PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 9. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 CA1 IA1 IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MD1 ME1 ME2 MI1 MO1 MT1 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 NS1 NY1 OK1 PA1 QE1 SD1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 4001 5.4 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.9 8.0 6.3 6.7 6.7 7.2 7.3 3.5 5.3 3.5 4.2 5.0 6.4 5.7 1.4 6.7 5.6 6.8 5.1 5.0 5.9 3.3 6.4 ABERDEEN (PST-EFL) 4.9 6.6 6.1 5.1 5.4 7.2 6.8 4.9 7.3 5.4 7.4 3.5 6.4 4.2 5.6 5.2 6.5 5.7 4.0 5.0 5.2 5.9 4.5 5.4 5.5 3.1 6.4 ABT-CHW-1 5.8 6.5 5.8 5.3 6.0 7.2 6.8 5.9 7.1 7.3 6.8 3.2 6.6 4.2 3.3 4.7 7.2 6.0 2.2 4.7 4.9 6.3 4.3 5.1 5.0 4.4 6.6 ABT-CR-2 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.1 5.3 7.8 6.8 3.8 7.2 6.8 7.1 2.9 5.9 4.0 4.2 5.0 4.1 6.0 5.2 4.2 5.1 6.1 4.3 4.9 5.2 2.9 6.8 ABT-HF-3 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.6 5.8 6.3 5.7 6.1 7.0 3.2 5.8 3.6 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.4 1.0 6.7 5.0 5.8 4.6 4.7 5.4 2.9 5.0 ABT-HF-4 5.3 6.4 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.7 5.3 6.0 5.9 6.9 7.1 2.9 6.3 3.4 3.5 4.5 6.0 5.5 1.4 6.9 5.4 6.2 4.8 5.6 5.7 2.9 5.5 ACF 083 3.3 6.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.8 6.2 5.3 6.9 7.1 6.9 3.2 5.9 3.7 3.2 2.7 4.5 5.6 1.7 4.8 5.0 5.8 4.4 4.0 5.0 4.0 6.6 AMBASSADOR 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.3 6.0 6.8 7.9 5.4 7.4 6.8 7.1 3.9 6.7 4.1 6.2 5.1 7.1 5.9 3.5 4.8 5.2 6.3 4.4 5.6 5.3 4.3 6.3 ASC 082 3.8 5.4 5.3 4.5 4.7 6.3 5.6 3.2 6.2 6.1 7.3 3.1 6.0 3.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.6 2.3 3.6 5.1 5.0 4.3 5.3 4.8 2.7 5.9 ASC 172 3.2 4.7 5.2 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.5 3.9 6.6 5.5 6.5 2.9 5.7 3.4 3.7 4.0 3.5 5.3 4.2 3.1 4.7 4.9 4.2 4.5 4.9 2.5 5.0 ASR 049 4.9 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.1 6.2 5.3 3.4 5.8 5.9 6.7 3.3 5.9 3.5 2.5 4.5 4.9 5.5 1.6 5.0 5.4 5.9 4.4 4.2 5.9 3.4 5.9 ATTILA E 5.3 5.9 5.6 4.8 4.9 7.5 4.5 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.9 3.2 5.9 3.2 2.6 4.2 4.8 5.4 1.0 5.8 5.3 5.4 4.3 4.7 2.8 2.8 5.0 BAR CHF 8 FUS2 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.5 7.4 5.7 5.6 7.2 7.1 6.8 3.8 6.3 3.4 3.3 4.5 7.0 5.8 1.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.5 5.5 4.6 3.5 5.8 BAR SCF 8 FUS3 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4 4.7 5.7 6.2 3.7 6.6 5.5 7.0 3.5 6.0 3.9 3.5 4.5 4.3 5.8 1.4 4.7 5.4 6.5 4.5 4.9 5.7 3.9 6.3 BARGENA III (BAR CF 8 FUS1) 4.9 6.1 5.7 4.6 4.8 6.5 6.0 3.1 6.8 6.7 6.8 3.4 6.1 3.7 3.7 4.2 4.6 5.8 2.1 3.6 5.2 5.7 4.5 4.9 5.6 3.3 5.6 BIGHORN 5.1 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.3 6.3 4.8 5.1 5.6 6.7 7.2 3.3 6.1 3.1 2.4 4.0 4.3 5.6 1.1 6.2 5.1 5.0 4.5 5.2 5.0 2.3 4.8 BOREAL 3.6 5.3 5.9 4.2 4.3 5.8 5.0 3.3 6.4 5.2 6.7 3.3 5.8 3.6 2.2 3.2 3.6 5.9 1.6 3.9 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.2 2.8 5.0 BRIDGEPORT 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.0 5.8 7.4 6.1 5.0 6.8 6.0 6.8 3.7 6.5 4.1 4.8 4.4 6.8 5.8 1.8 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.1 4.9 5.0 4.2 5.7 BRITTANY 5.6 6.0 5.8 4.8 5.7 6.3 6.6 5.4 6.3 6.3 6.8 3.7 5.8 4.2 4.6 4.6 6.5 6.0 2.7 5.1 5.3 5.9 4.5 5.1 4.6 3.6 5.5 CHARIOT (CIS FL 12) 5.2 6.4 6.5 5.8 6.0 7.2 5.8 6.8 6.3 5.7 7.1 3.0 6.0 3.6 4.0 4.6 6.9 5.6 1.4 6.7 5.7 5.7 4.6 5.6 5.9 2.9 5.9 CINDY LOU (CIS FRR 7) 4.3 6.2 6.1 5.4 6.1 7.3 7.0 5.0 7.2 7.1 7.3 3.3 5.5 4.5 6.3 5.6 6.8 6.0 4.2 4.8 5.3 6.4 4.8 5.5 5.5 3.3 5.6 COMMON CREEPING RED 3.4 4.5 5.5 4.5 4.5 5.8 5.1 3.4 6.4 5.1 6.8 3.1 5.9 3.0 2.8 3.7 3.6 5.5 1.4 3.9 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.6 4.8 2.6 5.7 DAWSON E+ 4.1 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.4 3.7 4.2 6.7 5.4 6.3 2.8 6.0 3.4 2.2 4.1 4.6 5.7 1.2 5.1 4.9 6.1 4.0 3.7 5.5 3.8 5.5 DEFIANT 4.7 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.2 6.1 5.6 5.3 6.0 6.4 6.8 3.1 6.1 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.5 5.5 2.1 6.2 5.0 6.0 4.7 4.9 5.3 2.7 6.0 DGSC 94 4.3 6.0 5.4 4.7 5.0 6.4 6.5 2.8 7.2 5.9 6.8 3.3 6.3 3.5 4.5 4.5 3.9 5.8 2.7 3.5 5.3 5.4 4.3 5.0 5.0 2.9 6.0 DISCOVERY 5.2 6.4 5.5 5.9 5.6 6.7 5.8 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.8 3.3 6.2 3.8 3.5 4.7 5.3 5.6 1.2 6.6 5.4 6.0 4.6 5.3 5.3 3.1 5.6 EUREKA II (CIS FL 11) 4.3 6.8 5.9 5.7 6.1 6.9 5.5 6.6 6.9 6.2 7.5 3.1 5.6 3.9 3.4 5.2 5.6 5.6 2.6 5.9 5.6 5.8 4.3 6.0 6.1 2.9 5.4 FLORENTINE 2.4 5.5 5.5 4.7 5.1 6.7 6.8 2.9 7.8 6.8 6.7 3.5 6.8 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.0 5.9 1.2 4.1 5.3 6.2 4.4 4.6 5.3 2.9 6.6 HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS) 6.4 6.5 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.3 5.5 7.0 3.4 6.1 4.4 3.2 3.4 6.0 5.5 1.1 6.5 5.2 6.0 4.7 5.7 6.0 2.7 6.0 HERON 4.7 6.2 5.3 5.8 5.8 7.1 5.4 6.6 6.5 6.6 7.0 3.1 5.6 3.3 3.5 4.9 5.7 5.7 1.3 6.2 5.1 6.3 4.1 5.0 5.4 2.8 5.2 INTRIGUE 4.7 6.3 5.6 5.8 6.2 5.8 7.3 5.7 7.7 7.1 7.1 4.0 5.7 3.7 6.0 5.3 7.0 5.9 1.7 5.0 5.2 6.0 4.5 5.0 5.3 4.1 6.2 INVERNESS (PST-47TCR) 3.6 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.6 6.7 5.9 3.3 7.4 5.8 6.8 3.1 6.1 3.9 3.1 4.0 3.4 5.9 3.3 3.7 5.3 6.2 4.5 4.8 5.0 2.6 6.7 JAMESTOWN II 4.8 5.0 5.4 4.4 5.5 6.1 5.8 4.8 7.0 6.4 6.8 3.4 6.2 3.6 3.2 4.5 6.4 5.8 1.6 5.1 5.0 5.6 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.7 JASPER II 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.3 5.9 7.8 7.2 5.2 7.3 6.3 7.4 3.2 5.9 4.1 6.4 5.2 6.2 5.9 3.7 4.7 5.2 6.2 4.4 5.1 5.6 3.5 6.2 LONGFELLOW II 6.9 5.9 6.0 5.4 6.3 7.3 7.2 6.1 7.5 7.0 7.1 3.8 5.6 4.4 5.8 5.2 6.6 6.0 3.8 5.3 5.3 6.2 4.6 5.3 5.2 4.6 6.3 MAGIC 5.3 6.1 5.2 5.0 5.6 7.3 6.7 5.7 7.4 6.5 7.2 4.0 6.1 4.2 5.0 4.6 7.1 5.5 3.1 5.0 5.1 5.5 4.6 5.2 5.1 3.7 6.1 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 9. (CONT'D) TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AR1 CA1 IA1 IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MD1 ME1 ME2 MI1 MO1 MT1 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 NS1 NY1 OK1 PA1 QE1 SD1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 MINOTAUR 5.3 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.3 6.1 6.2 6.8 7.1 3.3 5.9 3.9 4.2 4.4 5.5 5.6 . 6.1 5.4 5.2 4.5 4.8 5.4 2.9 5.8 NAVIGATOR (CIS FRR 5) 5.6 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.6 8.1 6.9 5.2 7.3 6.8 7.3 3.4 6.2 4.5 6.5 5.3 5.9 5.8 4.1 4.9 4.9 6.0 4.4 4.7 5.1 3.5 6.2 OSPREY 4.9 6.4 5.4 5.8 5.8 6.7 4.7 6.0 6.3 6.2 7.3 3.1 6.0 3.7 3.0 4.4 4.7 5.5 1.1 6.4 5.6 5.6 4.9 5.6 6.0 3.3 6.0 OXFORD 6.2 6.8 5.9 5.9 6.4 7.2 6.8 6.0 5.8 6.8 7.5 3.0 6.5 3.7 3.3 4.8 4.7 5.5 1.4 6.9 5.2 6.7 4.3 6.1 5.9 3.0 6.7 PATHFINDER 4.7 6.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 7.0 6.3 3.0 6.5 6.7 7.2 3.8 6.3 4.0 4.6 4.5 5.5 6.1 4.0 3.6 5.2 5.9 4.4 4.6 5.0 3.3 6.2 PICK FF A-97 4.8 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.8 7.8 5.2 6.0 5.8 6.4 7.2 3.1 6.3 3.4 3.7 4.9 6.1 5.4 1.4 6.4 5.7 5.8 4.3 5.7 5.7 2.7 5.9 PICK FRC A-93 4.4 6.4 5.9 5.2 5.6 6.7 7.1 5.8 6.9 6.7 7.3 3.6 6.0 4.3 5.2 4.8 6.5 5.9 2.3 4.8 5.2 5.8 4.2 5.2 5.2 3.2 6.0 PST-4FR 4.3 6.7 5.7 4.6 5.0 7.6 5.9 3.0 6.3 6.9 6.8 3.6 6.6 3.6 3.0 4.4 4.2 5.6 1.8 4.0 5.2 5.9 4.5 4.8 5.2 3.3 6.3 PST-4HM 4.7 6.8 6.7 6.3 5.8 7.2 5.4 5.6 5.5 6.2 6.9 3.1 5.9 4.0 2.7 4.8 6.2 5.6 2.6 6.5 5.8 6.1 4.6 5.0 5.8 3.3 5.2 PST-4MB 6.3 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.9 6.6 6.1 5.2 6.7 7.3 7.0 3.4 5.7 3.5 4.5 4.0 5.9 5.9 1.0 6.5 5.2 5.3 4.5 5.5 5.2 2.5 5.3 QUATRO 5.4 5.3 5.9 4.8 5.5 6.2 3.1 5.5 6.5 6.6 7.0 3.0 5.7 3.6 3.4 4.4 5.0 5.7 1.3 5.5 5.6 5.3 4.8 5.3 6.0 3.2 5.2 RESCUE 911 5.0 6.2 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.4 5.5 6.1 6.1 5.4 7.4 3.3 5.8 3.7 3.6 4.5 6.5 5.5 1.4 6.9 5.7 5.8 4.4 5.9 5.3 2.6 5.3 ROSE (ASC 087) 4.9 5.8 4.8 4.6 4.3 6.4 5.9 3.2 6.2 6.4 7.0 3.0 5.9 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.0 5.7 1.6 3.4 5.1 5.2 4.0 4.2 5.0 2.7 5.8 SALSA 4.3 5.3 6.2 4.6 4.8 6.9 5.5 3.0 6.6 6.7 6.4 3.3 5.9 3.7 3.1 3.6 4.2 6.0 3.0 3.7 5.2 5.7 4.4 4.4 4.3 3.9 6.4 SANDPIPER 5.5 6.1 5.4 5.1 5.4 7.1 5.5 5.3 6.2 5.8 6.6 3.3 5.5 4.0 3.7 4.3 6.2 6.1 1.4 4.7 5.1 5.1 4.1 4.8 4.9 4.4 5.8 SCALDIS 4.3 6.5 5.6 5.3 5.8 7.1 4.5 5.9 6.4 5.6 7.0 3.2 6.0 2.9 2.6 4.0 5.6 5.4 1.8 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.6 5.3 5.7 2.9 5.0 SCALDIS II (AHF 008) 4.5 6.3 6.1 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.3 5.7 6.2 5.8 6.5 2.9 6.7 3.2 2.7 4.1 5.2 5.6 1.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.7 5.4 2.5 5.6 SEABREEZE 4.7 5.6 4.9 5.0 4.5 4.9 5.9 4.0 7.1 6.4 6.5 3.4 5.9 3.7 3.0 3.9 4.4 5.8 1.0 5.4 5.2 6.1 4.4 4.8 5.4 4.2 5.9 SHADEMARK 4.1 5.6 5.9 4.5 4.7 7.5 5.4 2.8 6.4 6.0 7.2 3.0 5.7 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.0 5.9 1.8 3.6 4.9 5.2 3.9 4.6 4.9 3.0 5.6 SHADEMASTER II 3.7 5.9 4.9 4.7 4.6 6.8 6.6 2.8 6.6 6.1 7.0 3.4 6.3 4.2 3.6 4.8 4.4 5.6 3.6 4.1 5.2 5.7 4.3 5.1 5.1 3.1 6.2 SHADOW II 6.4 6.4 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.6 7.1 5.1 7.5 6.3 6.8 3.9 6.1 4.1 4.7 4.3 6.0 6.0 1.0 5.1 5.2 6.2 4.5 4.7 5.2 5.2 6.6 SILHOUETTE (PICK FRC 4-92) 5.0 6.1 5.2 5.4 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.3 7.2 6.3 7.0 3.7 6.2 3.8 4.1 4.4 6.7 5.7 1.8 4.8 5.2 5.6 4.3 4.8 4.8 3.4 5.7 SR 3200 4.1 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.3 6.4 4.4 4.7 5.9 5.9 6.7 3.2 5.5 3.6 2.3 3.9 5.0 5.5 1.5 5.9 5.4 5.1 4.5 4.8 5.0 2.7 5.0 SR 5100 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.0 5.7 6.2 6.7 5.3 7.4 7.0 7.1 3.5 6.1 4.1 5.5 4.8 6.7 5.9 2.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.2 5.3 5.0 4.1 5.9 SR 5210 (SRX 52LAV) 3.4 5.6 5.1 5.5 5.3 7.4 6.8 4.7 6.6 6.1 6.8 3.1 6.3 3.9 4.9 4.4 4.2 5.8 2.9 4.4 5.3 5.3 4.1 4.9 5.1 2.5 5.7 SR 6000 3.4 3.3 4.8 3.5 4.9 5.8 3.6 4.6 4.8 5.6 7.2 3.5 5.4 2.8 1.2 1.6 3.5 5.5 1.8 4.4 4.0 4.3 3.7 2.2 1.5 2.9 4.1 SRX 3961 4.2 6.6 6.6 5.6 6.3 6.9 6.3 6.6 6.1 6.6 7.1 3.3 5.7 4.1 3.8 5.0 7.4 5.7 1.6 7.0 5.4 6.8 5.0 5.6 5.7 3.5 6.5 SRX 52961 5.3 6.0 6.4 5.0 5.6 7.0 7.7 4.8 7.3 7.3 7.5 3.3 6.3 4.4 6.1 5.4 6.4 5.9 4.2 4.6 5.3 6.3 4.5 5.0 5.1 3.6 6.4 STONEHENGE (AHF 009) 5.7 6.6 5.9 5.5 5.8 7.5 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.2 7.2 3.3 5.9 3.4 4.2 4.9 6.1 5.8 1.1 6.4 5.4 6.3 4.4 5.7 5.9 2.5 5.7 TIFFANY 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.8 6.0 5.2 6.9 6.3 6.7 4.0 6.4 4.1 4.3 3.5 6.2 6.0 1.1 4.9 5.1 5.8 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.7 6.3 WRIGLEY (ACF 092) 4.4 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.9 7.1 6.3 5.3 6.6 6.4 6.9 3.7 5.9 3.9 3.1 4.7 7.0 5.7 2.7 5.3 5.3 5.8 4.3 4.5 5.2 4.2 6.4 C.V. (%) 18.5 6.1 8.7 7.2 5.2 14.6 7.7 8.3 10.8 16.4 5.8 16.0 9.6 13.0 15.1 8.9 26.3 5.5 40.9 7.5 5.5 6.3 7.0 10.8 7.9 12.4 9.2 LSD VALUE 1.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.6 2.3 0.5 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 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). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.