TABLE 1D. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF CHEWINGS FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. 1/ 1994-97 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME GA1 GA2 IA1 IL1 IL2 KS1 KY1 LA1 MA1 ME1 MO1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 OK1 PA1 RI1 UB1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WA4 WA5 WI1 WI1 MEAN SHADOW II (PST-44D) 4.5 2.7 6.8 6.1 6.2 5.9 7.6 3.8 5.8 7.3 4.9 5.7 6.6 6.0 5.7 4.1 6.8 5.9 6.2 5.0 5.9 5.5 6.3 5.8 6.1 6.1 5.8 BANNER III (MB 61-93) 4.3 3.0 6.3 5.9 5.8 6.0 7.6 3.6 6.0 7.1 4.6 5.6 5.8 5.1 6.6 4.4 6.0 5.5 6.0 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.0 6.3 6.3 5.6 BRITTANY 4.6 3.4 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.2 7.6 4.3 5.6 7.1 4.8 5.5 5.9 5.0 6.7 4.4 5.6 5.3 6.2 5.2 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.0 6.2 6.2 5.6 SR 5100 4.4 4.2 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.5 7.5 4.7 5.5 7.2 4.9 4.8 5.6 5.1 6.6 4.5 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.6 4.4 5.5 6.4 6.4 5.6 CULUMBRA (MB 64-93) 4.0 2.7 6.2 6.0 5.6 6.2 7.6 4.4 5.9 7.4 4.8 5.4 5.7 5.0 6.2 4.3 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 4.0 6.5 6.5 5.6 ECO (MB 63-93) 4.4 3.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 6.0 7.6 3.9 5.7 7.1 4.5 6.3 5.8 4.3 6.3 4.4 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.2 6.1 6.1 5.5 VICTORY II (PICK 4-91W) 4.4 2.8 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.9 7.6 3.7 5.6 7.4 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.3 6.5 4.3 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.3 5.7 4.8 5.1 4.4 6.3 6.3 5.5 NJ F-93 4.2 3.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.7 7.5 4.0 5.6 7.6 4.8 5.0 6.3 5.5 6.6 4.2 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.9 5.2 5.4 4.7 6.3 6.3 5.5 TIFFANY 4.2 2.6 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.7 7.3 3.3 5.7 7.1 4.8 5.8 5.6 5.0 5.4 4.2 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.0 6.4 6.4 5.5 BRIDGEPORT 4.6 4.0 5.7 5.9 4.9 5.7 7.4 4.0 5.4 6.9 4.9 5.3 5.6 5.1 6.3 4.5 5.9 5.4 5.8 5.0 5.6 5.3 5.4 4.4 6.6 6.6 5.5 TREAZURE (ZPS-MG) 4.4 2.9 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.5 3.8 5.6 6.8 4.9 5.6 5.6 4.8 6.6 3.9 6.0 5.8 5.6 4.8 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 6.3 6.3 5.4 WX3-FF54 4.4 3.4 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.9 6.3 3.8 5.6 7.2 4.5 5.1 5.4 4.3 6.5 3.6 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.7 6.3 6.3 5.3 K-2 (MB 65-93) 4.1 3.0 6.2 6.0 5.4 6.1 6.6 3.1 5.8 7.3 4.8 5.8 5.1 3.8 5.7 3.9 5.5 5.7 5.4 4.9 5.9 5.5 4.6 4.3 6.1 6.1 5.3 TMI-3CE 4.4 3.0 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.9 7.0 4.6 5.2 7.0 4.4 5.1 5.2 4.6 5.9 4.0 5.8 5.7 5.7 4.8 5.4 4.8 4.5 4.8 6.1 6.1 5.3 SANDPIPER (PRO 92/20) 4.3 3.5 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.6 7.3 4.3 4.8 7.0 5.2 5.4 5.0 4.2 5.8 3.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.0 5.5 5.3 4.6 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 JAMESTOWN II 3.9 2.8 6.2 6.0 5.1 5.6 6.5 4.0 5.1 6.9 4.6 5.4 4.6 4.3 6.4 4.1 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.6 6.0 4.9 4.5 6.2 6.2 5.2 VICTORY (E) 4.4 3.3 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 7.0 3.6 5.1 6.5 4.6 5.8 4.8 4.5 5.4 4.1 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.4 5.1 3.7 4.2 5.9 5.9 5.2 BANNER II 4.1 2.4 5.9 5.5 4.8 5.5 6.9 4.5 5.4 6.9 4.8 5.4 4.5 4.4 6.2 3.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.2 6.2 6.2 5.1 SHADOW (E) 4.1 2.5 5.9 5.6 4.5 5.5 6.3 3.6 5.7 6.8 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.4 5.9 3.9 5.6 5.6 5.3 4.7 5.6 5.8 4.1 4.0 6.2 6.2 5.1 ISI-FC-62 3.9 3.5 5.9 5.9 5.0 5.8 7.2 4.3 5.1 7.0 4.6 5.3 4.4 4.4 5.2 4.1 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.9 5.9 3.7 4.3 3.7 6.0 6.0 5.1 MB 66-93 3.8 2.1 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 6.4 4.0 5.4 6.3 4.6 6.0 4.3 3.0 5.2 3.4 5.6 5.4 4.4 4.8 5.7 5.1 3.7 3.5 6.2 6.2 4.9 DARWIN 3.8 2.3 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.2 3.3 2.6 5.8 7.3 4.7 5.2 4.5 4.0 5.7 3.3 5.9 5.5 4.7 5.3 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 6.4 6.4 4.9 JAMESTOWN 3.8 2.6 5.4 5.3 4.8 5.5 5.8 3.4 5.3 6.9 4.6 5.1 4.0 3.9 5.7 3.5 4.9 5.3 4.7 4.8 5.8 5.1 3.5 3.7 6.3 6.3 4.8 MEDINA 3.3 1.5 6.1 5.7 4.5 5.1 4.4 3.1 5.5 6.8 4.8 5.1 4.2 3.5 4.4 3.3 5.2 5.4 4.4 4.7 5.7 3.7 3.7 3.9 6.2 6.2 4.6 MOLINDA 3.8 1.8 5.6 5.4 4.4 5.4 5.1 3.9 5.2 6.8 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.4 5.1 3.6 4.3 5.2 4.5 4.6 5.6 3.9 2.8 3.1 6.2 6.2 4.6 CASCADE 3.5 2.7 4.9 5.1 4.5 4.7 5.3 4.0 4.2 6.2 4.5 5.1 2.8 3.0 5.4 3.0 4.1 4.5 3.8 4.2 5.0 5.2 3.1 3.7 5.6 5.6 4.4 LSD VALUE 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1 C.V. (%) 7.5 25.7 10.3 11.4 16.4 8.8 12.8 32.4 13.2 8.9 37.1 12.2 14.6 14.9 14.9 20.1 11.0 10.3 10.1 13.2 8.6 9.8 8.8 10.5 8.7 8.7 14.4 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.