TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER LOW MAINTENANCE AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1994 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME DC1 IA1 ID3 IL2 MD1 MO3 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 OR1 RI1 UB1 VA6 WA1 MEAN BAR VB 852 2.6 6.4 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.7 6.7 5.9 4.3 4.5 5.8 4.2 6.5 4.8 4.1 5.1 GEN-RSP 5.3 5.9 3.0 6.3 5.5 5.9 5.9 4.4 4.8 3.2 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.2 4.3 5.0 * MIDNIGHT 2.1 5.1 4.7 4.7 5.1 6.7 7.1 6.4 4.5 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.4 5.2 5.2 4.9 * RAM-1 1.7 5.2 6.7 5.3 4.8 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.2 4.3 3.4 4.0 6.2 6.0 3.7 4.9 * MONOPOLY 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.1 5.7 5.5 5.7 4.2 5.0 3.6 4.4 4.3 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.9 * SOPHIA 2.3 5.1 3.3 5.6 5.3 6.0 6.1 5.3 5.1 3.7 4.3 4.1 6.1 5.4 4.7 4.8 PST-YQ 2.3 5.9 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.9 4.8 3.8 4.1 4.3 3.9 5.1 5.8 4.3 4.7 * CALIBER (J-335) 2.9 5.3 3.3 5.3 5.3 6.1 6.2 4.3 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.9 5.6 5.5 4.8 4.7 * BARTITIA 1.8 4.3 7.0 5.5 4.8 6.2 6.1 5.5 3.3 4.3 3.4 3.4 4.3 5.8 4.7 4.7 * VOYAGER 3.7 5.3 3.7 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.8 4.8 4.5 3.4 3.9 4.6 4.9 5.3 4.9 4.7 * COBALT 2.2 4.9 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.8 5.6 5.6 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.3 4.3 5.5 4.6 4.7 * GNOME 2.2 5.1 5.3 6.1 4.9 6.1 5.9 4.4 5.2 3.6 2.9 3.8 4.3 5.7 4.4 4.7 * WASHINGTON 2.5 5.1 4.3 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.1 4.8 3.8 3.8 4.4 5.8 5.3 4.1 4.6 * NUSTAR 2.8 4.8 5.0 4.6 5.4 5.3 6.2 4.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.1 5.7 5.3 3.6 4.6 BA 74-017 2.4 4.8 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.7 5.9 5.3 4.6 3.3 3.4 4.2 4.1 5.5 5.0 4.6 ISI-21 4.0 6.0 2.7 6.0 5.3 5.9 6.1 5.0 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.0 5.0 5.3 3.9 4.6 BARCELONA (BAR VB 1184) 1.9 5.2 7.3 2.9 4.8 5.8 6.2 5.4 3.9 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.2 5.8 3.9 4.6 * UNIQUE (PST-C-76) 2.2 4.7 3.0 6.7 5.4 5.8 6.0 5.2 5.2 3.9 3.3 4.4 3.6 5.0 4.9 4.6 * BELMONT (798) 2.5 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 6.4 5.7 5.4 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 * ZPS-84-749 1.9 4.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 6.1 5.6 4.3 5.0 2.6 3.6 4.3 5.6 4.7 4.0 4.6 * MERIT 1.9 5.2 5.3 2.9 5.2 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.2 4.9 6.2 5.2 4.6 EVB 13.703 2.4 4.9 4.0 4.9 4.8 5.3 5.6 6.7 4.7 3.1 3.7 3.8 5.2 5.3 4.3 4.6 * BARON 1.7 5.7 6.0 3.7 4.8 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.1 3.2 3.7 6.3 5.1 4.6 * FREEDOM 3.5 5.3 3.7 3.4 5.0 5.3 5.9 4.9 4.3 4.5 4.7 3.1 4.6 6.0 4.2 4.6 * CYNTHIA 1.9 5.1 3.3 4.3 4.7 6.5 6.6 4.9 4.2 3.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 5.3 4.4 4.5 BARONIE (BAR VB 985) 3.0 5.6 5.3 4.3 4.9 5.3 6.0 5.1 4.0 3.3 3.6 3.4 4.0 5.5 4.7 4.5 * HAGA 3.1 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.5 6.1 6.1 4.0 3.7 3.3 4.2 3.5 4.6 5.3 4.3 4.5 BAR VB 1169 3.0 4.6 4.3 3.5 5.3 5.6 6.4 4.6 4.3 3.6 3.7 3.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 4.5 BARMAX (BAR VB 7037) 2.3 5.7 2.3 4.3 5.5 5.2 5.9 4.4 5.2 3.9 4.4 4.2 5.4 5.0 4.1 4.5 NJIC 2.6 4.8 2.7 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.4 3.4 4.2 4.2 5.5 5.2 4.4 4.5 * SR 2000 1.9 4.6 3.7 4.6 5.6 6.9 5.8 4.9 4.3 3.3 3.6 4.5 4.6 5.8 3.9 4.5 * LIVINGSTON 2.5 5.1 4.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.7 4.9 4.1 3.7 5.0 3.8 3.9 5.5 3.7 4.5 * MERION 3.0 4.6 4.3 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.7 5.1 3.8 3.3 4.2 3.9 4.9 5.6 4.0 4.5 NE 80-47 2.2 5.0 4.3 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.7 4.3 3.7 4.4 3.7 3.9 4.1 5.7 4.7 4.5 * NUBLUE (J-229) 2.5 5.6 6.3 4.9 4.8 5.3 5.8 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 * BRONCO 1.5 6.1 3.3 4.3 4.8 5.6 5.3 4.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.9 5.7 4.3 4.5 * OPAL 2.3 4.6 3.0 3.7 5.2 6.9 5.9 4.6 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.5 5.8 5.0 4.3 4.5 UNKNOWN 1.4 3.9 3.7 4.7 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.1 4.9 3.2 3.4 4.3 4.6 5.5 5.3 4.4 * DESTINY 2.5 5.3 5.7 3.9 4.8 5.9 5.4 5.4 4.2 4.3 3.4 3.4 3.8 4.8 3.8 4.4 * LIBERTY 2.6 5.3 5.7 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.3 2.8 3.7 3.0 3.2 5.8 4.2 4.4 * AMAZON 1.9 4.9 4.0 4.9 4.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 5.1 5.1 3.7 4.4 BARSWEET 2.0 4.4 2.7 5.6 5.1 6.1 6.5 5.3 3.3 3.8 4.7 2.8 4.3 5.4 4.2 4.4 * KYOSTI 1.8 4.8 3.7 4.5 4.7 5.6 5.7 4.8 3.9 3.8 3.1 4.0 4.2 6.3 5.1 4.4 J-386 3.4 4.8 2.7 3.7 5.2 5.2 5.6 3.7 4.7 4.0 3.6 4.7 5.5 5.2 4.0 4.4 * CREST 1.8 4.6 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 4.5 4.2 2.9 3.5 4.3 5.7 4.7 4.4 TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER (CONT'D) LOW MAINTENANCE AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1994 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME DC1 IA1 ID3 IL2 MD1 MO3 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 OR1 RI1 UB1 VA6 WA1 MEAN PST-C-391 3.1 5.8 2.3 4.7 4.9 4.8 6.1 4.4 3.9 3.5 4.7 3.8 3.9 5.3 3.9 4.3 EVB 13.863 2.3 5.1 5.3 2.8 5.0 5.3 5.8 4.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.8 4.7 3.8 4.3 * FORTUNA 2.0 4.2 5.0 4.2 4.8 6.1 5.9 4.0 4.8 3.3 3.1 3.8 4.2 4.5 5.0 4.3 * CHELSEA 2.4 4.9 4.3 5.1 4.6 5.1 5.8 3.2 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 5.5 3.7 4.3 * MIRACLE 1.9 5.1 6.3 4.5 4.3 5.2 5.6 4.2 3.7 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.3 5.0 4.3 PST-C-303 2.9 5.3 2.7 3.7 5.0 5.2 6.1 4.7 4.1 3.4 3.7 3.1 3.9 4.6 4.6 4.2 KWS PP 13-2 2.4 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.4 4.7 5.5 3.5 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.2 5.0 4.3 4.2 * BARZAN 3.0 5.2 2.7 4.1 4.5 5.8 5.6 3.7 4.7 2.8 4.4 4.3 3.5 4.5 3.4 4.1 * SUFFOLK 2.5 5.6 2.3 4.3 4.9 5.5 5.8 4.2 3.4 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.3 4.4 4.6 4.1 * BANJO (H76-1034) 2.3 5.4 3.7 3.9 4.8 5.2 5.4 4.2 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.0 4.1 * PARK 1.7 5.4 2.0 4.6 4.6 5.0 5.4 3.4 4.5 3.3 2.9 4.4 5.3 4.8 4.0 4.1 * ALENE 1.6 5.1 2.3 4.3 5.3 5.1 5.9 3.0 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.9 5.1 4.3 4.3 4.0 * KENBLUE 3.0 4.6 1.7 4.8 5.1 5.7 5.5 2.9 4.0 2.6 3.2 3.8 4.8 3.9 3.7 4.0 PST-A7-111 1.5 5.2 3.0 4.1 4.7 5.1 5.7 3.4 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.6 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.9 BA 78-376 1.4 5.5 2.0 4.7 4.1 4.3 6.4 3.1 3.8 2.9 2.8 3.8 5.0 4.2 4.1 3.9 * SOUTH DAKOTA CERT. 1.8 5.4 2.3 3.5 4.8 5.4 5.2 3.0 3.9 2.8 3.0 4.1 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.9 MINNFINE (MN 2405) 1.8 5.4 1.0 4.3 4.6 5.3 5.4 2.8 3.3 2.4 3.7 3.8 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.8 LSD VALUE 0.9 1.2 2.2 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.3 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1995. 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).