TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS AT TWENTY-TWO LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME BC1 CA3 IA1 ID2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 * BLACKSBURG 6.0 4.9 6.2 7.8 6.5 8.1 5.9 7.0 6.3 5.2 7.1 7.3 * MIDNIGHT 5.5 5.4 5.1 7.4 6.3 8.5 5.5 7.4 6.0 6.0 6.7 7.0 * P-104 (PRINCETON 104) 5.8 5.1 5.6 6.5 6.7 8.3 5.1 6.4 6.4 5.8 7.1 7.0 LOFTS 1757 5.2 5.2 5.4 7.1 6.4 7.8 5.5 6.8 6.9 5.5 6.3 6.8 * BRISTOL 5.7 5.2 5.3 6.9 5.9 7.5 5.7 5.8 7.0 5.8 6.3 6.8 ASSET 5.7 5.5 4.9 7.1 6.5 7.1 5.7 6.1 6.4 5.5 6.4 6.6 * ECLIPSE 5.5 4.2 5.3 7.0 6.5 7.8 6.0 5.6 6.5 5.5 6.0 6.6 * A-34 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.8 6.1 7.4 5.1 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.5 * CHALLENGER 5.6 5.6 4.7 6.9 6.2 7.9 5.3 5.0 6.9 5.5 6.1 7.1 BA 73-540 5.9 5.1 5.3 7.3 6.3 7.6 5.1 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.9 5.6 * AMERICA 5.6 4.4 5.4 7.2 6.5 7.3 6.0 5.6 6.9 5.8 5.7 6.9 * TRENTON 5.8 5.8 6.2 7.0 6.2 6.9 5.5 6.3 7.2 5.3 5.4 6.0 * BA 72-492 (ESTATE) 5.9 5.0 5.9 7.0 6.2 7.0 5.1 5.6 6.6 5.0 6.0 5.2 PST-CB1 . 5.6 5.8 6.9 6.1 6.8 5.8 6.3 7.2 5.4 4.6 5.4 * BA 72-500 (CHATEAU) 5.5 5.2 5.8 6.4 6.2 7.4 4.9 5.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.9 * F-1872 (FREEDOM) . 5.4 6.3 7.2 6.3 7.1 5.1 6.0 6.4 5.6 5.6 5.9 * BA 70-139 (COVENTRY) 5.8 5.1 5.2 6.8 6.4 7.2 5.1 5.4 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.8 * JULIA 5.9 4.8 6.1 6.7 6.0 6.7 5.2 4.1 6.1 5.0 6.1 6.2 WW AG 496 5.8 5.3 5.6 6.7 6.3 7.1 5.5 6.6 6.4 6.7 5.4 5.7 239 (SUFFOLK) 5.2 6.1 5.6 6.8 5.8 6.6 5.6 5.8 6.7 5.8 5.2 6.0 * RUGBY 5.4 6.1 5.7 6.8 6.1 7.0 5.5 6.7 6.4 6.3 5.0 6.4 * SYDSPORT 6.0 5.4 5.1 7.0 6.0 7.5 4.8 4.9 6.9 5.3 6.0 5.4 * CLASSIC 5.3 5.5 5.7 7.0 5.9 7.2 5.6 6.4 6.5 5.5 5.6 6.4 * GLADE 5.6 5.3 4.1 7.3 6.2 7.7 5.7 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.9 6.3 K3-178 5.6 5.2 6.1 7.0 5.8 7.0 5.9 6.7 6.5 4.9 5.1 5.7 * HAGA 5.7 5.3 5.2 7.0 6.2 7.1 5.3 6.0 6.2 6.0 5.1 6.1 BAR VB 534 5.8 5.6 5.3 7.1 6.2 6.9 5.3 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.9 6.0 BA 73-626 5.3 5.4 5.1 7.0 6.2 7.5 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.8 4.7 6.3 * CYNTHIA 5.9 5.1 5.3 7.2 6.0 6.7 5.2 6.0 6.7 6.0 5.6 6.7 * ASPEN 5.4 4.8 4.3 6.3 6.1 7.1 5.7 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.9 * TENDOS 6.0 5.9 5.8 7.7 6.2 7.0 4.9 4.7 6.6 5.7 6.2 5.6 * DAWN . 5.6 4.6 6.9 5.5 7.4 6.0 5.6 6.3 5.3 5.1 6.0 * VICTA 5.3 5.3 5.1 6.4 6.3 7.5 5.8 6.0 6.4 4.8 5.4 6.4 * IKONE 5.3 5.0 5.9 6.2 6.0 7.3 4.6 5.6 6.8 5.1 5.7 6.1 * BA 72-441 (ABBEY) 5.5 5.7 4.9 7.0 6.0 7.1 5.8 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.2 5.9 CONNI . 5.4 5.8 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.5 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.5 * LIBERTY . 5.4 4.9 6.9 6.0 7.1 5.4 6.4 6.5 6.1 4.9 6.2 * CHERI 5.5 5.1 5.1 7.0 6.2 7.6 4.8 5.3 7.0 5.8 5.4 5.7 * NASSAU 5.2 5.3 4.4 6.9 6.0 7.7 5.6 6.1 6.4 5.3 4.5 6.3 * PARADE 5.6 5.5 6.1 7.1 6.3 7.3 5.3 5.9 6.5 5.9 4.8 5.7 * ABLE I 5.3 4.3 4.9 7.1 6.3 6.6 5.7 6.1 6.6 5.3 6.3 6.9 K1-152 5.5 5.3 5.8 7.3 5.9 6.9 5.3 5.8 6.5 6.0 5.0 5.9 BA 69-82 5.7 5.1 5.4 6.4 6.0 7.5 5.0 4.0 6.4 5.1 5.1 5.4 HV 97 6.1 5.2 6.4 7.3 6.4 7.1 4.3 6.1 6.7 5.5 5.3 5.6 * AQUILA 5.1 5.4 5.6 6.6 6.1 5.9 5.4 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.0 6.0 * MERIT 5.6 5.6 4.2 7.0 6.1 7.4 5.0 5.9 6.5 6.0 5.2 6.1 * RAM-1 5.5 5.3 4.7 7.0 6.4 6.5 5.1 5.7 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.5 * SOMERSET 5.2 5.1 5.2 6.8 6.3 7.0 6.0 4.2 6.3 5.8 5.3 6.4 TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) AT TWENTY-TWO LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME OH1 OK1 OR1 RI1 UB1 VA1 VA2 VA3 WA1 WA3 MEAN BLACKSBURG 6.8 4.5 7.6 6.3 7.9 4.6 5.9 4.2 8.0 6.1 6.4 MIDNIGHT 6.8 4.7 7.1 6.1 7.3 4.7 5.5 4.9 8.0 6.2 6.3 P-104 (PRINCETON 104) 7.1 4.8 6.7 5.3 7.1 4.9 5.3 4.0 7.0 7.8 6.2 LOFTS 1757 6.4 5.8 6.3 5.8 6.6 4.8 5.5 4.1 6.7 6.2 6.0 BRISTOL 6.7 5.3 6.8 6.2 6.7 4.4 4.9 4.2 6.7 6.7 6.0 ASSET 6.6 4.7 6.5 5.3 6.7 4.6 5.8 3.6 6.7 6.7 5.9 ECLIPSE 6.1 5.7 6.4 5.8 7.5 5.2 5.6 4.2 7.0 3.9 5.9 A-34 6.7 6.3 6.1 5.7 6.2 4.4 5.3 4.5 5.7 6.2 5.9 CHALLENGER 6.4 5.4 6.9 5.9 7.1 4.3 4.4 4.4 6.3 5.8 5.9 BA 73-540 6.7 6.3 5.4 5.7 6.4 4.5 6.0 4.3 6.7 6.2 5.9 AMERICA 6.8 4.9 5.7 5.6 7.4 4.8 4.7 4.8 6.7 4.3 5.9 TRENTON 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.3 4.6 4.4 4.7 6.3 5.6 5.9 BA 72-492 (ESTATE) 6.6 5.3 6.0 5.8 6.8 4.7 5.8 5.2 5.7 6.5 5.9 PST-CB1 5.9 6.0 6.5 5.4 6.5 4.4 5.2 4.9 7.0 5.2 5.8 BA 72-500 (CHATEAU) 6.8 4.4 6.1 5.9 6.4 5.0 5.8 5.0 7.0 6.1 5.8 F-1872 (FREEDOM) 5.8 5.3 6.1 6.0 6.4 4.6 4.7 5.1 6.3 5.4 5.8 BA 70-139 (COVENTRY) 6.6 5.1 5.9 5.3 6.1 5.0 5.4 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.8 JULIA 6.4 5.4 6.3 5.8 6.9 4.7 5.7 4.6 7.3 5.9 5.8 WW AG 496 6.4 4.3 5.6 5.2 6.9 4.4 5.6 4.3 6.3 6.0 5.8 239 (SUFFOLK) 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.3 6.3 5.2 5.3 5.6 6.3 5.8 5.8 RUGBY 6.0 4.7 5.7 5.7 6.1 4.4 4.6 5.1 7.0 5.2 5.8 SYDSPORT 6.6 4.4 5.8 4.6 6.6 5.3 5.7 4.5 7.7 6.4 5.8 CLASSIC 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.3 6.1 4.2 4.6 5.5 6.3 5.8 5.8 GLADE 6.6 3.8 5.9 5.7 6.7 4.8 5.6 4.4 7.3 5.2 5.8 K3-178 5.9 4.8 5.8 5.8 6.2 4.5 5.0 4.9 6.7 5.9 5.8 HAGA 6.2 5.6 5.8 5.0 6.0 5.0 4.7 3.9 6.7 6.4 5.8 BAR VB 534 6.0 5.3 5.4 6.2 6.3 4.3 4.7 3.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 BA 73-626 6.7 5.8 5.3 5.4 6.7 4.9 5.1 4.4 6.7 4.6 5.7 CYNTHIA 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.3 6.9 4.2 4.6 4.2 6.0 6.2 5.7 ASPEN 5.8 4.3 5.4 5.5 7.0 4.0 5.5 5.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 TENDOS 6.1 3.5 6.5 5.4 4.7 4.8 5.2 3.7 7.0 6.6 5.7 DAWN 6.2 4.6 6.1 5.9 6.6 4.1 5.3 4.8 7.0 5.3 5.7 VICTA 6.3 4.1 5.9 4.8 6.6 5.2 6.1 4.1 7.7 4.3 5.7 IKONE 6.6 4.8 5.6 5.2 6.7 4.7 5.2 4.5 7.0 5.8 5.7 BA 72-441 (ABBEY) 5.8 5.2 5.1 5.3 6.1 5.2 5.9 4.0 7.0 4.5 5.7 CONNI 5.8 5.0 6.8 5.4 6.2 4.2 4.8 3.4 7.3 5.4 5.7 LIBERTY 5.9 4.8 6.1 5.7 6.6 4.5 4.9 4.2 6.3 5.3 5.7 CHERI 6.3 4.3 5.9 5.6 6.5 4.6 5.3 4.5 6.3 5.6 5.7 NASSAU 6.4 4.7 5.9 5.3 6.3 4.7 5.6 4.5 6.3 5.8 5.7 PARADE 5.6 4.8 5.3 5.6 6.1 3.8 4.4 5.0 6.3 6.1 5.7 ABLE I 5.9 4.8 5.9 5.3 5.8 4.4 5.0 3.9 6.7 5.8 5.7 K1-152 5.7 4.9 5.5 5.4 6.3 4.2 4.7 4.7 6.3 5.6 5.7 BA 69-82 7.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.6 5.2 5.7 4.8 5.7 6.3 5.7 HV 97 5.9 5.1 6.2 6.0 6.0 4.2 4.4 3.7 6.3 4.2 5.6 AQUILA 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.4 6.7 4.1 5.6 4.0 6.7 3.3 5.6 MERIT 6.2 4.2 5.3 5.2 6.3 4.6 5.2 4.4 6.7 5.1 5.6 RAM-1 6.6 4.9 6.1 4.8 5.9 4.8 5.2 3.9 7.0 3.5 5.6 SOMERSET 6.1 4.4 5.3 5.0 6.4 4.6 5.3 4.1 6.7 6.1 5.6 TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) AT TWENTY-TWO LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME BC1 CA3 IA1 ID2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 WW AG 495 5.3 4.2 5.9 7.3 5.9 6.4 4.9 6.7 6.2 5.9 4.5 6.1 * GEORGETOWN 5.7 5.3 5.8 6.5 6.2 7.0 5.6 6.0 6.4 5.8 4.9 6.4 * BARON 5.3 4.7 4.5 7.0 5.9 7.5 5.3 5.1 6.7 5.7 5.2 6.1 WW AG 491 5.4 4.9 5.5 6.6 6.4 6.5 5.5 6.7 6.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 BA 70-242 5.1 5.2 4.6 6.6 6.0 7.1 5.9 4.8 7.0 5.2 4.5 6.3 * MONOPOLY 5.6 5.2 6.4 6.5 6.0 6.5 6.2 5.2 6.4 5.1 5.6 4.9 * DESTINY . 5.0 3.6 6.7 5.5 7.2 5.8 4.9 6.3 5.8 4.5 6.2 * WELCOME 6.1 5.3 4.9 7.0 6.3 6.7 5.3 5.0 6.8 4.9 6.3 5.9 * AMAZON 5.5 4.0 5.2 7.0 5.8 6.9 4.0 5.9 6.2 4.7 5.9 6.0 * MYSTIC 4.5 4.3 6.2 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.5 5.4 6.4 6.4 * HARMONY 5.5 5.3 4.9 6.3 6.0 7.3 5.2 5.1 6.8 6.0 4.6 6.0 * WABASH 4.7 5.3 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.7 4.6 4.8 6.4 4.5 5.7 4.8 NE 80-88 . 5.1 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.5 4.9 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.2 BAR VB 577 5.7 5.6 4.8 7.3 6.0 7.0 4.9 4.8 6.6 5.7 4.3 6.1 COMPACT . 5.3 5.3 7.0 5.8 5.9 5.4 6.3 6.7 5.0 4.6 4.6 * MERION 5.2 4.0 3.9 5.7 6.2 7.0 5.7 4.6 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.9 * GNOME 5.4 3.8 4.8 6.5 5.8 6.9 5.8 3.8 6.8 5.3 5.4 5.9 WW AG 468 4.8 4.0 4.9 6.3 6.1 7.9 5.3 3.3 6.5 6.6 4.0 5.9 BARZAN 5.8 5.6 4.9 7.5 5.6 7.1 5.0 5.4 6.3 4.8 5.1 6.0 ANNIKA . 5.2 5.3 6.5 5.2 6.7 4.4 5.1 6.6 6.0 5.4 5.7 * HUNTSVILLE . 5.1 5.8 7.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 4.6 6.5 5.9 4.6 5.1 * KENBLUE 4.3 4.7 5.3 6.7 5.9 4.8 4.5 5.9 6.5 5.5 4.1 4.0 * JOY 4.2 4.7 5.3 6.4 5.2 6.1 4.9 4.8 6.3 5.1 4.1 4.1 * S.D. CERTIFIED 4.0 5.1 5.6 6.3 5.8 5.4 3.9 5.6 6.2 5.3 3.9 3.6 LSD VALUE 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VARIETY TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) AT TWENTY-TWO LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME OH1 OK1 OR1 RI1 UB1 VA1 VA2 VA3 WA1 WA3 MEAN WW AG 495 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.4 7.2 4.4 4.8 3.5 6.7 4.2 5.6 GEORGETOWN 5.9 4.5 5.3 4.6 6.2 4.5 5.0 4.3 6.3 5.2 5.6 BARON 6.0 4.8 5.2 4.3 6.5 4.6 5.6 4.6 7.0 4.6 5.6 WW AG 491 6.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.5 4.2 4.9 4.2 6.0 5.4 5.6 BA 70-242 6.2 4.0 5.5 5.3 6.6 5.1 5.2 4.4 7.3 4.3 5.6 MONOPOLY 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.1 6.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.5 DESTINY 6.0 5.3 5.8 5.8 6.0 4.8 5.1 4.0 6.7 4.9 5.5 WELCOME 6.3 3.7 5.1 6.0 6.6 4.5 5.4 3.6 6.7 2.8 5.5 AMAZON 6.4 6.2 5.2 5.7 7.4 4.4 4.6 2.9 6.0 4.3 5.5 MYSTIC 6.4 3.8 4.6 4.9 6.7 3.4 5.6 3.8 6.3 2.4 5.4 HARMONY 6.2 4.3 4.6 5.5 6.0 4.4 5.5 4.0 7.3 2.9 5.4 WABASH 5.9 5.1 4.9 6.0 6.2 4.1 5.9 5.0 6.0 4.0 5.4 NE 80-88 6.2 4.3 4.9 5.2 6.2 4.4 4.9 4.0 7.0 3.3 5.4 BAR VB 577 5.9 4.4 5.8 4.7 5.4 3.9 4.4 3.6 6.3 5.8 5.4 COMPACT 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.5 6.3 4.8 5.3 4.5 6.3 3.5 5.4 MERION 5.9 3.7 5.6 4.9 6.3 4.3 5.4 4.2 6.0 6.3 5.4 GNOME 5.4 5.1 5.1 4.5 6.8 4.7 4.5 3.1 6.7 4.8 5.3 WW AG 468 6.4 5.3 4.8 5.8 6.9 4.4 5.2 2.0 6.0 4.2 5.3 BARZAN 4.9 3.5 5.7 4.8 5.7 4.0 5.2 3.2 6.3 2.6 5.2 ANNIKA 6.2 4.0 4.8 5.1 5.8 4.3 4.6 3.0 6.0 3.8 5.2 HUNTSVILLE 5.6 3.7 4.7 5.0 5.6 4.2 4.5 4.1 6.3 2.3 5.1 KENBLUE 4.8 3.6 3.4 4.7 4.8 3.7 4.8 3.8 6.0 1.8 4.7 JOY 5.0 3.7 3.3 4.2 4.8 4.2 4.6 3.7 6.0 1.9 4.7 S.D. CERTIFIED 5.4 3.8 3.0 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.9 3.6 5.7 1.7 4.6 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.7 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.2 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).