TABLE 3F. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. 1/ 1996 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME GAl GA2 IAl ILI IL2 KS1 KY1 MA1 ME1 M01 NJl NJ2 OH1 OKI PAl RIl UB1 VAl WAl WIl MEAN DISCOVERY 9.0 2.0 2.0 5.0 11.5 2.5 3.0 1.0 2.5 4.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 2.0 6.0 8 3.0 7.0 3.0 4.0 1 MB 82-93 13.0 4.0 3.0 1.5 6.5 7.0 1.0 3.0 2.5 1.0 5.0 4.0 9.0 1.0 13.0 2 12.0 2.5 4.0 10.0 2 SR 3100 1.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 11.5 2.5 5.5 2.0 11.0 14.0 2.0 2.0 3.5 12.0 2.5 1 1.0 13.0 2.0 12.0 3 RELIANT II 10.0 11.0 4.0 8.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 12.0 6.0 8.0 5.5 3.5 3.5 1.0 7 2.0 8.0 10.0 1.0 4 DEFIANCE (MB 81-93) 4.0 12.5 7.0 11.5 4.0 11.5 5.5 6.0 5.5 2.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 8.5 4.5 4 6.5 12.0 1.0 2.0 5 OSPREY (PRO 92/24) 2.0 5.0 1.0 14.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 9.0 5.5 12.0 9.5 5.5 14.0 8.5 4.5 3 4.0 2.5 6.0 13.0 6 ECOSTAR 5.5 9.0 6.0 7.0 6.5 10.0 8.0 10.0 10.0 4.0 4.0 13.0 8.0 5.0 12.0 6 5.0 4.0 6.0 9.0 7 SPARTAN 5.5 3.0 8.0 3.5 2.0 11.5 7.0 7.5 1.0 7.5 9.5 9.5 1.0 12.0 11.0 10 10.5 10.0 11.0 6.5 8 NORDIC 7.5 7.0 10.5 3.5 8.0 9.0 11.0 5.0 5.5 9.0 7.0 7.0 10.0 3.5 2.5 12 8.5 1.0 8.5 6.5 9 AURORA W/ENDO. 3.0 12.5 12.0 9.0 13.0 4.0 12.0 11.0 5.5 4.0 3.0 12.0 5.0 12.0 14.0 9 6.5 5.5 6.0 3.0 10 VERNON (MB 83-93) 7.5 8.0 13.0 11.5 9.5 7.0 10.0 7.5 9.0 10.0 11.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 10.0 5 10.5 9.0 12.0 5.0 11 BRIGADE 14.0 1.0 9.0 13.0 14.0 7.0 9.0 12.0 14.0 7.5 12.0 9.5 2.0 6.0 8.0 11 13.0 5.5 8.5 8.0 12 PAMELA 11.0 10.0 10.5 10.0 5.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 11.0 14.0 14.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 14 14.0 11.0 13.0 11.0 13 SCALDIS 12.0 14.0 14.0 1.5 9.5 13.0 14.0 14.0 8.0 13.0 13.0 11.0 13.0 12.0 9.0 13 8.5 14.0 14.0 14.0 14 1/ THIS TABLE CONTAINS NO STATISTICAL VALUES (LSD VALUES) THEREFORE IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRY OR ENTRIES ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS OR REGIONS. TO ASSESS STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, REFER TO THE MEANS AND LSD VALUES FOUND IN TABLE 1. 2/ RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY IS ACHIEVED BY ASSIGNING "1" TO THE HIGHEST MEAN, "2" TO THE SECOND HIGHEST MEAN, ETC. FOR EACH LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MEANS ARE TIED FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKS, BOTH ARE ASSIGNED "2.5".