TABLE 1B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1993 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME IA1 IL2 KY1 MD1 MI1 NJ1 NJ2 NJ3 OR2 OR9 PA1 PA2 RI1 SK1 UB1 WA1 MEAN PST-43F 7.3 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.0 5.2 4.1 4.8 6.2 6.2 5.8 3.6 5.8 5.6 3.7 6.3 5.4 PST-4R3 7.1 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.8 4.8 4.6 6.1 6.0 4.8 3.3 5.3 5.1 4.6 5.9 5.4 PST-4NI 6.7 6.0 5.5 5.0 5.8 3.9 4.1 3.9 6.2 5.4 5.2 3.5 5.9 5.0 4.3 6.0 5.2 JASPER 6.8 5.6 4.8 5.2 5.3 4.2 3.6 4.5 5.8 6.0 5.1 3.5 5.8 5.4 4.3 5.8 5.1 SALEM 6.3 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.0 4.5 5.8 6.1 4.4 3.5 5.3 5.2 3.6 6.2 5.1 HERALD 7.1 6.8 4.2 5.5 5.7 4.3 3.4 3.7 6.5 5.5 4.6 3.8 5.4 5.6 3.7 5.4 5.1 FLYER 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.1 3.7 5.8 6.0 5.0 3.6 5.4 5.0 3.9 6.2 5.0 SHADEMASTER 6.5 5.9 5.4 5.3 4.4 5.5 3.9 4.0 5.9 5.5 4.1 3.6 5.0 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.0 PST-4C8 6.8 6.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 3.6 3.8 4.3 6.3 6.3 4.1 3.6 5.3 4.7 3.8 5.9 5.0 VISTA 6.7 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.7 5.1 3.9 3.8 6.3 5.7 4.0 3.6 5.2 4.8 3.9 6.0 5.0 CINDY 6.9 5.7 3.7 5.2 5.6 3.3 3.7 4.3 6.3 5.9 4.8 3.6 5.8 5.9 2.9 5.7 4.9 COLLO (LD 3414) 6.4 5.5 4.3 5.2 5.1 4.3 3.5 4.1 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.3 5.5 5.2 3.3 6.0 4.8 BELVEDERE 6.6 5.0 4.7 5.7 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.4 4.4 5.2 5.1 3.5 5.2 5.4 4.0 5.4 4.8 ENSYLVA 6.2 5.7 4.8 5.2 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.8 5.8 4.3 3.5 5.6 4.4 3.6 5.3 4.7 WW RS 138 6.3 4.6 4.5 5.7 4.8 3.2 4.5 3.3 5.9 5.8 4.5 3.3 5.1 5.3 3.2 5.4 4.7 REVERE (NK 88001) 6.4 5.1 4.1 5.0 4.8 3.9 2.2 3.8 5.4 5.4 5.1 . 5.3 5.0 3.5 5.8 4.7 CLAUDIA 6.4 5.0 4.8 5.2 5.0 3.7 3.3 4.0 5.2 5.6 4.0 3.4 5.3 4.5 2.8 5.6 4.6 BARGENA II (BAR FR8RC3) 5.9 6.1 5.1 4.7 5.0 3.7 3.1 3.3 4.9 5.5 4.3 3.3 5.1 4.8 2.8 5.9 4.6 WW RS 143 6.6 5.9 4.0 4.8 4.9 3.6 3.8 3.0 4.8 5.5 4.5 3.3 4.9 5.2 3.3 5.3 4.6 SYLVIA (WW RS 130) 6.3 4.6 3.2 5.2 5.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 5.3 5.6 4.7 3.6 5.2 4.6 2.8 5.9 4.6 BOREAL 6.3 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 5.6 5.5 3.9 3.5 5.0 4.4 2.8 5.8 4.5 BARGENA 6.3 6.0 4.0 4.8 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.3 4.1 5.5 4.3 3.4 5.0 4.3 3.5 5.0 4.5 TALUS (LD 3438) 6.6 3.9 3.2 4.8 4.6 3.8 2.9 3.8 6.0 4.8 4.8 3.6 5.0 4.4 3.6 6.0 4.5 SUNSET (ZW 42-158) 6.3 5.5 4.3 4.8 5.1 3.9 2.8 3.1 4.8 5.3 4.7 3.4 4.7 4.9 2.5 5.1 4.5 FRANKLIN 6.3 4.4 4.5 5.2 5.1 3.1 3.8 2.7 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.3 4.8 4.7 2.1 5.9 4.4 SYLVESTER 5.8 3.6 4.0 5.0 4.8 3.1 3.3 3.3 5.1 5.3 4.3 3.1 4.9 5.1 2.5 5.7 4.3 ELANOR 5.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.4 2.8 3.7 3.2 4.2 5.5 5.3 3.5 4.8 4.7 2.9 5.8 4.2 LSD VALUE 0.7 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.2