TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT ELEVEN LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. 1/ 1997 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 IL2 KY1 ME1 NJ1 NJ2 OK1 UB1 WA1 WI1 MEAN * SHADOW II (PST-44D) 6.8 6.2 6.7 7.4 8.0 6.8 5.9 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.6 6.3 PST-4ST 6.7 5.4 6.5 7.2 7.8 5.1 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.8 6.1 * VICTORY II (PICK 4-91W) 6.3 5.3 5.5 7.5 7.9 5.9 4.8 5.6 6.0 5.4 6.0 6.0 NJ F-93 5.6 5.4 5.5 8.0 7.8 6.2 4.8 5.3 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.0 * CULUMBRA (MB 64-93) 6.1 5.2 5.7 8.0 7.7 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.0 * FLORENTINE (PST-4VB ENDO.) 6.8 5.0 5.6 7.8 7.9 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.6 5.3 6.0 PST-4DT 6.1 5.0 5.9 7.8 7.0 5.0 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.9 * BANNER III (MB 61-93) 6.2 5.2 6.3 7.8 7.3 5.3 4.3 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.9 * BRITTANY 6.0 5.3 5.2 7.7 7.7 5.7 4.5 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 * SR 5100 5.6 5.5 5.5 7.6 7.7 5.2 4.5 5.1 5.9 5.2 6.3 5.8 * BRIDGEPORT 5.6 5.6 4.6 7.5 7.5 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.8 * TIFFANY 6.1 5.7 5.8 7.2 7.9 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.9 5.5 5.9 5.8 * JAMESTOWN II 6.1 5.4 5.4 7.1 7.7 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.8 5.0 6.0 5.8 * ECO (MB 63-93) 5.9 5.4 5.4 7.9 7.3 5.7 4.5 5.3 4.6 5.8 5.4 5.7 * DISCOVERY 5.8 4.7 4.4 7.4 7.3 6.8 6.3 2.4 6.8 5.5 5.5 5.7 * JASPER (E) 6.7 5.0 4.8 7.2 7.6 4.2 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.7 * SHADEMASTER II 6.2 4.5 6.3 7.1 7.9 4.4 5.1 4.9 4.6 5.5 5.8 5.7 * DEFIANT (MB 81-93) 5.0 4.9 6.0 6.4 7.3 6.0 5.3 3.1 6.5 5.2 6.2 5.6 WX3-FF54 6.1 5.2 5.4 6.9 7.6 5.7 4.1 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.6 * TREAZURE (ZPS-MG) 6.0 5.4 5.3 6.8 7.5 5.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.8 5.6 * FLYER II (ZPS-4BN) 6.0 4.9 5.7 7.2 7.5 4.8 4.9 5.3 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.6 * SANDPIPER (PRO 92/20) 5.2 5.4 4.8 7.6 7.7 5.3 4.3 4.9 5.6 5.1 5.4 5.6 * RELIANT II 4.9 5.3 6.0 6.7 6.4 5.7 5.9 2.4 6.9 4.9 6.0 5.5 * VICTORY (E) 6.4 5.0 6.1 7.1 7.1 4.5 3.9 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.5 TMI-3CE 5.0 4.7 5.6 7.2 7.5 5.1 4.7 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.9 5.5 * SR 3100 4.9 5.4 5.0 6.4 7.3 6.2 6.2 1.3 7.1 5.0 6.1 5.5 ISI-FC-62 5.7 5.3 5.0 7.3 7.3 4.4 4.2 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.5 * K-2 (MB 65-93) 6.4 5.6 5.0 6.9 7.7 5.2 3.4 5.0 4.4 5.4 5.2 5.5 MB 82-93 5.8 5.0 3.3 7.4 7.6 5.7 4.3 3.4 6.5 5.7 5.5 5.5 * BANNER II 6.1 5.1 4.9 7.5 7.4 4.2 4.7 4.1 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.4 * OSPREY (PRO 92/24) 5.4 4.9 6.2 7.0 7.5 5.1 5.9 1.6 6.6 4.2 5.3 5.4 * SHADOW (E) 6.0 4.9 4.2 6.7 7.5 4.7 4.3 5.0 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.4 * ARUBA 6.2 5.1 6.3 6.0 7.1 3.9 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.9 5.9 5.3 * AURORA W/ENDO. 4.7 5.0 4.9 6.7 7.6 5.8 5.0 1.5 5.8 5.2 6.1 5.3 CAS-FR13 6.0 4.8 5.7 6.8 6.4 3.9 4.1 4.7 4.5 5.0 6.1 5.3 * ECOSTAR 5.4 5.1 4.1 6.5 6.8 6.5 5.2 1.3 6.3 5.0 5.6 5.3 * FLYER 5.5 4.8 6.0 6.4 6.7 3.4 4.9 4.9 4.5 5.1 5.7 5.2 * NORDIC 4.5 5.6 4.7 6.1 7.0 5.6 5.2 2.8 5.8 4.7 5.5 5.2 WX3-FFG6 5.4 4.8 3.5 6.7 7.4 3.9 4.2 4.8 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.2 BAR FRR 4ZBD 5.5 4.4 5.7 6.7 7.1 3.6 4.5 4.9 3.1 5.6 5.8 5.2 * JAMESTOWN 5.0 5.2 5.0 6.1 7.6 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.4 5.8 5.1 * MOLINDA 5.6 5.1 4.6 5.1 7.3 3.8 3.6 4.7 4.4 5.3 5.8 5.0 * SPARTAN 4.4 5.1 4.8 6.5 6.7 5.2 5.5 1.3 5.6 4.3 5.7 5.0 MB 66-93 5.4 5.2 5.3 6.9 6.7 4.1 3.3 4.5 3.2 5.3 5.3 5.0 * VERNON (MB 83-93) 4.6 5.2 4.0 6.3 6.6 5.1 5.1 1.6 6.3 4.0 5.9 5.0 * MEDINA 6.1 5.2 4.4 3.7 7.5 4.2 4.0 4.6 3.4 5.7 5.5 4.9 * RONDO 6.8 4.7 4.2 2.9 6.3 3.6 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.9 5.7 4.9 * BRIGADE 4.6 5.4 3.9 6.1 6.0 5.2 4.9 1.3 5.9 4.7 5.6 4.9 * SCALDIS 4.2 5.0 5.5 5.3 7.1 4.4 5.3 1.3 6.1 3.8 5.3 4.9 * QUATRO (FO 143) 5.4 4.2 6.4 4.0 5.9 4.4 5.1 1.5 5.5 4.8 5.7 4.8 * COMMON CREEPING 5.7 4.4 5.5 5.2 6.3 3.2 4.8 3.9 3.8 4.8 5.1 4.8 * DAWSON 5.7 4.7 5.1 1.9 6.6 3.5 4.9 4.6 5.1 4.9 5.7 4.8 BAR UR 204 6.2 4.3 5.5 5.8 6.3 2.8 4.2 5.2 3.3 4.6 4.5 4.8 * DARWIN 5.4 5.3 6.0 1.4 7.5 3.9 4.4 3.4 2.9 5.3 5.8 4.7 * SEABREEZE 5.4 4.6 4.2 1.4 6.5 4.0 5.5 4.6 4.4 5.0 5.7 4.6 * PAMELA 4.7 4.7 4.3 5.5 6.2 4.4 4.2 2.2 4.9 4.2 5.5 4.6 * CASCADE 4.3 4.7 5.5 5.4 6.9 2.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.5 5.1 4.6 * SILVERLAWN (WVPB-STCR-101) 4.5 3.2 3.9 5.7 6.8 2.5 3.7 5.0 3.1 3.1 5.6 4.3 67135 4.1 3.5 6.3 4.1 5.4 2.4 4.3 2.8 2.8 3.7 6.1 4.1 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.3 C.V. (%) 10.4 7.6 14.3 9.4 7.3 13.8 12.6 17.9 10.9 7.0 8.0 10.8 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). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.