TABLE 1E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED 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 FLORENTINE (PST-4VB ENDO.) 3.5 1.2 6.7 6.2 5.3 6.1 7.6 3.8 5.6 7.6 4.9 5.2 6.3 5.6 6.8 4.3 5.4 6.0 6.1 4.9 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 PST-4ST 3.8 1.2 6.6 6.0 5.6 5.4 7.5 4.1 5.3 7.2 4.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.8 3.9 5.3 5.3 6.1 4.8 5.9 5.0 4.4 4.9 6.3 6.3 5.4 PST-4DT 3.2 1.2 6.3 5.9 5.4 5.9 7.7 3.5 5.4 6.9 4.7 5.6 5.5 5.2 6.7 4.3 5.0 5.2 5.7 4.5 5.6 5.7 5.2 4.9 6.3 6.3 5.3 SHADEMASTER II 2.9 1.2 6.5 5.4 5.8 6.4 7.4 3.9 5.0 7.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.1 6.5 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 4.7 5.9 4.6 4.6 5.1 6.4 6.4 5.3 JASPER (E) 3.9 1.5 6.5 5.2 4.8 5.9 7.4 3.6 5.3 6.8 4.9 6.3 5.1 5.4 6.8 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.6 4.7 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.8 6.0 6.0 5.3 WX3-FFG6 4.2 2.9 6.0 5.3 4.4 5.5 6.5 4.7 5.3 6.8 4.5 5.7 4.6 4.8 6.2 4.1 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.8 4.7 5.0 6.1 6.1 5.3 FLYER II (ZPS-4BN) 3.9 1.3 6.1 5.9 5.0 6.0 7.2 3.5 4.8 7.2 4.9 4.8 5.7 5.1 5.9 3.7 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.6 5.7 4.7 4.8 5.1 6.4 6.4 5.2 ARUBA 3.4 1.3 6.4 5.3 5.2 5.5 6.4 3.5 4.7 6.6 4.6 5.6 4.3 3.9 6.2 3.4 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.5 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.1 6.1 6.1 4.9 FLYER 3.1 1.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.7 6.1 3.5 4.5 6.4 4.8 5.0 4.2 4.5 6.1 3.5 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.4 5.5 4.8 3.7 4.4 6.1 6.1 4.8 CAS-FR13 3.3 1.3 5.8 5.1 5.2 5.9 6.5 3.9 4.3 6.4 4.5 4.7 3.7 4.3 6.2 3.4 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.1 5.5 4.3 3.9 3.4 6.4 6.4 4.7 BAR FRR 4ZBD 2.2 1.3 5.8 5.0 4.5 5.9 6.3 3.4 4.8 6.6 4.8 5.0 3.9 3.8 5.6 3.3 3.5 4.4 4.1 4.2 5.7 4.9 4.0 3.7 6.3 6.3 4.6 RONDO 3.2 1.1 6.5 5.4 4.3 4.9 3.8 3.6 4.5 5.8 4.1 5.5 3.7 4.0 5.5 3.5 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.1 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.8 6.0 6.0 4.6 SILVERLAWN (WVPB-STCR-101) 2.6 1.3 5.0 4.2 3.9 5.0 5.6 3.4 3.9 6.4 4.3 5.0 3.2 3.8 6.0 3.7 3.5 4.2 3.7 4.0 4.3 5.6 5.3 4.0 6.0 6.0 4.4 BAR UR 204 3.3 1.2 5.9 4.7 4.7 5.4 5.9 3.2 4.0 6.0 4.3 4.8 3.1 3.7 5.4 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.9 5.0 4.5 3.1 3.7 5.3 5.3 4.4 COMMON CREEPING 2.6 1.2 5.7 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.0 3.2 4.0 5.9 4.2 4.6 2.8 3.8 5.4 2.9 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.9 5.1 4.3 3.6 3.9 5.6 5.6 4.2 LSD VALUE 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.1 C.V. (%) 14.7 26.5 13.1 14.1 18.4 9.5 12.1 26.6 19.2 8.0 39.6 8.2 15.8 14.9 10.8 26.6 13.9 14.5 13.3 17.6 11.1 9.0 10.1 11.3 9.4 9.4 16.0