TABLE 2E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT FOURTEEN LOCATIONS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM INPUT 1/ 1999-2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME CA1 CO1 IA1 IN1 KY1 MA1 MD1 MO1 NJ1 NJ2 NS1 OK1 PA1 RI1 MEAN VIKING (ABT-HF1) 6.7 5.9 6.5 5.7 6.7 5.2 7.1 3.6 5.9 5.8 6.7 2.0 7.2 7.2 5.8 BERKSHIRE (4001) 6.6 5.7 6.5 5.4 6.4 5.1 7.2 3.8 5.6 5.4 6.8 1.7 7.3 7.8 5.7 SRX 3961 6.5 5.1 6.5 5.7 6.7 4.7 6.9 3.7 5.1 5.4 7.1 1.9 7.4 6.8 5.6 OXFORD 6.8 5.9 6.2 5.6 6.8 4.5 6.7 3.7 4.3 4.9 6.1 1.9 7.0 6.6 5.4 ABT-HF-2 6.4 5.7 6.0 5.4 6.5 4.5 6.7 3.8 4.7 4.5 6.6 1.7 7.2 7.3 5.4 CHARIOT (CIS FL 12) 6.4 4.6 6.1 5.4 6.3 4.3 6.8 3.6 4.9 4.7 6.7 1.7 6.8 7.1 5.4 STONEHENGE (AHF 009) 6.2 5.1 6.0 5.3 6.4 5.5 6.3 3.6 5.0 5.1 6.6 1.6 6.6 6.8 5.3 EUREKA II (CIS FL 11) 6.7 4.6 5.9 5.1 5.9 4.1 6.9 3.7 4.4 5.2 6.1 2.4 6.5 6.8 5.3 MINOTAUR 6.3 4.9 5.8 5.0 5.7 4.9 6.4 3.7 5.2 4.8 6.1 1.9 6.6 3.6 5.3 PST-4HM 6.6 6.1 6.3 5.1 5.8 4.1 6.2 3.6 4.1 4.7 6.4 2.4 6.7 6.4 5.2 HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS) 6.5 5.2 5.9 5.2 6.4 5.0 6.9 3.9 4.2 3.9 6.4 1.6 6.7 7.6 5.2 NORDIC (E) 6.4 5.9 6.2 5.5 6.1 4.2 6.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 6.2 1.6 7.0 6.8 5.2 ABT-HF-3 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.2 6.1 4.5 6.7 3.6 5.1 5.0 5.9 1.5 6.8 4.0 5.2 DISCOVERY 6.3 5.2 5.7 5.1 6.0 4.5 6.7 3.8 4.4 4.7 6.1 1.5 6.8 6.6 5.2 RESCUE 911 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.8 3.6 6.5 3.7 4.6 4.2 6.5 1.6 6.9 6.7 5.1 PICK FF A-97 6.1 5.0 6.0 5.2 5.6 4.5 6.3 3.7 4.5 4.5 6.3 1.7 6.5 6.2 5.1 ABT-HF-4 6.2 5.0 6.1 5.0 5.7 4.4 6.6 3.5 4.5 4.7 6.0 1.7 6.9 5.3 5.1 HERON 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.8 4.1 6.7 3.6 4.2 5.1 6.3 1.7 6.7 4.7 5.0 RELIANT II 6.3 4.9 5.8 5.0 5.9 4.0 6.7 3.5 4.2 4.2 6.0 1.7 6.6 6.2 5.0 SCALDIS II (AHF 008) 6.2 4.9 6.0 4.9 5.7 4.5 6.2 3.6 3.3 4.2 6.0 2.0 6.7 4.4 5.0 OSPREY 6.4 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.3 6.5 3.8 3.8 4.6 5.7 1.4 6.5 5.7 5.0 SCALDIS 6.2 5.4 5.9 5.0 5.1 4.4 6.1 3.6 3.4 4.1 6.2 2.1 6.5 6.4 4.9 MB-82 6.0 5.1 5.7 4.9 5.3 5.1 6.1 3.7 3.3 4.1 6.0 1.5 6.3 6.7 4.8 DEFIANT 6.0 4.5 5.7 5.0 5.8 4.0 5.9 3.5 3.7 3.9 5.5 2.2 6.2 6.3 4.8 ATTILA E 6.1 5.2 5.6 4.3 5.0 4.9 6.3 3.5 3.5 4.2 6.0 1.7 6.2 5.3 4.7 BIGHORN 5.7 5.9 5.7 4.5 5.4 4.2 5.9 3.7 3.2 4.2 5.3 1.5 6.1 4.0 4.6 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.3 C.V. (%) 6.8 3.3 11.5 8.0 7.2 12.5 7.4 13.6 14.7 9.4 12.6 36.3 6.0 9.7 10.5