TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS AT TWENTY-FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1990 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME BC1 CA3 DC1 IA1 ID2 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MD1 MI1 MO1 * BLACKSBURG 7.0 5.7 1.4 6.1 7.7 6.4 7.7 6.1 7.3 7.0 6.1 4.9 4.9 * MIDNIGHT 5.8 6.2 1.7 5.2 8.3 6.3 6.5 7.2 8.3 6.5 6.5 6.6 5.2 * ASSET 6.1 5.8 3.9 5.8 7.7 6.8 6.0 6.8 8.0 7.3 4.5 6.0 5.2 * P-104 (PRINCETON 104) 7.0 5.5 1.7 5.9 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 8.0 6.4 6.6 7.4 4.6 * ECLIPSE 5.4 5.5 1.7 5.8 7.3 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.3 6.8 6.2 6.3 5.0 * WABASH 4.5 5.3 4.4 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.0 7.3 6.1 5.5 6.0 * AMERICA 4.4 5.7 2.6 5.6 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.1 5.4 5.1 5.6 * JULIA 5.7 5.7 4.1 6.1 7.7 6.3 6.7 6.8 8.0 6.4 5.0 4.3 6.1 * BA 72-500 (CHATEAU) 6.8 5.8 2.3 5.1 7.3 6.4 6.6 6.6 8.3 6.0 5.0 4.7 6.6 * LOFTS 1757 6.3 6.0 2.5 6.1 7.7 6.7 6.5 6.4 7.3 6.2 5.7 6.0 5.1 * A-34 6.7 5.6 4.3 6.6 7.7 6.6 6.0 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.2 4.0 6.3 * ABLE I 5.4 5.7 1.5 6.1 8.3 6.9 6.7 6.8 7.3 6.6 5.3 5.4 4.8 * SOMERSET 5.8 5.7 2.0 6.5 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.9 6.7 6.5 5.7 6.2 6.3 * MYSTIC 5.3 5.5 1.9 6.3 7.3 7.3 5.7 7.1 6.7 7.0 5.5 5.8 5.0 * ASPEN 5.3 6.1 2.1 4.9 7.3 7.6 6.8 6.9 7.3 6.8 5.5 5.9 5.4 BA 73-540 6.2 5.8 2.8 5.5 7.0 6.2 6.9 5.2 8.7 6.3 5.4 4.7 5.9 * F-1872 (FREEDOM) . 5.5 . 6.1 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.4 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.1 6.3 * CHALLENGER 5.9 5.9 1.6 4.7 7.3 7.2 6.1 6.7 8.0 6.3 4.9 6.2 5.1 * BA 70-139 (COVENTRY) 6.7 5.9 2.4 5.2 8.0 6.2 6.9 4.9 8.3 6.4 4.9 5.1 6.4 * RAM-1 6.0 6.0 1.9 5.8 8.7 5.6 6.2 5.5 8.0 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 * GLADE 6.3 6.0 2.5 5.8 7.3 5.7 6.3 6.3 7.0 6.8 5.3 5.0 5.8 NE 80-88 . 5.7 . 6.1 6.0 7.2 6.4 6.6 7.0 6.8 4.9 5.4 4.9 * DAWN . 5.9 3.4 5.1 7.3 6.8 6.5 6.2 7.7 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.1 * CHERI 6.8 5.9 1.5 4.9 7.3 6.3 6.5 5.4 7.7 6.3 5.0 5.1 5.4 BA 69-82 6.0 5.9 3.1 5.2 7.7 6.8 6.7 6.3 7.7 6.3 5.1 4.5 6.2 * HAGA 5.5 5.8 4.2 5.5 7.3 6.8 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.3 5.9 4.8 5.6 BAR VB 534 5.3 5.7 2.6 5.9 7.3 6.3 6.1 6.3 7.0 6.4 6.1 4.2 5.2 * SYDSPORT 6.7 5.8 2.8 5.3 7.3 6.2 5.9 5.2 7.0 6.0 4.6 5.1 5.4 * BRISTOL 5.3 6.0 2.2 5.1 7.3 6.2 6.5 6.4 7.3 6.4 5.9 5.2 5.3 * MONOPOLY 5.4 5.7 4.4 6.5 6.3 6.9 7.1 6.7 7.3 6.6 5.6 5.4 5.2 * AQUILA 5.5 5.9 1.8 5.7 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.6 7.7 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.2 * CLASSIC 5.7 5.8 2.4 5.9 7.7 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 5.1 5.1 5.9 * CONNI . 5.8 1.6 5.5 7.3 5.7 5.9 5.9 8.0 6.0 5.4 4.7 3.0 * GEORGETOWN 5.6 5.5 3.4 6.9 6.7 7.2 6.3 6.2 7.0 6.5 5.5 4.4 5.2 * IKONE 5.5 5.8 3.1 6.2 8.0 6.1 6.5 5.8 8.3 6.2 5.3 4.8 5.3 WELCOME 7.2 5.8 1.7 5.1 7.0 6.1 6.2 6.7 8.0 6.2 4.3 5.1 4.0 * BA 73-626 (KELLY) 5.7 5.8 2.9 5.8 7.7 5.9 6.4 5.8 7.7 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.2 * TRENTON 5.8 5.7 2.6 5.9 6.7 7.1 6.2 6.8 6.3 6.3 5.5 5.1 6.0 * CYNTHIA 5.7 5.6 2.1 5.9 7.7 7.3 6.4 6.8 6.0 6.3 5.9 4.3 4.7 * BA 72-492 (ESTATE) 6.5 5.8 2.0 5.4 7.0 5.9 6.9 6.2 7.7 6.1 4.5 3.9 5.6 WW AG 496 5.6 5.7 3.2 5.3 7.7 6.8 6.7 5.6 7.7 6.2 5.9 4.2 4.8 * LIBERTY . 5.7 2.7 5.7 7.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 7.0 6.6 5.0 4.9 5.7 * HUNTSVILLE . 5.7 2.3 6.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.6 7.0 6.4 5.3 5.3 4.8 PST-CB1 . 5.6 2.9 5.6 7.0 6.6 6.6 6.6 7.0 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.7 * VICTA 6.4 5.8 2.4 5.1 7.0 5.3 6.8 5.6 8.0 6.2 5.1 5.4 4.8 TABLE 1. (continued) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS AT TWENTY-FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1990 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME BC1 CA3 DC1 IA1 ID2 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MD1 MI1 MO1 * BA 72-441 (ABBEY) 5.5 5.8 1.9 5.5 7.3 5.9 6.4 5.9 7.3 6.3 5.0 5.6 5.2 * TENDOS 6.9 6.1 1.6 5.7 6.7 6.1 6.3 6.8 7.7 5.9 4.2 5.3 5.2 * 239 (SUFFOLK) 5.2 6.0 2.7 5.7 6.0 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 5.6 4.9 5.7 * RUGBY 5.4 5.9 2.3 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.8 5.9 6.3 6.3 5.4 4.6 5.8 * BA 70-242 (MARQUIS) 5.3 5.9 1.5 5.5 7.3 6.4 6.8 6.0 7.3 6.2 6.5 5.7 4.1 * MERION 5.6 5.7 1.4 5.1 8.0 6.6 6.1 6.7 7.0 5.9 3.5 5.6 4.3 * MERIT 5.7 5.7 2.6 5.2 8.3 6.1 6.7 5.4 7.3 6.2 5.0 5.2 5.3 WW AG 491 5.3 5.9 3.5 5.7 7.7 6.3 6.2 5.4 7.7 6.6 4.5 4.6 5.4 * DESTINY . 6.0 1.7 5.9 7.0 6.2 6.3 5.9 8.0 6.3 4.5 5.0 4.3 HV 97 (COCKTAIL) 6.0 5.8 1.7 5.2 7.3 5.9 6.1 6.2 7.0 6.0 4.7 4.8 4.3 * BARON 5.2 5.5 1.7 5.5 7.0 5.9 6.4 5.9 7.3 5.9 6.0 4.8 5.1 * PARADE 5.2 5.7 3.4 5.9 7.0 7.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.7 5.3 5.7 * NASSAU 5.1 5.9 1.4 6.5 7.7 6.3 6.4 6.5 8.0 6.0 4.2 4.8 4.7 K1-152 5.8 5.7 3.1 5.7 7.3 6.5 6.5 5.7 6.0 6.5 4.8 5.1 5.6 WW AG 468 5.3 5.6 1.2 5.3 7.0 5.8 6.3 6.3 7.7 6.6 4.5 5.2 3.8 K3-178 5.0 5.6 2.1 5.7 7.7 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.5 5.1 5.8 5.7 WW AG 495 4.4 6.0 2.8 6.1 7.7 6.5 6.0 6.3 7.3 6.0 4.1 4.2 3.9 * AMAZON 5.5 5.7 1.3 5.9 6.3 6.0 6.8 6.1 6.0 6.3 5.3 4.3 4.2 COMPACT . 5.5 1.4 4.9 7.0 6.2 6.9 6.1 7.0 6.0 5.2 4.4 4.6 * JOY 4.5 5.5 4.9 7.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.7 4.7 5.2 5.9 HARMONY 5.7 5.8 1.6 5.8 6.7 6.4 6.8 5.9 7.3 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.7 BAR VB 577 (BARLYMPIA) 4.7 5.9 1.5 4.7 6.3 5.8 6.1 6.3 7.7 5.9 3.5 5.4 5.1 ANNIKA . 5.6 1.4 5.1 6.7 5.7 5.4 6.1 8.0 5.9 4.1 4.8 4.7 * BARZAN 5.9 5.8 1.7 5.5 6.7 5.8 6.1 6.5 7.3 5.9 5.9 4.2 4.4 * GNOME 4.6 5.5 2.3 4.8 6.3 5.8 6.7 6.1 7.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 * KENBLUE 4.5 5.3 3.1 7.1 6.7 6.8 6.1 5.7 6.3 6.1 5.1 4.8 4.3 * S.D. CERTIFIED 4.8 5.2 1.3 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.9 4.3 4.9 4.9 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.5 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.5 1.7 0.9 1.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1991 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). TABLE 1. (continued) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS AT TWENTY-FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1990 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME NE1 NE3 NJ1 NJ2 OR1 RI1 SD1 UB1 VA1 WA1 WA4 MEAN BLACKSBURG 8.1 5.8 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.0 7.9 6.7 5.9 6.0 6.5 MIDNIGHT 6.3 5.7 7.9 6.8 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.8 6.2 5.6 4.3 6.3 ASSET 5.2 5.3 6.7 6.4 6.8 7.4 7.1 6.9 5.6 5.1 7.3 6.2 P-104 (PRINCETON 104) 4.6 5.4 7.2 7.4 6.8 7.9 6.2 7.7 6.6 6.2 4.0 6.2 ECLIPSE 5.3 5.5 6.7 6.8 7.1 7.8 7.2 7.5 6.2 5.9 5.3 6.2 WABASH 6.8 6.2 4.4 5.0 5.0 6.9 7.2 6.7 5.6 5.6 6.7 6.1 AMERICA 5.8 5.2 5.9 5.6 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.7 6.1 5.8 8.0 6.1 JULIA 6.0 5.3 5.8 5.6 6.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 5.5 5.4 6.7 6.1 BA 72-500 (CHATEAU) 6.8 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.2 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.8 8.0 6.1 LOFTS 1757 4.7 4.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.9 6.4 7.6 6.3 5.3 5.7 6.1 A-34 7.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 5.8 7.9 5.5 6.5 6.0 5.4 6.7 6.0 ABLE I 4.7 5.2 6.7 5.3 6.5 7.7 6.8 7.5 5.6 4.8 7.0 6.0 SOMERSET 5.1 5.5 5.9 4.9 5.7 7.3 6.8 6.7 5.9 4.9 7.3 6.0 MYSTIC 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.8 7.7 7.4 7.2 5.2 5.1 6.7 6.0 ASPEN 3.7 5.3 6.6 5.2 5.7 7.2 7.3 7.3 6.2 5.2 5.7 6.0 BA 73-540 5.6 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.8 7.1 6.6 7.1 5.4 5.9 5.0 5.9 F-1872 (FREEDOM) 4.1 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.3 6.6 6.8 6.3 5.7 5.8 7.0 5.9 CHALLENGER 5.2 5.1 6.4 4.8 6.1 6.6 6.8 6.0 5.6 5.9 7.0 5.9 BA 70-139 (COVENTRY) 5.0 5.7 5.3 4.3 5.2 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.3 6.7 5.9 RAM-1 5.6 5.3 6.3 6.0 5.1 6.0 7.3 7.0 5.5 5.1 6.3 5.9 GLADE 6.3 6.1 6.6 5.7 4.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 5.8 5.0 4.0 5.9 NE 80-88 4.9 6.2 5.2 4.1 5.6 6.3 7.0 6.5 5.1 5.6 . 5.9 DAWN 4.7 4.8 5.7 4.2 6.1 5.9 7.0 7.1 5.8 5.4 6.7 5.9 CHERI 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.4 7.4 6.2 6.7 6.1 5.8 8.0 5.9 BA 69-82 4.8 5.3 5.2 4.8 5.4 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.7 5.6 6.3 5.9 HAGA 4.1 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.6 6.7 7.0 6.3 6.0 5.4 6.7 5.8 BAR VB 534 5.1 6.3 5.5 5.9 5.0 7.2 7.4 6.3 5.7 4.2 7.0 5.8 SYDSPORT 6.3 5.3 5.5 6.0 5.4 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 BRISTOL 4.7 5.0 5.8 5.1 6.6 6.4 7.0 6.5 5.8 5.2 5.7 5.8 MONOPOLY 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 7.1 6.4 5.7 6.4 5.0 6.0 5.8 AQUILA 5.6 5.3 5.3 4.6 5.1 6.6 6.4 6.9 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.8 CLASSIC 4.2 4.8 5.1 4.2 5.7 6.6 7.1 5.8 5.8 5.4 6.7 5.7 CONNI 5.3 6.1 6.0 3.4 5.9 7.9 6.9 7.6 5.3 4.9 7.3 5.7 GEORGETOWN 3.8 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.0 7.0 6.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 IKONE 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.5 6.4 6.7 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.3 5.7 WELCOME 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.3 6.3 7.5 6.5 5.9 4.7 6.0 5.7 BA 73-626 (KELLY) 4.2 4.9 6.1 4.7 5.4 6.7 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.2 5.3 5.7 TRENTON 4.3 5.4 5.1 4.3 5.4 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.7 CYNTHIA 3.8 5.3 5.6 5.8 4.8 7.4 7.0 7.5 4.9 4.2 6.0 5.7 BA 72-492 (ESTATE) 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.8 7.3 6.7 6.1 5.3 5.3 4.0 5.7 WW AG 496 3.9 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.2 7.1 7.0 6.2 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 LIBERTY 4.2 5.0 5.1 4.6 5.8 6.8 6.5 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.7 HUNTSVILLE 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 5.4 5.2 4.0 5.7 PST-CB1 3.7 4.4 5.1 4.3 5.9 6.8 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.6 VICTA 4.3 5.2 6.0 4.8 5.0 7.1 6.6 6.3 5.8 4.6 5.7 5.6 TABLE 1. (continued) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS AT TWENTY-FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1990 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME NE1 NE3 NJ1 NJ2 OR1 RI1 SD1 UB1 VA1 WA1 WA4 MEAN BA 72-441 (ABBEY) 4.7 5.2 5.9 4.6 5.1 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 5.0 5.6 TENDOS 4.8 5.1 6.3 4.2 6.2 6.0 6.6 6.2 5.6 4.7 4.7 5.6 239 (SUFFOLK) 3.8 4.7 4.9 4.4 5.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.8 5.3 4.3 5.6 RUGBY 3.6 4.8 5.4 4.4 5.4 7.0 6.8 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.6 BA 70-242 (MARQUIS) 3.3 4.5 5.1 4.2 4.8 6.9 5.9 6.3 5.7 4.9 7.3 5.6 MERION 5.1 4.7 5.5 5.0 5.5 6.9 6.6 5.3 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.6 MERIT 4.8 5.0 5.5 4.0 5.4 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 4.3 5.6 WW AG 491 4.7 5.2 4.5 4.2 4.7 7.0 6.3 6.4 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.6 DESTINY 3.7 4.8 5.8 4.0 5.5 6.4 6.6 6.3 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.5 HV 97 (COCKTAIL) 5.6 5.1 5.2 3.7 5.5 5.4 6.9 7.5 5.3 4.9 7.0 5.5 BARON 3.6 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.8 6.8 7.1 6.4 5.6 5.1 6.3 5.5 PARADE 2.7 4.8 4.2 4.8 4.5 6.6 7.0 6.7 5.2 4.6 5.3 5.5 NASSAU 3.2 4.9 4.8 4.0 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.5 5.4 5.8 6.0 5.5 K1-152 3.8 4.3 5.1 4.7 4.7 7.2 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.6 4.0 5.5 WW AG 468 5.2 4.4 5.2 4.4 4.6 7.4 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.2 6.3 5.5 K3-178 3.4 5.2 5.3 3.8 5.7 6.6 6.9 5.8 5.8 5.4 4.0 5.5 WW AG 495 5.2 4.8 7.0 5.7 4.8 6.6 6.8 6.2 5.3 4.6 3.0 5.5 AMAZON 6.0 4.5 5.1 3.7 4.7 5.4 7.4 8.0 5.7 4.2 6.3 5.4 COMPACT 4.8 5.8 4.3 3.7 4.6 5.9 6.3 6.3 5.8 4.4 6.7 5.4 JOY 5.0 4.8 3.3 2.9 4.1 5.4 6.5 4.8 4.5 4.6 5.3 5.3 HARMONY 3.1 4.9 4.6 3.2 4.3 6.2 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 BAR VB 577 (BARLYMPIA) 2.8 4.9 5.4 4.2 5.4 6.4 6.7 5.9 5.1 5.0 6.0 5.3 ANNIKA 5.0 5.8 4.5 3.1 4.2 6.2 6.9 5.4 5.4 4.3 6.7 5.3 BARZAN 3.7 4.8 4.5 4.0 4.9 5.6 6.8 5.7 5.1 4.3 5.0 5.3 GNOME 3.6 5.1 4.9 3.8 4.7 6.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 4.7 3.7 5.2 KENBLUE 4.4 4.9 3.5 2.6 5.0 5.7 6.8 4.9 4.2 4.3 5.3 5.2 S.D. CERTIFIED 4.7 4.8 3.9 2.8 5.0 5.5 6.8 5.6 4.2 5.0 4.0 5.0 LSD VALUE 1.8 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.8 3.1 0.3 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).