 4.8 HF 138 4.1 6.9 4.9 3.3 5.1 5.2 6.1 4.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 4.6 5.8 2.7 5.8 4.8 * SHADEMASTER 3.5 6.8 4.4 4.7 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.2 3.6 4.3 5.8 5.7 4.9 3.9 5.0 4.1 5.6 4.8 * DOVER (NK 82492) 5.2 6.6 5.3 4.7 1.4 4.7 5.7 3.8 4.1 4.6 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.3 6.2 3.0 5.9 4.8 NAPOLI (LD 3488) 2.9 7.5 4.1 3.1 3.5 5.1 6.0 4.6 4.2 3.1 3.0 6.9 6.1 5.9 4.8 5.8 2.3 6.6 4.7 * SCARLET 4.2 7.1 4.6 4.4 3.6 4.7 5.9 3.8 4.2 3.4 3.0 5.9 5.8 5.3 4.9 6.4 1.9 6.2 4.7 BELVEDERE 4.1 6.5 3.5 4.9 4.8 5.4 5.2 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.7 5.4 5.6 4.1 5.1 4.1 5.1 4.7 * PUMA 4.4 6.6 6.1 3.8 3.2 4.8 5.9 3.8 4.7 3.6 3.7 5.3 5.4 4.7 4.8 5.6 2.3 6.1 4.7 * BARLANDER (BAR FR 9F) 4.5 7.1 5.4 2.8 4.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.5 3.0 5.2 6.8 4.9 5.6 5.6 1.5 6.0 4.7 * SMIRNA (ZW 42-160) 3.3 7.3 6.0 3.3 1.5 5.7 5.7 4.4 2.8 1.7 4.3 6.4 6.7 6.4 . 5.3 3.2 6.0 4.7 * KOKET 5.1 6.5 5.7 4.3 4.4 4.9 5.7 4.0 4.7 3.6 3.7 5.3 5.3 4.5 4.2 5.6 1.4 5.9 4.7 FERNANDO (HF 112) 5.3 7.3 5.3 3.3 2.4 4.8 6.3 3.8 5.0 3.6 2.3 4.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 6.1 1.5 6.4 4.7 * CINDY 4.0 7.2 3.2 3.9 3.6 4.7 6.2 4.2 3.4 3.7 3.0 6.8 6.3 4.6 4.6 5.8 2.6 6.4 4.7 SIMONE (LD 3485) 4.9 7.1 6.8 3.8 2.4 4.7 5.8 4.3 5.3 3.1 2.3 4.8 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.5 1.6 5.7 4.7 RAINBOW 4.7 7.0 4.2 3.7 2.2 4.9 6.1 4.1 4.3 3.3 3.7 5.0 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.7 1.6 6.3 4.6 * BARCROWN 3.3 7.7 4.4 2.3 2.5 4.6 5.4 5.7 3.1 2.9 2.0 7.0 6.8 6.0 5.7 5.5 2.6 6.1 4.6 * REVERE (NK 88001) 4.6 6.5 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.7 5.6 3.9 2.8 3.2 3.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.6 3.3 5.5 4.6 * DAWSON 3.8 6.9 5.3 3.8 2.8 4.7 5.8 4.1 3.0 2.4 3.7 6.3 6.3 5.8 4.0 5.0 3.4 5.9 4.6 * CAPITOL 4.6 6.6 4.8 4.0 3.3 3.9 5.7 3.9 4.3 3.4 3.3 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.0 2.6 5.9 4.6 COLLO (LD 3414) 3.9 6.5 4.7 3.9 4.5 4.7 5.4 4.3 3.8 3.0 3.7 4.8 5.3 5.4 4.3 4.9 3.4 5.5 4.6 * BARNICA 4.3 6.4 5.9 3.6 3.8 4.9 5.1 4.2 4.2 3.4 3.3 4.8 5.4 4.7 4.4 5.4 2.2 6.0 4.6 * ENSYLVA 3.8 6.3 5.3 4.2 5.2 4.6 5.4 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.7 4.4 5.3 4.5 5.1 4.8 3.0 5.4 4.5 TALUS (LD 3438) 4.1 6.7 3.1 3.8 3.4 4.5 5.7 4.4 3.6 2.8 3.0 6.0 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.9 3.4 5.9 4.5 * MARKER 3.5 6.8 3.3 3.2 1.9 4.7 5.6 4.4 2.9 2.6 2.7 6.6 6.9 6.1 5.0 4.9 2.9 6.4 4.5 WW RS 138 3.7 6.5 2.9 3.3 5.5 5.2 5.3 4.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 5.5 5.7 4.8 3.9 5.1 3.4 5.8 4.5 BARGENA II (BAR FR8RC3) 3.6 6.2 5.3 4.1 5.2 4.1 5.6 3.7 3.4 2.7 4.0 5.3 5.6 4.8 3.8 4.7 2.8 5.4 4.5 * BARSKOL (BAR FR 9P) 2.9 7.3 4.3 3.7 2.7 4.6 5.7 4.4 3.9 2.9 2.0 5.2 6.8 5.8 4.9 5.2 2.0 5.7 4.4 * CLAUDIA 3.7 6.2 4.0 3.7 5.7 4.7 5.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.8 5.5 4.4 4.1 4.8 2.8 5.4 4.4 * BOREAL 3.7 6.5 3.9 3.8 5.7 4.6 5.9 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.3 5.2 5.3 4.9 3.7 4.6 2.7 5.7 4.4 WW RS 143 3.3 6.5 4.7 3.4 4.9 4.2 6.3 4.4 3.6 2.6 3.0 4.9 5.6 4.8 3.8 4.1 3.2 5.4 4.4 FRANKLIN 3.7 6.5 5.2 4.2 5.2 4.9 5.2 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 5.8 4.8 4.2 3.6 4.0 1.9 5.4 4.3 WW RS 130 3.3 6.6 2.5 4.1 3.5 4.7 5.7 4.6 3.7 2.9 3.3 5.8 5.8 5.0 3.4 4.7 2.3 6.0 4.3 * BARGENA 4.0 6.3 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.4 5.1 3.9 3.2 2.8 3.3 4.6 5.3 4.5 3.8 4.9 2.8 5.5 4.3 * ELANOR 4.0 6.0 5.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 5.1 4.4 3.7 3.1 3.0 5.1 5.5 4.5 3.9 4.5 2.8 5.8 4.3 * SUNSET (ZW 42-158) 3.1 6.4 4.5 3.8 4.8 4.4 5.4 3.7 3.0 2.9 3.0 5.6 5.4 4.3 4.0 4.6 2.7 5.3 4.3 * SYLVESTER 4.1 5.9 3.7 4.4 3.9 4.3 5.8 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.3 5.3 5.5 4.5 3.4 4.0 2.3 5.8 4.2 COMFORT (HF 102) 3.1 7.1 4.4 2.7 2.8 4.6 5.6 3.8 3.6 2.6 1.7 6.0 5.9 5.4 4.3 4.2 1.9 5.7 4.2 BARLOTTE 2.9 7.3 2.6 2.8 1.9 4.3 5.6 4.4 3.4 2.3 2.0 5.2 5.8 5.0 4.7 4.6 2.1 5.1 4.0 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.7 2.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.3 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1993 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).