TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN UNDER HIGH MAINTENANCE AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1991-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 1/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN MIDNIGHT 6.0 5.0 5.1 5.6 6.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.3 BLACKSBURG 6.5 5.4 5.6 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1 ASCOT (BA 77-279) 5.3 5.7 5.1 5.1 6.2 6.7 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.7 6.1 ECLIPSE 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.3 6.0 RITA (PST-UD-10) 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.7 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.8 6.0 UNIQUE (PST-C-76) 4.8 5.6 5.4 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.3 5.5 5.1 6.0 SR 2000 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.0 PREAKNESS (602) 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.0 5.5 5.1 5.9 APEX (SUMMIT) 4.9 4.6 4.3 5.2 6.2 6.6 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.9 PST-0514 5.9 5.1 5.3 5.6 6.3 6.6 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.9 GLADE 4.4 4.0 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.1 5.9 PRINCETON 104 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.9 ABLE I 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.5 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.9 PST-LDW 4.8 4.5 4.3 5.3 6.1 6.6 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.9 ASPEN 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.8 6.1 5.5 5.7 5.9 OPTI-GREEN (PST-B8-106) 5.6 4.9 5.3 5.9 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.9 SHAMROCK (H86-712) 5.2 4.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.8 ALLURE (BA 73-540) 4.5 4.4 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.8 PST-A7-1877 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.8 LIMOUSINE 5.8 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.8 ALPINE 4.0 3.5 4.0 5.0 6.4 6.8 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.3 4.6 5.8 BAR VB 852 5.7 5.0 5.5 6.2 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.8 FAIRFAX (BA 69-82) 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.6 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.8 COVENTRY 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.8 PSU-151 5.6 6.0 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.8 WASHINGTON 5.5 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.8 1757 6.9 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.8 JULIA 6.2 6.8 5.6 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.8 5.8 NUSTAR 5.5 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.8 BA 70-131 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.8 EAGLETON 3.7 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.4 5.2 5.7 CARDIFF 5.3 5.1 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.7 TRENTON 6.6 6.7 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.6 6.3 5.7 ESTATE 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.7 DAWN 6.5 6.7 6.4 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.7 EVA (WW AG 508) 3.9 4.4 4.7 5.3 6.0 6.4 5.9 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 5.7 BARCELONA (BAR VB 1184) 5.6 4.8 4.7 5.2 6.1 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.7 5.7 RAM-1 5.3 4.7 4.5 5.2 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.6 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 BARTITIA 5.7 4.7 4.7 5.2 6.1 6.4 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.7 CHALLENGER 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.7 CALIBER (J-335) 6.1 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.7 BARONIE (BAR VB 985) 5.5 6.2 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.8 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.7 J-333 5.1 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.2 5.7 BANFF 6.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.7 HAGA 6.1 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.7 TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH (CONT'D) MONTH GROWN UNDER HIGH MAINTENANCE AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1991-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN LIVINGSTON 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.7 CONNI 5.4 5.3 4.7 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.9 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.6 5.7 PST-UD-12 6.2 6.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.7 INDIGO 4.8 4.4 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.4 4.7 5.7 PST-A84-803 6.4 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.6 GEORGETOWN 6.3 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.6 EVB 13.703 5.5 4.5 5.4 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.6 PST-C-224 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.6 CYNTHIA 6.5 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.7 5.6 CLASSIC 6.7 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.6 SUFFOLK 6.4 6.8 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.6 6.1 5.6 PLATINI 5.4 6.2 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.6 FREEDOM 6.2 6.9 6.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.6 6.2 5.6 PST-A84-405 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.6 A-34 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.6 WW AG 505 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.0 5.6 COBALT 5.5 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.6 MINSTREL 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.6 LIBERTY 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.1 5-4 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.6 Jll-94 6.4 6.9 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.6 NUBLUE (J-229) 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.6 PENNPRO (PR-1) 6.4 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.8 5-7 5.6 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.6 J34-99 6.2 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 J13-152 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.5 BARBLUE 6.1 5.7 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 BA 76-305 3.1 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.6 4.9 4.5 5.5 TOUCHDOWN 6.0 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.2 5.4 4.8 5.3 5.5 4 ACES (PST-RE-88) 4.1 4.4 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.8 5.5 BAR VB 1169 6.3 6.7 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.5 RAVEN (BA 78-258) 3.0 3.9 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.6 4.8 4.6 5.5 SILVIA 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 BELMONT (798) 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.5 BARON 2.7 3.4 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.0 5.5 FORTUNA 2.9 3.8 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.1 5.5 ABBEY 3.0 3.9 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.4 5.5 PST-A7-341 3.0 3.7 4.0 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.9 4.2 5.5 HV 125 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.5 BARSWEET 5.3 4.2 4.4 5.3 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.5 SR 2100 4.5 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.4 PST-A84-928 3.2 3.9 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.3 5.4 NASSAU 5.6 6.2 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.4 AMPELLIA 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.4 EVB 13.863 4.1 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.5 4.5 4.6 5.4 OPAL 4.5 3.7 4.6 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.4 NOTTINGHAM (BA 77-700) 2.9 3.8 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.1 5.4 TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH (CONTID) MONTH GROWN UNDER HIGH MAINTENANCE AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1991-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN MONOPOLY 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.6 5.4 CANNON (BA 73-381) 2.6 3.6 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.3 5.4 KELLY 3.4 3.7 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 4.7 4.2 5.4 MARQUIS 2.8 3.5 4.4 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.4 4.7 4.1 5.4 MIRANDA 3.7 3.3 4.0 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.1 5.4 VIVA (BA ?3-366) 3.3 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.4 5.4 J-386 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.4 GNOME 2.9 3.1 4.4 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.6 3.9 5.4 BA ?3-382 2.8 3.4 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.4 4.8 4.0 5.4 MIRACLE 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.7 5.4 DESTINY 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.4 MERIT 3.2 3.9 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.4 4.7 3.9 5.4 CREST 2.8 3.7 4.5 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 4.0 5.3 R751A 3.0 3.5 4.2 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.7 4.1 5.3 BROADWAY 5.8 4.6 4.5 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.1 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.3 PST-R-740 2.9 3.4 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.4 4.7 3.9 5.3 MELBA 4.7 4.1 4.6 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.3 5.3 BUCKINGHAM (BA 74-114) 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.3 TRAMPAS 4.7 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.3 NE 80-47 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 NOBLESSE 4.1 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.3 5.2 BARMAX (BAR VB 7037) 3.2 3.8 4.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.3 3.9 5.2 BARZAN 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 4.7 5.2 PST-HV-116 4.6 5.0 4.5 4.9 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 5.2 BA 77-292 2.8 3.3 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.0 3.6 5.0 BLUE STAR (PST-B8-13) 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.5 3.9 5.0 CHELSEA 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.9 KWS PP 13-2 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.8 MERION 3.5 4.5 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.1 4.8 DONNA 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.1 3.7 4.8 RONDE 2.6 3.2 3.8 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.0 3.8 4.7 KENBLUE 2.3 2.8 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.8 4.5 GREENLEY 2.6 3.3 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 4.4 SOUTH DAKOTA CERT. 2.3 2.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.9 3.5 4.3 GINGER 2.4 2.9 4.1 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.4 3.1 4.0 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 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).