TABLE 1E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-NINE LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1999 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME CA1 CO1 IA1 IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MA1 MD1 ME1 ME2 MI1 MO1 MT1 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 NS1 NY1 OK1 PA1 QE1 RI1 SD1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 MEAN 4001 6.5 5.7 6.1 4.9 4.9 7.0 7.1 4.8 8.1 7.7 8.0 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.1 6.7 6.0 6.6 5.3 2.5 7.5 4.6 7.4 5.0 6.1 6.2 4.3 6.2 6.6 5.9 ABT-HF1 6.3 5.9 6.1 4.8 4.8 6.5 7.3 5.0 7.9 7.5 7.2 6.2 4.6 4.9 4.8 6.3 6.2 6.6 5.0 2.4 7.4 4.5 6.7 5.1 6.0 6.2 3.8 6.1 6.0 5.8 OXFORD 6.8 5.9 5.9 4.9 5.0 6.7 7.1 4.2 7.7 7.4 7.7 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.8 5.7 5.6 6.9 5.3 2.9 6.7 4.4 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.8 4.6 6.1 6.2 5.8 SRX 3961 6.4 5.1 5.8 4.4 5.0 6.4 7.3 4.5 7.3 7.0 7.2 6.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 6.4 6.4 6.6 5.1 2.6 7.3 4.5 6.9 5.3 5.3 5.6 3.8 5.8 6.2 5.7 BAR HF 8 FUS 6.7 5.2 5.3 4.7 4.8 6.9 6.9 4.6 7.6 7.4 7.1 5.6 5.8 4.9 4.8 5.3 5.0 5.9 5.4 2.7 6.8 4.5 7.2 4.8 5.6 5.4 4.2 5.7 6.5 5.6 NORDIC (E) 6.1 5.9 5.5 4.8 4.9 6.3 6.5 4.0 7.3 7.4 7.2 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.4 6.7 5.3 2.2 7.1 4.6 6.6 4.7 5.3 5.4 4.0 5.5 6.6 5.6 ABT-HF-2 6.1 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.5 5.8 6.6 4.4 7.3 7.4 7.2 6.0 5.5 4.9 4.4 6.0 5.5 6.4 5.3 2.6 6.8 4.5 7.2 4.8 5.4 6.0 3.8 5.6 6.0 5.6 ISI FL 12 6.2 4.6 4.9 4.7 5.3 6.6 7.0 4.1 7.7 7.7 7.5 6.2 5.2 5.0 4.1 4.8 5.0 6.6 5.4 2.8 6.6 4.5 6.6 4.6 4.7 5.7 3.8 5.5 6.1 5.5 ISI FL 11 6.7 4.6 5.2 4.8 4.3 6.7 6.7 3.9 7.7 7.9 7.2 6.0 5.2 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.2 6.6 5.1 3.1 6.8 4.5 6.7 4.8 4.6 5.1 4.4 5.1 6.1 5.5 STONEHENGE (AHF 009) 5.9 5.1 5.9 4.9 4.5 6.4 6.8 5.1 7.5 7.3 7.3 6.3 4.9 4.9 3.7 4.6 5.0 7.3 5.0 2.8 6.5 4.5 5.9 4.3 4.8 5.9 3.9 5.5 6.4 5.5 ABT-HF-4 6.0 5.0 5.8 4.8 4.8 6.9 6.2 4.3 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.3 4.8 5.0 3.9 5.9 5.3 6.6 5.3 2.4 6.8 4.4 4.8 5.3 4.6 5.1 3.7 5.6 6.4 5.4 DISCOVERY 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.7 6.4 6.7 3.8 7.5 7.1 6.9 5.8 5.3 4.7 4.6 5.0 5.5 6.6 5.1 2.3 7.0 4.5 5.9 4.6 5.3 5.4 3.8 5.6 6.0 5.4 RELIANT II 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.6 6.0 6.6 3.9 7.4 7.7 7.1 6.1 4.7 5.0 4.1 5.6 5.3 6.7 5.2 2.7 6.4 4.4 5.8 5.3 5.1 5.5 2.9 5.7 6.6 5.4 OSPREY 6.3 5.1 4.3 4.9 4.8 6.4 6.6 5.1 7.3 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.3 4.6 3.9 4.7 5.5 6.6 5.0 2.0 6.8 4.5 5.6 4.5 5.6 5.7 3.9 5.8 6.2 5.4 PICK FF A-97 5.9 5.0 5.2 4.4 5.0 6.6 6.2 4.0 7.2 6.9 7.5 6.1 5.5 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.4 6.3 5.3 2.5 6.8 4.4 6.0 4.6 5.0 5.6 3.9 5.2 6.1 5.4 ABT-HF-3 5.7 5.7 5.6 4.4 4.4 6.2 6.5 4.2 7.3 7.2 7.2 6.3 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.9 5.0 7.0 5.1 2.4 6.9 4.4 3.3 4.9 4.4 5.3 3.7 5.4 5.8 5.3 ATTILA E 6.1 5.2 5.3 4.6 3.9 6.7 5.9 4.5 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.1 4.5 5.2 3.8 4.9 4.5 6.7 5.3 2.9 6.4 4.3 5.2 4.7 5.7 5.5 3.8 5.4 6.5 5.3 SCALDIS 5.9 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.4 6.2 6.1 4.1 7.2 7.3 7.1 5.8 4.8 5.1 3.6 4.3 4.3 6.5 5.2 2.6 6.9 4.6 6.4 5.0 5.6 5.6 3.6 5.0 6.0 5.3 HERON 6.2 5.6 5.5 4.6 4.7 6.6 6.2 4.0 7.0 7.1 7.4 5.9 5.1 4.8 4.1 4.5 4.6 6.3 5.3 2.6 7.0 4.4 4.5 5.3 5.4 4.8 2.8 5.4 6.2 5.3 RESCUE 911 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.3 4.9 6.4 6.5 3.1 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.6 4.4 6.6 5.2 2.3 6.7 4.5 6.0 4.6 5.0 5.5 3.3 5.1 5.5 5.3 MB-82 5.3 5.1 5.3 4.4 4.5 6.0 6.3 4.9 7.2 7.7 7.0 6.3 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.8 6.2 5.3 2.0 6.4 4.4 6.8 4.8 4.9 5.0 3.8 5.5 6.0 5.3 SCALDIS II (AHF 008) 6.1 4.9 5.2 4.5 4.6 6.3 6.5 4.3 7.5 7.4 6.8 6.0 4.7 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.4 6.5 5.2 2.8 6.8 4.5 3.6 4.5 6.4 5.3 4.0 5.4 6.4 5.3 DEFIANT 5.8 4.5 5.3 4.3 4.6 6.8 6.5 3.6 7.3 6.9 6.9 6.1 4.8 5.1 3.5 4.8 4.9 6.2 4.8 2.6 6.4 4.4 6.0 4.7 4.9 5.4 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 BIGHORN 5.3 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.2 6.2 6.2 4.0 7.1 6.6 7.0 5.8 4.8 4.3 3.8 4.5 4.4 6.5 4.8 2.5 6.3 4.5 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.9 3.5 4.5 5.6 5.1 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.7 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 1.1 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.2 C.V. (%) 8.9 3.4 17.2 8.8 10.1 12.4 5.2 12.7 4.4 10.6 8.4 7.1 12.5 9.5 20.1 13.3 7.4 10.5 6.3 15.6 5.2 2.5 11.6 9.2 13.5 10.8 15.2 5.0 7.4 10.3 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.