TABLE 1F. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1994 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME GAl GA2 IAl ILl IL2 IL3 KS1 KY1 LA1 MAl MD1 MD2 MIl M01 NE1 NJl OH1 OK1 PAl UB1 VAl WAl WA3 WA4 WA5 Wll W12 MEAN DISCOVERY 3.9 2.6 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.3 7.6 4.1 5.6 5.9 4.9 5.0 7.2 7.0 5.9 7.2 5.5 6.0 7.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.6 6.1 6.7 6.8 5.6 PRO 92/24 4.0 2.9 5.5 6.4 6.3 3.2 5.3 7.5 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.8 4.3 7.2 6.8 6.1 6.2 3.8 6.3 6.6 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.4 6.9 6.9 5.5 RELIANT 11 3.3 3.1 5.5 5.9 6.0 2.5 5.3 7.7 4.0 5.8 5.2 5.7 4.8 7.0 6.3 5.3 7.2 5.0 5.8 6.6 4.4 4.6 5.4 5.0 5.9 6.7 6.8 5.4 MB 81-93 3.8 2.8 4.6 5.6 5.6 3.2 5.5 7.7 4.2 6.0 5.7 5.1 5.1 6.9 7.8 6.1 6.7 4.8 5.3 6.8 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.6 6.8 6.8 5.4 MB 83-93 3.9 3.3 4.5 6.2 4.9 3.8 5.3 7.9 4.2 6.3 5.7 4.9 4.4 7.1 6.3 5.2 7.7 4.5 5.4 5.9 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.8 4.7 6.6 7.0 5.4 NORDIC 4.0 3.1 4.6 6.2 5.3 1.9 5.5 6.9 4.3 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.9 7.1 7.0 6.4 7.3 4.0 5.3 6.9 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.1 4.5 6.7 7.0 5.4 MB 82-93 3.7 3.3 5.0 6.3 4.9 2.9 5.1 7.6 4.9 5.9 5.6 4.8 5.1 6.8 4.9 4.7 7.2 4.4 5.1 6.3 4.4 5.6 4.7 5.6 5.3 6.8 7.0 5.3 SR 3100 4.5 3.0 5.3 5.7 4.5 3.9 4.9 7.2 4.0 6.0 5.6 5.1 4.6 7.2 5.2 4.9 7.3 5.2 5.6 6.5 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.6 5.3 ECOSTAR 3.5 2.9 4.8 5.9 5.6 2.3 5.1 7.1 4.2 5.5 5.7 5.9 4.9 7.4 6.5 5.2 7.2 4.0 5.4 6.7 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 6.6 6.8 5.3 BRIGADE 3.3 2.9 4.8 5.9 5.4 3.9 5.6 7.5 4.1 5.4 5.4 4.4 4.3 7.5 7.0 6.1 7.5 3.8 4.9 6.3 4.3 4.3 5.4 4.0 4.9 6.6 6.7 5.3 SPARTAN 4.2 3.3 4.8 5.8 5.7 4.2 5.2 7.3 4.1 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.8 7.0 5.9 4.0 7.8 3.0 5.4 6.5 4.3 4.8 4.1 4.3 5.4 6.6 6.6 5.2 AURORA W/ENDO. 4.3 2.6 4.5 6.0 5.5 2.6 5.2 7.3 3.9 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.6 7.1 5.9 5.3 7.3 3.9 5.5 6.3 5.2 4.6 5.0 4.5 5.6 6.6 6.3 5.2 SCALDIS 3.3 2.6 4.7 5.5 5.1 3.8 5.3 7.4 4.2 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 7.4 5.4 5.1 7.7 3.7 5.7 5.8 4.5 3.9 4.8 4.5 4.1 6.6 6.3 5.1 PAMELA 2.9 2.1 4.2 6.2 4.7 1.9 4.6 6.6 4.1 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 7.2 5.5 5.6 6.7 3.5 5.3 5.6 4.1 3.7 5.0 4.1 5.3 6.4 6.2 4.9 LSD VALUE 1.4 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 3.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.2 0.9 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.2 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).