TABLE 1F. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME GAl GA2 IAl ILl IL2 KS1 KY1 LA1 MAl MD1 MD2 ME1 MIl M01 NJl NJ2 OH1 OK1 PAl RIl UB1 VAl WAl MEAN DISCOVERY 4.5 2.3 6.1 6.1 4.1 6.2 6.3 1.8 5.2 5.8 3.3 7.8 4.7 3.4 6.6 6.3 7.5 3.5 7.6 5.6 7.4 5.1 5.9 5.4 SR 3100 5.4 2.3 5.4 6.4 3.7 5.6 5.9 3.1 5.0 5.6 3.5 7.3 4.2 3.4 6.5 5.7 7.4 2.5 7.7 6.3 7.5 5.0 5.7 5.3 RELIANT II 4.5 2.1 5.1 6.0 4.7 5.9 6.2 2.0 4.6 5.6 5.5 7.0 4.7 3.8 5.8 6.0 7.5 3.1 7.3 5.3 7.5 5.0 5.4 5.2 MB 82-93 4.1 2.4 6.0 5.6 4.6 6.3 6.7 4.2 4.8 5.4 3.7 7.3 4.9 3.5 6.7 4.7 7.7 2.8 6.2 5.2 6.7 4.6 5.9 5.2 OSPREY (PRO 92/24) 5.1 2.1 6.0 5.0 4.8 5.6 6.6 2.1 4.9 5.7 5.5 7.2 4.5 3.2 5.5 5.5 6.9 2.1 6.8 5.9 7.5 5.1 5.5 5.2 ECOSTAR 4.6 2.2 5.6 6.0 4.2 5.8 5.6 1.6 4.8 5.3 5.3 7.4 4.8 3.7 6.1 5.3 7.3 2.3 6.6 5.2 7.1 4.9 5.8 5.1 MB 81-93 4.8 2.0 5.5 5.0 4.0 5.4 5.9 2.4 4.4 5.7 3.8 7.4 4.8 3.1 6.0 5.7 7.3 2.3 6.8 5.7 7.1 4.8 5.6 5.0 AURORA W/ENDO. 5.2 1.8 4.7 5.9 4.2 5.8 5.5 2.0 4.8 5.3 4.4 7.2 4.7 3.8 5.8 5.5 7.4 2.1 6.4 4.6 7.0 5.1 5.6 5.0 NORDIC 4.4 2.2 4.9 5.7 4.3 5.4 5.7 2.2 4.7 5.5 3.1 6.8 4.8 3.1 5.7 5.3 7.6 2.3 7.1 5.1 7.5 5.0 5.7 5.0 VERNON (MB 83-93) 4.9 2.3 5.4 6.1 3.5 5.3 5.6 2.9 4.5 5.4 3.9 7.0 4.4 3.4 5.5 5.0 7.3 2.3 7.0 4.6 6.5 4.6 5.3 4.9 SPARTAN 4.9 2.6 4.8 5.1 3.7 5.3 5.7 2.5 4.4 5.6 4.7 6.8 4.9 3.0 5.4 5.0 7.6 1.7 6.6 4.6 6.9 4.7 5.6 4.9 BRIGADE 3.9 2.5 5.4 5.4 3.8 5.5 5.6 2.1 4.6 5.3 3.1 6.9 4.7 3.1 5.2 5.3 7.4 2.2 5.8 4.2 6.6 4.9 5.5 4.7 SCALDIS 3.8 1.9 5.3 5.1 3.7 4.9 4.7 2.7 4.6 5.1 4.0 7.4 4.9 3.0 5.1 5.1 6.3 1.8 6.8 4.1 6.7 4.5 4.6 4.6 PAMELA 3.9 1.4 4.4 4.8 3.9 4.9 4.8 2.7 4.4 5.3 4.0 6.3 4.4 3.1 4.5 4.2 7.3 2.0 5.9 4.0 6.3 4.3 4.8 4.4 LSD VALUE 1.5 0.6 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.0 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).