TABLE 3F. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. 1/ 1994-97 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 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 DISCOVERY 8 4 1 8 9 1 3.0 12 1 1.0 5 3.0 1 1 7.5 1 2 6 3.0 3 2 12 3 1.0 5 5 1 RELIANT II 10 9 4 5 2 2 4.0 11 5 12.0 4 7.5 8 3 5.0 3 1 5 2.0 6 9 2 7 2.0 2 2 2 SR 3100 1 6 5 2 12 7 6.5 3 2 7.0 11 13.0 2 2 3.5 6 3 1 1.0 12 5 3 4 4.0 9 9 3 MB 82-93 11 3 3 4 11 3 1.0 1 3 2.0 1 14.0 4 13 6.0 2 13 4 8.0 8 1 11 2 7.5 8 8 4 OSPREY (PRO 92/24) 3 7 2 12 1 6 2.0 10 6 5.0 12 5.0 9 5 14.0 11 4 2 4.0 2 7 4 6 5.5 12 12 5 DEFIANT (MB 81-93) 6 11 7 14 3 10 5.0 7 8 3.0 8 1.0 5 4 12.0 4 7 3 5.0 10 3 8 8 12.0 1 1 6 NORDIC 7 8 11 1 5 9 12.0 8 7 9.5 9 3.0 7 8 9.0 5 5 11 6.5 4 8 9 5 13.0 7 7 7 ECOSTAR 9 10 6 6 6 8 9.0 13 9 8.0 2 6.0 3 7 10.0 8 10 7 6.5 5 4 13 9 9.0 10 10 8 VERNON (MB 83-93) 5 5 9 3 14 11 8.0 2 4 11.0 7 7.5 10 6 7.5 7 8 8 12.5 9 12 5 1 11.0 4 4 9 AURORA W/ENDO. 2 12 12 7 8 4 11.0 14 11 4.0 3 9.0 6 12 3.5 12 12 9 9.0 1 6 7 11 3.0 3 3 10 SPARTAN 4 1 10 9 4 12 6.5 6 10 9.5 14 10.0 11 9 1.0 14 9 10 10.0 11 11 14 12 5.5 6 6 11 BRIGADE 13 2 8 10 13 5 10.0 9 13 13.0 6 3.0 12 10 2.0 10 14 12 12.5 7 10 1 14 10.0 11 11 12 SCALDIS 12 13 13 11 7 13 13.0 4 12 6.0 13 12.0 13 11 13.0 13 6 14 11.0 13 14 10 10 14.0 14 14 13 PAMELA 14 14 14 13 10 14 14.0 5 14 14.0 10 11.0 14 14 11.0 9 11 13 14.0 14 13 6 13 7.5 13 13 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".