TABLE 2E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT TWENTY-NINE LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1999 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 2/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN 4001 4.3 4.3 4.5 5.4 5.9 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.3 6.0 ABT-HF1 4.3 4.3 4.8 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.8 OXFORD 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.2 5.8 SRX 3961 4.0 4.0 4.6 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.7 BAR HF 8 FUS 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.6 NORDIC (E) 4.3 4.3 4.4 5.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.6 ABT-HF-2 4.0 4.0 4.4 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.6 ISI FL 12 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.8 5.5 4.8 5.5 ISI FL 11 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.5 STONEHENGE (AHF 009) 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.9 5.1 4.4 5.5 ABT-HF-4 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.1 4.4 5.5 DISCOVERY 4.7 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.5 RELIANT II 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.4 4.9 5.5 OSPREY 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.1 4.6 5.4 PICK FF A-97 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.9 5.4 ABT-HF-3 4.3 4.3 4.5 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.4 ATTILA E 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.5 4.9 4.7 5.4 SCALDIS 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.1 4.2 5.4 RESCUE 911 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.7 5.2 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.2 4.8 5.3 HERON 4.3 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.1 4.4 5.3 MB-82 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 5.3 SCALDIS II (AHF 008) 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.0 4.2 5.3 DEFIANT 4.0 4.0 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.6 5.1 4.4 5.3 BIGHORN 3.7 3.7 4.1 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.2 4.5 3.9 5.1 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.4 C.V. (%) 13.2 13.2 22.1 29.2 24.8 26.4 26.3 29.9 33.2 32.2 33.0 42.2 22.7 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.