TABLE 6. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS 1/ IN THE TRANSITION REGION 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 NC1 OK1 VA1 MEAN DIVA (PRO SEEDS - 453) 7.2 4.5 7.8 6.8 6.1 4.3 6.7 6.3 6.2 FREEDOM III (J-2890) 7.0 3.5 8.0 6.3 6.4 3.9 6.8 6.2 6.0 NU DESTINY (J-2695) 6.7 5.1 8.4 5.4 6.3 4.0 5.7 5.9 5.9 UNKNOWN 6.6 5.4 7.1 5.9 5.6 3.4 6.3 5.7 5.8 IMPACT 6.6 5.0 7.6 6.2 6.6 3.1 5.0 6.0 5.7 BARRISTER (J-1655) 6.9 4.5 8.2 5.9 6.3 3.7 4.0 6.4 5.7 EXCURSION (J-1648) 6.6 4.8 8.0 6.2 5.9 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.7 QUANTUM LEAP 7.6 3.9 8.0 5.7 6.1 3.9 5.2 5.2 5.7 DLF 76-9037 6.8 4.0 6.9 6.1 6.0 3.9 6.0 6.0 5.7 PERFECTION (J-1515) 6.9 3.9 7.4 6.1 6.5 3.1 5.7 6.0 5.7 TSUNAMI (J-2487) 6.8 3.7 8.1 6.1 6.6 3.5 5.9 4.7 5.7 BLUE VELVET (J-1513) 6.8 4.1 8.3 6.2 6.4 4.3 3.6 5.7 5.7 EVERGLADE 6.6 4.6 7.9 6.1 6.3 3.5 4.1 6.1 5.7 SKYE (A97-1715) 6.9 4.6 7.5 6.1 5.8 3.7 4.5 5.9 5.6 GOLDSTAR (A98-296) 6.9 4.1 7.0 5.2 5.6 3.3 5.7 7.0 5.6 ROYCE (A98-304) 6.4 4.3 6.8 5.8 6.0 3.6 5.7 6.1 5.6 LIBERATOR 6.0 4.9 7.6 5.2 6.3 3.5 5.0 5.9 5.6 ALEXA (J-2561) 6.6 2.8 8.0 6.3 5.9 4.5 4.3 6.1 5.6 BAR PP 0471 6.7 3.9 6.5 6.3 5.6 4.0 5.2 6.1 5.5 ODYSSEY 6.6 4.9 7.1 5.4 6.3 3.7 5.0 5.2 5.5 AWARD 6.6 4.9 7.6 5.7 6.5 3.7 4.0 5.3 5.5 AWESOME (J-1420) 6.9 4.8 8.3 5.4 5.9 3.5 4.1 5.2 5.5 J-2885 6.9 4.2 7.4 5.9 6.0 3.8 4.6 5.4 5.5 MOON SHADOW (PICK 113-3) 7.7 5.3 7.0 5.7 6.0 3.4 4.4 4.5 5.5 VALOR (A97-1330) 6.6 4.0 6.5 5.9 5.2 3.9 5.4 6.6 5.5 EVEREST 6.0 4.3 8.0 5.3 6.3 3.8 4.0 6.2 5.5 BLUESTONE (PST-731) 6.9 4.6 7.5 6.4 6.0 3.1 4.3 5.0 5.5 MIDNIGHT II (A98-739) 7.0 3.9 7.9 6.1 6.1 3.8 3.7 5.3 5.5 CABERNET 7.6 3.7 6.9 5.7 5.1 3.9 4.7 6.1 5.5 RUGBY II 5.8 4.2 7.8 5.6 5.6 3.5 5.8 5.4 5.5 A98-183 7.4 4.0 7.2 4.8 5.9 4.3 4.5 5.6 5.5 BA 00-6001 6.5 3.8 6.8 6.3 5.8 3.8 5.4 5.2 5.5 COURTYARD (J-1838) 6.6 3.2 8.2 6.3 6.6 3.4 4.0 5.3 5.4 BEDAZZLED 6.1 4.6 6.6 5.6 6.3 3.3 4.3 6.6 5.4 GINNEY (J-1368) 6.5 3.2 7.8 5.7 6.4 3.6 4.8 5.5 5.4 BEYOND (J-1880) 6.4 2.6 7.6 5.9 6.3 3.9 4.4 6.1 5.4 A98-365 6.4 4.2 6.7 5.9 4.5 3.3 5.7 6.6 5.4 BRILLIANT 6.6 3.4 7.4 6.3 5.7 2.9 4.1 6.6 5.4 DELIGHT (A97-1432) 5.9 3.1 7.5 5.9 5.5 3.6 4.1 7.3 5.4 NUGLADE 6.1 3.5 7.6 5.9 6.3 2.9 5.9 4.9 5.4 EAGLETON 7.7 4.1 6.6 4.7 6.0 3.5 5.2 5.2 5.4 LANGARA 7.1 5.0 6.5 5.8 5.3 3.3 5.1 4.7 5.4 SR 2284 (SRX 2284) 7.0 4.6 7.1 5.6 5.3 2.9 4.5 6.0 5.4 APOLLO 6.2 3.3 7.0 5.7 5.3 3.8 4.9 6.6 5.3 TABLE 6. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS 1/ IN THE TRANSITION REGION 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 NC1 OK1 VA1 MEAN PST-161 6.7 4.3 7.1 3.8 5.8 3.9 3.8 7.3 5.3 HV 238 5.7 3.4 6.8 5.2 6.0 4.2 4.7 6.6 5.3 BAR PP 0573 6.7 3.9 7.2 5.6 5.9 3.7 3.9 5.7 5.3 ARCADIA 6.9 2.5 7.5 6.3 6.3 3.2 3.6 6.2 5.3 TOTAL ECLIPSE 6.2 4.0 7.4 5.5 5.9 3.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 RAMBO 6.5 4.3 6.3 5.7 5.6 3.4 4.5 5.9 5.3 MIDNIGHT 7.1 4.4 8.1 5.6 6.2 3.7 2.9 4.1 5.3 CHAMPLAIN (A98-1275) 6.1 4.9 7.2 5.5 5.9 3.6 3.2 5.8 5.3 VOYAGER II (PST-1QG-27) 6.2 4.1 7.0 6.0 5.7 3.6 2.8 6.7 5.3 ARROW (A97-1567) 6.4 2.9 6.7 5.7 5.8 3.8 4.4 6.3 5.3 AVALANCHE (PST-1701) 6.8 4.1 6.8 5.3 5.7 3.0 5.1 5.0 5.2 CASABLANCA (B3-171) 6.4 3.8 6.9 5.7 5.5 2.6 4.7 6.1 5.2 RITA 6.5 4.1 7.2 4.7 5.2 3.8 4.9 5.3 5.2 BLACKSBURG II (PST-1BMY) 7.0 4.4 6.5 4.5 5.0 3.5 4.7 5.9 5.2 BLUE-TASTIC (1B7-308) 5.9 3.1 7.2 6.3 5.1 2.9 4.5 6.5 5.2 BA 83-113 6.3 3.2 6.7 5.4 5.5 3.7 6.0 4.6 5.2 H92-203 6.6 3.9 6.8 5.7 5.3 3.3 3.8 6.0 5.2 MALLARD (A97-1439) 7.1 3.7 6.7 5.1 5.8 3.3 3.1 6.5 5.2 CHAMPAGNE 5.9 4.5 6.8 5.3 5.3 4.1 4.5 4.9 5.2 DYNAMO (B3-185) 6.3 2.9 6.8 6.3 5.0 3.0 4.5 6.5 5.2 SONOMA 7.2 5.0 7.0 6.2 5.3 3.1 2.5 5.0 5.1 BLUEMAX (PST-B5-89) 6.3 3.7 7.1 5.7 5.2 2.8 3.9 6.4 5.1 BAR PP 0566 7.1 3.8 6.6 5.3 5.7 3.5 2.9 5.8 5.1 BARONETTE (BA 81-058) 6.6 4.7 7.0 4.5 5.2 3.4 3.8 5.5 5.1 JEWEL 6.0 4.2 6.1 6.1 5.3 3.6 3.8 5.6 5.1 A96-739 6.7 3.2 6.7 6.2 6.0 3.3 2.5 6.0 5.1 UNIQUE 6.7 4.2 7.0 5.7 5.3 3.8 2.7 5.0 5.1 FREEDOM II 5.6 4.7 7.3 5.7 6.0 3.0 3.5 4.5 5.0 A98-1028 7.1 4.2 6.8 3.3 5.4 3.5 4.3 5.3 5.0 BOUTIQUE 6.4 3.9 6.5 5.4 5.4 3.3 3.3 5.8 5.0 GLENMONT (H94-293) 5.1 4.1 6.5 5.7 5.7 3.6 3.6 5.7 5.0 SHOWCASE 6.9 2.7 6.5 5.9 5.6 3.4 3.3 5.7 5.0 BA 82-288 6.5 4.5 7.1 4.7 5.4 2.9 3.7 5.3 5.0 B4-128A 6.1 3.6 5.6 6.2 5.3 3.1 4.3 5.7 5.0 BAR PP 0468 6.5 4.1 6.7 6.3 5.3 3.5 2.3 5.2 5.0 PST-H6-150 6.3 3.5 6.6 5.8 5.2 3.1 3.9 5.4 5.0 CHICAGO II 5.9 4.3 6.4 6.7 5.9 3.4 3.0 4.1 5.0 MERCURY (PICK-232) 6.5 2.4 6.6 5.9 5.3 3.7 4.3 5.0 5.0 RAMPART (PICK 417) 5.9 4.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 3.0 4.5 4.6 5.0 BLACKSTONE 6.5 3.8 7.2 6.0 5.8 3.2 3.7 3.3 4.9 LIMOUSINE 6.4 4.1 6.2 7.3 4.8 2.9 3.7 4.1 4.9 JEFFERSON 6.4 3.7 6.8 4.8 5.8 3.4 3.5 5.0 4.9 A96-742 6.9 3.8 5.8 4.1 4.8 4.1 4.9 5.1 4.9 SERENE 5.9 4.1 6.5 6.1 5.8 3.5 3.4 4.1 4.9 PRINCETON 105 5.3 4.8 6.3 4.4 5.3 3.3 3.5 6.4 4.9 TABLE 6. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS 1/ IN THE TRANSITION REGION 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 NC1 OK1 VA1 MEAN SI A96-386 6.4 3.6 5.9 5.5 4.9 3.1 4.0 5.8 4.9 BORDEAUX 5.3 4.3 6.1 6.1 4.9 3.3 4.0 5.0 4.9 NORTH STAR 6.3 3.7 5.9 6.3 5.9 4.4 3.1 3.5 4.9 BARTITIA 6.0 3.5 6.3 5.7 5.4 3.5 4.3 4.3 4.9 HV 140 6.4 3.2 6.3 5.7 5.3 3.6 4.8 3.6 4.9 PST-B3-170 5.5 3.7 5.7 5.5 5.7 3.3 4.1 5.3 4.9 SRX 2114 6.1 3.9 6.5 5.1 5.2 3.6 3.3 5.0 4.9 MOONLIGHT 5.6 2.6 7.4 6.0 5.9 2.8 3.3 5.2 4.8 KINGFISHER (SRX 2394) 5.3 4.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 3.1 3.5 5.0 4.8 LAKESHORE (A93-200) 6.9 4.2 6.6 4.5 6.0 3.0 2.8 4.7 4.8 JULIA 6.7 3.4 5.9 6.1 5.1 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.8 WASHINGTON 7.3 3.8 5.3 5.1 4.6 2.9 5.0 4.4 4.8 ALLURE 6.0 4.3 5.6 4.7 5.5 3.5 4.3 4.3 4.8 PST-604 6.1 3.2 6.1 5.0 5.3 3.9 2.3 6.3 4.8 MARQUIS 6.4 4.3 6.2 4.8 4.9 3.2 3.0 5.3 4.8 ABBEY 6.1 3.9 6.0 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 5.0 4.8 BROOKLAWN 6.2 4.3 5.7 3.7 5.3 3.6 4.7 4.6 4.8 WILDWOOD 6.2 3.8 6.2 5.1 5.4 3.0 3.4 5.0 4.8 CHELSEA 5.9 3.4 6.0 6.4 5.0 3.9 2.8 4.7 4.7 HALLMARK 6.3 4.3 6.3 5.2 4.8 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.7 PST-B5-125 5.8 3.8 6.5 4.9 5.7 3.5 2.6 5.2 4.7 BARITONE 6.9 4.3 4.8 6.6 4.9 3.7 3.8 3.0 4.7 APPALACHIAN (A98-139) 6.6 4.5 5.8 2.0 4.8 3.2 4.6 6.2 4.7 ROYALE (A97-1336) 7.2 4.3 6.8 3.6 5.5 2.6 2.5 5.2 4.7 BARONIE 6.4 3.8 5.8 5.5 4.8 3.3 3.4 4.7 4.7 BH 00-6003 6.6 3.4 6.4 4.1 5.4 3.3 3.9 4.6 4.7 DLF 76-9034 6.9 3.7 5.6 3.4 4.9 2.8 4.5 5.8 4.7 ENVICTA 6.3 3.1 5.4 5.1 5.5 3.6 2.1 6.6 4.7 B5-43 5.5 4.4 5.2 4.9 4.9 3.6 4.6 4.3 4.7 PST-H5-35 6.1 3.9 6.3 5.3 5.9 3.4 2.8 3.8 4.7 CHEETAH (PP H 6370) 6.3 3.4 6.4 4.1 5.5 2.6 3.7 5.4 4.7 PICK 453 5.8 3.3 6.1 5.7 5.3 3.0 4.6 3.6 4.7 MONTE CARLO (A96-402) 5.9 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.9 3.7 3.3 6.4 4.7 DLF 76-9032 4.7 4.3 4.3 6.6 5.0 3.2 5.1 4.0 4.7 KATIE (A96-451) 5.9 4.1 5.8 5.4 4.8 3.4 2.9 5.0 4.6 RAVEN 6.6 3.2 5.0 5.3 5.5 2.8 2.6 6.1 4.6 DLF 76-9036 6.8 3.6 5.7 5.5 5.2 2.6 2.1 5.5 4.6 A98-407 5.7 4.2 5.5 5.7 5.6 3.7 2.3 4.2 4.6 FAIRFAX 5.7 4.4 5.9 4.6 5.1 3.3 3.5 4.4 4.6 MONGOOSE (A98-881) 5.8 4.2 6.6 4.2 5.0 3.0 3.6 4.5 4.6 MOONSHINE (PST-1804) 6.7 2.8 6.6 4.1 5.7 3.3 2.1 5.7 4.6 CVB-20631 6.0 3.4 6.5 4.3 5.2 3.1 3.5 4.9 4.6 DURHAM (A96-427) 6.7 4.2 5.5 5.1 5.6 2.6 2.2 4.9 4.6 BARIRIS 5.8 3.2 5.4 6.5 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.4 4.6 JULIUS 5.3 3.9 5.3 7.1 4.3 3.7 3.0 4.0 4.6 TABLE 6. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS 1/ IN THE TRANSITION REGION 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 NC1 OK1 VA1 MEAN PST-B4-246 5.5 4.1 6.1 5.6 5.2 3.1 2.4 4.4 4.6 PST-108-79 5.7 4.2 5.1 6.3 5.2 3.0 2.9 3.9 4.6 MISTY 5.1 4.7 6.5 3.1 5.5 3.1 3.3 4.9 4.5 BARON 5.8 4.2 5.8 3.9 5.5 3.1 3.3 4.5 4.5 GOLDRUSH 5.9 3.2 5.8 4.6 5.2 3.6 3.4 4.4 4.5 A97-857 6.6 3.4 5.9 5.1 4.6 3.0 3.3 4.1 4.5 A97-1409 6.8 4.2 7.0 2.6 4.8 3.0 2.5 5.1 4.5 LILY 6.1 4.6 5.9 4.4 5.4 3.2 2.9 3.4 4.5 COVENTRY 6.1 4.1 5.3 5.1 5.2 3.5 3.0 3.6 4.5 SHAMROCK 6.1 4.2 6.0 4.1 5.4 2.7 2.8 4.7 4.5 H92-558 5.3 2.6 5.0 6.0 5.1 3.6 4.7 3.5 4.5 PST-YORK HARBOR 4 5.7 3.6 5.8 4.0 5.0 2.9 3.7 5.0 4.5 PP H 6366 6.4 3.4 5.8 5.7 4.5 3.4 2.5 3.9 4.4 SRX QG245 5.8 3.8 4.9 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 4.4 CHATEAU 4.9 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 3.0 3.3 4.2 4.4 BARZAN 6.2 2.9 6.3 3.7 4.9 3.5 3.2 4.4 4.4 ASCOT 5.6 4.1 6.1 6.4 4.9 2.4 1.5 4.1 4.4 BLUE RIDGE (A97-1449) 6.1 3.0 6.7 3.9 5.5 3.1 1.9 4.9 4.4 PST-222 4.8 3.9 6.8 4.0 5.7 2.9 2.0 4.8 4.4 BH 00-6002 5.5 4.3 5.8 4.8 4.6 3.1 2.3 4.2 4.3 99AN-53 4.6 3.5 5.0 4.9 4.8 3.4 3.7 4.5 4.3 B5-144 6.3 4.3 5.4 4.4 5.0 2.8 2.6 3.5 4.3 B5-45 5.7 4.1 4.9 4.4 4.8 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.3 BLUE SAPPHIRE (NA-K991) 5.0 2.4 5.0 4.7 5.3 3.2 4.8 3.7 4.3 ALPINE 5.0 4.2 5.8 3.7 5.1 3.3 2.5 4.2 4.2 BLUE KNIGHT 4.7 4.0 4.8 4.8 5.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 4.2 ULYSSES (PP H 7832) 6.0 3.6 3.9 4.5 5.2 3.4 3.7 3.5 4.2 PP H 7907 5.7 3.4 3.7 4.1 5.0 2.9 5.3 3.6 4.2 BODACIOUS 5.7 3.3 5.8 4.9 5.2 2.9 1.5 3.7 4.1 WELLINGTON 6.5 3.3 4.5 3.8 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.3 4.1 LIMERICK 5.8 3.7 6.0 4.2 4.9 2.9 2.3 3.1 4.1 KENBLUE 6.1 3.4 4.9 2.9 4.0 3.6 3.4 4.1 4.1 BOOMERANG 4.9 2.6 5.3 2.9 5.3 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.0 SRX 27921 5.0 3.9 4.8 2.9 4.9 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.9 PP H 7929 5.9 3.3 4.2 3.8 4.9 3.1 2.0 3.8 3.9 BA 84-140 3.7 3.3 2.6 6.5 5.2 2.9 2.6 4.1 3.8 SRX 26351 4.0 3.5 3.6 5.3 4.5 3.4 2.5 3.9 3.8 NA-K992 6.4 1.6 5.5 3.6 4.5 3.6 1.7 3.1 3.8 GO-9LM9 4.3 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.1 3.9 3.1 3.5 LSD VALUE 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.2 2.3 1.3 0.5 C.V. (%) 9.2 24.6 11.2 12.6 10.2 21.9 37.7 16.4 17.3 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.