TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (LOW MAINTENANCE) CULTIVARS AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1991-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME C01 DC1 lAl ID3 IL2 KS2 MD1 M03 NE1 NJl NJ2 NY1 OH1 OR1 PAl Rll UB1 VA6 WAl MEAN BAR VB 852 6.7 3.1 6.1 5.2 5.6 4.3 5.3 5.7 7.0 5.3 4.8 4.5 6.8 5.5 4.6 4.2 6.1 4.8 4.5 5.3 * MIDNIGHT 6.3 2.1 4.7 6.1 5.0 5.1 5.4 7.4 6.5 6.0 5.1 4.7 6.6 5.0 3.8 3.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 * RAM-1 5.5 2.0 5.2 6.3 4.2 5.1 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.1 5.3 4.3 6.9 4.1 3.9 4.2 6.0 5.5 4.6 5.0 * BARTITIA 6.8 1.8 4.4 6.4 4.1 6.0 5.1 6.0 6.3 4.9 5.1 4.3 6.1 4.7 3.9 3.7 4.9 5.3 5.0 5.0 GEN-RSP 6.2 5.6 5.8 4.2 6.0 4.7 5.6 5.6 6.5 4.7 3.9 3.2 5.3 4.4 4.3 4.2 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.0 * SOPHIA 6.8 2.4 5.2 4.9 4.4 5.7 5.5 5.9 5.7 4.8 5.1 3.7 5.8 4.4 3.7 3.9 6.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 * COBALT 6.3 2.8 4.6 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.1 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.4 5.9 4.8 3.9 3.8 4.8 5.1 4.8 5.0 ISI-21 6.5 4.5 5.7 4.1 5.7 5.0 5.7 5.7 6.7 5.1 4.1 3.9 5.7 3.6 4.3 3.5 5.0 5.0 4.2 4.9 * CALIBER (J-335) 6.6 3.2 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.8 6.0 4.3 4.7 3.6 6.0 4.8 3.8 3.5 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.9 PST-YQ 6.4 2.7 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 4.8 4.5 4.1 6.1 4.7 4.1 3.7 5.4 5.3 4.5 4.9 * UNIQUE (PST-C-76) 7.1 2.3 4.8 4.7 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.9 5.7 4.9 5.3 3.9 5.7 4.5 3.9 3.6 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.9 BAR VB 1169 6.7 3.5 5.1 5.0 4.3 5.1 5.5 5.8 6.3 4.4 4.6 3.6 5.8 4.9 4.1 3.3 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.9 * BELMONT (798) 6.2 2.5 4.7 6.0 5.1 4.5 4.8 6.6 5.5 5.2 5.1 3.7 5.7 4.3 4.2 3.7 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.9 * MONOPOLY 5.6 4.9 5.6 4.2 4.7 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.7 4.1 4.5 3.6 6.5 3.9 4.0 4.0 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.9 * NUSTAR 6.3 2.7 4.9 5.8 4.3 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.9 4.4 4.4 4.1 5.5 4.3 3.8 3.9 5.7 5.2 4.4 4.8 * FREEDOM 5.8 3.5 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.6 5.7 4.8 3.9 4.5 6.3 4.3 3.6 3.6 4.8 5.3 4.7 4.8 * VOYAGER 6.6 3.5 5.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.5 5.7 6.0 4.5 4.1 3.4 5.7 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.1 4.7 4.8 * BARMAX (BAR VB 7037) 6.8 2.6 5.6 4.0 4.3 5.0 5.6 5.2 6.0 4.0 4.8 3.9 5.8 4.6 4.3 3.8 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.8 * SR 2000 6.5 2.3 4.6 5.4 4.4 4.7 5.6 6.7 6.1 5.1 4.9 3.3 5.8 4.4 3.8 3.9 4.7 5.1 4.1 4.8 * LIVINGSTON 6.4 2.6 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.6 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.0 4.9 3.7 5.3 5.0 3.8 3.9 4.6 5.2 4.5 4.8 * WASHINGTON 6.3 2.4 5.3 5.4 4.7 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.7 4.7 4.9 3.8 5.2 4.5 3.5 4.1 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.8 * OPAL 6.4 2.7 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.1 5.4 6.5 6.1 4.3 4.9 3.5 5.9 4.0 4.1 3.6 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.8 * MERIT 6.0 2.3 5.0 5.5 4.0 4.9 5.3 5.9 5.4 4.4 5.1 3.9 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.5 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.8 * BARONIE (BAR VB 985) 6.7 3.6 5.2 5.5 4.8 4.3 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.1 4.3 3.3 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.6 4.2 5.2 4.9 4.8 NJIC 6.3 2.9 5.1 4.6 4.5 5.6 5.4 5.7 6.1 4.7 3.9 3.4 5.8 4.5 4.0 3.8 5.0 5.1 4.6 4.8 * BARCELONA (BAR VB 1184) 6.4 1.8 4.8 6.1 3.3 3.9 4.8 5.9 6.1 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.7 5.4 4.2 3.7 4.5 5.1 4.6 4.8 * BARON 5.4 2.2 5.4 6.0 4.3 4.9 5.3 6.2 5.7 4.6 4.9 3.8 5.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.3 5.5 4.9 4.8 * HAGA 6.1 3.2 5.3 5.4 4.4 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.8 4.1 4.1 3.3 6.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.7 5.1 4.4 4.8 * CYNTHIA 5.9 2.4 5.2 5.1 4.1 5.0 5.1 6.1 5.6 4.5 4.8 3.4 5.9 4.3 4.2 4.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.8 * BARSWEET 6.1 2.3 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.3 6.3 6.6 5.2 4.7 3.8 5.9 4.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 PST-C-391 6.3 4.2 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.0 5.1 5.6 5.9 4.4 4.3 3.5 5.8 4.7 3.7 3.7 4.3 5.2 4.3 4.7 * BRONCO 6.0 2.0 5.7 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.3 4.3 4.4 3.9 6.1 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.9 5.1 4.5 4.7 * CREST 5.9 2.2 4.6 5.3 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.2 5.1 4.0 4.2 3.7 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.7 * LIBERTY 5.7 3.1 5.0 5.9 4.8 4.6 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.4 2.8 6.3 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.0 5.1 4.5 4.7 PST-C-303 6.5 3.0 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 5.3 5.6 5.6 4.8 4.2 3.4 6.2 4.7 4.2 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.7 EVB 13.863 6.0 2.7 4.9 5.5 3.3 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.6 4.2 4.5 3.8 5.6 4.6 4.0 3.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.7 * SUFFOLK 6.1 3.5 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.5 5.3 5.5 5.8 4.3 4.0 3.5 6.1 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.8 4.5 4.7 4.7 BA 74-017 5.7 2.5 4.8 5.2 4.4 4.5 5.0 5.9 5.7 4.7 5.2 3.3 5.2 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.7 NE 80-47 6.1 2.0 4.6 4.9 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.7 5.8 4.4 4.7 4.4 5.2 4.4 4.1 3.5 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.7 * NUBLUE (J-229) 5.6 2.4 5.4 5.7 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.7 4.1 4.5 3.3 5.7 4.1 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 EVB 13.703 5.9 2.0 4.6 5.2 4.5 3.9 4.8 5.5 5.5 5.7 4.9 3.1 6.2 4.4 4.2 3.0 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.6 * DELLWOOD (ZPS-84-749) 5.8 2.2 5.4 4.8 5.3 4.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 4.0 4.4 2.6 6.1 3.6 3.6 4.2 5.6 4.6 4.1 4.6 * GNOME 5.5 2.3 5.0 5.4 5.0 4.5 5.1 6.0 5.3 3.9 5.0 3.6 5.9 3.8 3.9 3.5 4.7 5.3 4.4 4.6 * FORTUNA 5.5 2.2 4.4 5.9 4.1 4.8 4.8 6.3 5.7 4.2 5.1 3.3 5.4 4.2 4.4 3.6 4.8 4.4 4.9 4.6 * DESTINY 6.0 2.3 5.0 5.6 4.3 4.0 4.8 6.2 5.2 5.1 4.3 4.3 6.1 3.9 3.9 3.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.6 J-386 5.9 2.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.4 3.8 5.0 4.0 5.3 3.8 3.8 4.0 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.6 UNKNOWN 5.4 1.8 4.1 5.5 4.5 4.4 5.2 6.0 5.4 4.3 5.2 3.2 5.7 4.3 3.9 3.7 5.2 4.8 5.0 4.6 * AMAZON 5.8 2.0 5.1 4.8 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.7 6.0 4.8 4.5 4.0 5.1 4.5 3.8 3.5 5.1 4.8 4.0 4.6 * MIRACLE 5.9 1.9 5.3 6.9 4.1 4-5 4.6 5.1 5.8 3.7 4.5 3.4 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.8 4.5 * KYOSTI 5.6 1.9 4.3 4.7 4.2 3.6 5.0 5.6 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.8 5.9 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.5 5.4 4.6 4.5 * CHELSEA 5.5 2.0 4.9 4.6 4.6 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.5 3.6 4.5 4.0 4.9 4.4 3.6 3.3 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.5 * BARZAN 5.9 2.0 4.9 5.1 4.2 5.4 4.9 5.5 5.1 3.9 4.2 2.8 5.3 4.3 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.4 * BANJO (H76-1034) 6.0 2.7 5.3 4.1 4.6 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.6 4.0 3.6 3.1 5.2 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.3 4.4 PST-A7-111 5.1 2.0 5.6 4.1 4.6 5.4 5.0 4.9 5.5 3.6 3.4 3.0 5.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 5.4 4.6 4.2 4.3 * MERION 5.8 2.2 4.2 4.8 4.9 3.8 3.8 5.3 5.5 4.6 4.1 3.3 5.3 4.6 3.0 3.0 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.3 * ALENE 5.4 2.2 5.9 3.9 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.8 3.2 3.3 3.3 4.6 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3 KWS PP 13-2 5.7 2.0 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.6 5.1 3.6 4.2 3.9 4.6 4.2 3.3 3.3 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.2 * PARK 5.0 2.2 5.9 2.9 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.6 3.5 3.9 3.3 5.0 3.2 3.5 3.9 5.1 4.6 4.0 4.2 * KENBLUE 4.9 3.2 5.7 2.8 4.8 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.5 2.8 3.1 2.6 4.8 3.7 3.4 3.7 4.7 4.3 3.8 4.2 MINNFINE (MN 2405) 5.0 2.5 6.0 2.3 4.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.4 2.8 2.8 2.4 4.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 4.6 4.3 3.6 4.0 BA 78-376 4.8 1.7 5.6 2.9 4.3 4.7 3.8 4.1 5.4 3.1 3.5 2.9 5.1 3.3 3.2 4.0 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.0 * SOUTH DAKOTA CERT. 4.7 1.9 5.6 2.9 4.2 4.4 5.1 4.9 5.3 2.7 3.3 2.8 3.9 3.0 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.9 LSD VALUE 1.4 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.9 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1996. 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).