PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 15. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2003 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 01-ORU1 5.4 4.9 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.7 7.5 5.6 6.9 4.7 6.2 6.4 4.8 5.6 8.0 5.5 5.5 6.2 6.8 6.3 5.4 4.7 6.5 7.2 4.7 5.1 01-RUTOR2 5.7 5.6 6.4 5.7 6.0 7.4 7.4 5.7 7.0 4.9 6.2 6.3 4.8 5.7 8.3 5.5 5.2 6.0 7.2 6.3 5.0 4.2 6.5 7.3 4.6 5.9 01-TFOR3 5.5 5.0 5.8 6.4 5.2 6.8 6.9 5.1 5.6 4.8 5.1 6.4 4.4 5.1 7.4 3.4 3.8 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.5 4.7 6.2 6.8 4.5 5.3 2ND MILLENNIUM 5.3 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.1 7.0 7.5 5.3 7.3 5.3 5.5 6.5 5.1 5.9 8.0 5.6 5.8 6.3 6.4 6.4 5.8 4.6 5.6 7.5 5.2 5.5 ATF 586 5.2 4.9 5.9 5.6 5.4 6.6 7.0 5.0 5.8 4.7 5.1 6.3 5.5 5.1 7.9 4.2 4.1 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.9 4.6 5.1 6.9 4.7 6.0 ATF 702 5.3 5.3 6.2 5.8 5.5 7.3 7.4 5.4 6.5 4.4 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.7 7.9 4.6 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.2 5.2 4.6 5.8 7.8 4.4 5.5 ATF 704 5.2 5.1 5.8 6.4 5.9 6.0 7.1 5.1 5.6 4.6 5.0 6.5 5.1 5.1 6.7 3.3 3.7 5.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.4 7.0 4.8 6.2 ATF 707 5.1 4.5 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.7 7.0 5.0 5.2 4.2 4.7 6.2 4.8 5.3 6.6 3.4 2.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 4.3 5.5 7.4 4.7 5.9 ATF 799 5.5 5.1 6.2 5.6 6.0 7.2 7.5 5.1 6.3 4.8 6.3 6.2 4.7 5.2 7.5 4.4 5.2 5.9 6.6 5.9 5.5 4.6 6.5 7.4 4.8 5.8 ATF 806 5.4 4.3 6.2 5.4 5.4 6.0 7.3 5.1 5.7 4.2 5.6 6.2 5.0 4.8 6.9 3.8 4.3 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 4.4 5.8 7.4 4.6 6.1 AVENGER (L1Z) 5.4 5.9 6.5 5.8 5.7 6.2 7.6 5.8 7.8 5.2 6.2 6.4 5.4 5.4 7.2 5.5 6.2 5.6 7.0 6.6 5.2 4.2 6.4 7.7 5.6 6.3 B-7001 5.1 5.9 6.4 6.1 5.3 6.8 7.1 5.2 6.5 4.8 5.6 6.8 4.4 5.2 7.0 3.9 4.9 6.3 6.4 5.9 5.6 4.7 5.8 7.3 5.1 5.9 BAR FA 1003 5.3 5.7 6.3 6.1 5.6 7.1 6.7 5.6 5.8 5.0 5.0 6.4 5.0 5.4 6.8 3.9 4.5 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.2 4.5 6.4 7.4 5.1 5.8 BAR FA 1005 5.5 6.2 6.6 6.6 5.5 7.0 7.4 5.1 6.8 4.8 5.8 6.3 5.3 4.9 7.9 5.5 5.4 6.1 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.0 6.3 7.5 4.6 5.9 BAR FA 1CR7 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.7 7.1 5.8 5.8 4.5 5.4 6.3 5.0 5.7 6.6 3.2 3.7 5.1 6.1 6.2 5.3 4.8 5.3 7.2 4.3 5.4 BARLEXAS 4.9 4.6 5.8 6.2 5.7 6.4 7.0 4.9 6.1 4.8 4.9 6.5 5.3 5.6 6.4 4.0 3.8 5.5 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.5 7.3 4.9 5.6 BARLEXAS II 5.6 5.0 5.9 6.2 5.5 7.3 7.0 5.1 6.0 4.7 5.6 6.5 5.6 5.4 6.7 3.9 4.0 6.1 5.9 6.2 4.9 4.8 5.9 7.3 4.9 6.6 BARRERA 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.4 7.7 7.5 5.5 5.8 5.0 5.7 6.3 5.1 5.8 6.8 4.1 4.5 5.8 6.5 5.9 5.1 4.4 5.8 7.5 4.7 5.9 BARRINGTON 5.4 5.1 6.2 5.9 5.7 7.2 6.9 5.0 6.0 4.8 5.8 6.2 5.0 5.5 6.7 4.6 4.3 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.6 4.0 6.0 7.3 4.7 6.6 BE1 5.1 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 7.0 7.5 5.7 6.8 5.1 5.9 6.2 5.6 5.6 7.6 4.6 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.6 4.7 5.1 6.7 7.4 4.8 5.7 BILTMORE 5.5 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.8 6.7 7.8 5.5 7.2 5.0 6.1 6.4 5.0 5.4 6.7 4.8 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.2 4.8 6.0 7.3 5.4 6.2 BINGO 5.4 5.9 6.2 6.0 5.5 7.2 7.4 5.2 6.6 5.2 5.1 6.5 5.0 5.0 7.1 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.2 5.7 4.5 6.6 7.4 5.0 5.8 BLACKWATCH (PICK-OD3-01) 5.6 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.0 7.0 7.7 5.5 6.9 5.0 5.6 6.5 5.2 5.8 7.3 5.4 5.7 5.6 6.5 6.1 5.5 4.6 6.8 7.7 4.8 6.1 BLADE RUNNER (ROBERTS SM4) 5.1 5.7 6.3 6.1 5.7 7.6 6.9 5.5 6.6 4.8 5.7 6.4 4.5 5.9 7.6 4.8 5.0 5.9 6.4 6.1 5.3 4.2 5.7 7.3 4.6 5.3 BONSAI 5.5 4.3 5.5 6.2 5.6 5.2 6.7 5.0 5.3 4.4 4.5 6.1 4.9 5.6 7.3 3.2 2.6 5.3 5.4 5.6 4.4 4.3 5.4 6.4 4.5 5.5 BRAVO 5.2 4.6 5.8 6.3 5.0 6.3 7.1 5.2 6.1 4.6 5.4 6.2 5.2 5.5 7.4 4.0 3.8 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.1 4.3 6.1 6.8 5.0 5.8 CAS-ED 5.6 5.6 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.4 7.2 5.7 6.3 4.5 5.6 6.5 4.8 5.4 7.2 4.5 4.6 5.8 6.6 5.8 5.6 4.0 6.0 7.6 4.6 5.9 CAYENNE 5.5 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.7 7.2 7.8 5.5 6.7 5.1 6.8 6.4 4.8 5.8 7.2 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.7 6.0 6.4 4.7 6.4 7.4 4.9 5.4 CIS-TF-60 5.4 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.3 7.1 7.1 5.6 6.4 5.1 6.3 6.3 4.8 5.8 7.2 4.8 5.5 6.2 6.3 6.4 4.8 4.1 6.3 7.8 5.3 5.6 CIS-TF-64 5.0 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.6 6.4 6.9 5.8 7.2 4.5 5.9 6.0 5.2 5.8 8.1 4.6 5.4 5.6 6.8 6.7 5.4 4.4 6.1 7.3 4.9 5.9 CIS-TF-67 5.3 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 7.6 7.4 5.4 7.1 5.2 5.7 6.4 5.3 5.8 7.0 4.8 5.8 6.1 6.9 6.3 5.4 4.7 6.2 7.4 5.3 5.6 CIS-TF-77 5.5 5.4 6.4 5.7 6.0 7.3 7.0 5.5 6.7 5.2 5.7 6.5 5.2 6.0 7.4 4.9 5.3 5.7 6.6 6.2 5.1 4.8 6.3 7.3 5.3 5.4 COCHISE III (018) 5.2 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.0 7.0 7.6 5.7 7.1 5.0 7.0 6.5 5.5 6.1 7.3 5.1 6.2 6.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 4.3 6.4 7.6 5.0 6.0 CONSTITUTION (ATF-593) 5.1 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.5 7.3 5.6 6.7 4.9 5.9 6.3 4.9 5.8 7.0 4.2 5.0 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.6 4.5 6.0 7.3 4.9 6.2 COVENANT (ATF 802) 5.2 4.8 6.2 5.9 5.3 6.6 7.0 4.8 6.5 5.0 5.6 6.2 4.9 5.3 6.7 3.9 4.8 5.6 6.1 5.9 5.4 4.2 5.9 7.4 4.4 6.7 COYOTE 5.4 5.3 6.0 6.2 5.3 5.8 6.9 5.7 5.8 4.9 5.1 6.0 4.5 5.4 6.8 3.5 3.7 5.8 5.6 6.2 5.1 4.5 6.1 7.3 4.9 5.3 DAVINCI (LTP-7801) 5.6 5.4 6.8 6.8 5.8 6.8 7.7 5.3 7.4 5.0 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.9 7.0 5.4 6.3 5.6 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.0 6.3 7.9 5.1 6.1 DAYTONA (MRF 23) 4.7 4.9 6.0 5.9 5.3 6.5 7.0 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.4 6.3 4.8 5.0 7.6 3.2 3.6 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.0 4.2 5.9 7.4 4.6 6.4 DLF-J210 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.6 6.8 5.2 5.7 4.8 4.9 6.2 4.5 5.3 7.3 3.0 3.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 7.2 4.3 5.9 DOMINION 5.2 5.4 6.3 6.2 5.9 7.1 6.9 4.9 6.2 5.1 5.6 6.5 5.4 5.2 6.9 4.5 3.8 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.0 4.6 5.9 7.1 4.6 6.1 DP 50-9082 5.5 4.4 6.0 6.4 5.5 6.0 6.6 5.0 5.6 4.3 4.8 5.9 5.3 4.5 8.4 3.1 3.1 5.7 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.5 6.1 6.0 4.4 6.2 DP 50-9226 5.3 4.7 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.6 6.3 5.1 6.1 4.9 5.6 6.2 5.3 5.4 8.0 3.9 4.0 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.3 4.4 6.5 7.1 4.7 6.2 DYNASTY 5.5 5.5 6.3 5.5 5.5 7.3 7.5 5.3 6.8 4.8 5.1 6.4 5.7 5.5 7.9 4.5 5.0 6.3 6.2 5.7 5.9 4.8 6.1 7.4 4.6 5.6 EA 163 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.6 7.0 5.7 6.1 4.9 6.2 6.2 4.8 5.4 7.0 4.9 4.9 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 6.5 7.3 4.5 6.6 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 15. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2003 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 ELISA 5.0 4.0 5.8 6.1 5.5 7.1 6.0 4.9 5.9 5.2 4.6 6.4 4.6 5.3 6.1 4.4 3.2 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.6 5.7 6.3 5.4 6.3 ENDEAVOR 5.3 5.9 6.3 6.1 5.8 7.6 6.9 4.7 6.3 5.0 5.5 6.3 4.9 4.8 7.3 4.2 3.8 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.6 4.4 5.9 7.1 5.0 6.8 EXPEDETION (ATF-803) 5.2 4.8 6.0 6.3 5.6 6.1 6.2 5.0 5.8 5.0 5.4 6.4 4.5 5.9 7.4 3.8 4.0 5.4 5.4 5.9 5.5 4.7 6.2 7.2 4.5 5.7 FALCON II 4.9 4.9 5.7 5.9 5.7 7.1 6.6 5.3 5.8 5.1 4.9 6.4 5.2 5.3 7.0 3.2 3.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.4 4.7 6.1 6.9 5.0 5.6 FALCON IV (F-4) 5.4 5.3 6.3 6.4 5.9 7.9 7.5 6.0 7.8 4.8 5.7 6.4 5.5 6.0 6.8 5.1 6.2 6.1 6.7 6.3 5.6 4.4 6.6 7.6 4.9 6.2 FINELAWN ELITE (DLSD) 5.6 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.9 7.8 7.4 5.6 6.9 5.2 6.3 6.4 5.1 5.0 7.0 5.5 5.7 5.7 6.7 6.3 5.8 5.0 6.3 7.4 4.9 5.9 FINESSE II 5.3 6.0 6.2 6.3 5.4 6.8 7.2 5.2 6.8 4.8 5.6 6.3 5.5 5.2 7.0 4.4 5.1 5.7 6.6 6.0 5.1 4.8 5.3 7.6 4.1 6.1 FIREBIRD (CIS-TF-65) 5.4 5.8 6.3 6.1 5.9 7.3 7.5 5.0 6.8 4.7 5.7 6.4 4.6 5.5 7.4 5.1 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.3 4.5 6.3 7.7 4.8 6.1 FIVE POINT (MCN-RC) 5.3 5.6 6.2 6.1 5.7 6.6 7.3 5.3 6.6 5.0 6.3 6.3 5.0 5.4 6.9 5.1 5.3 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.5 6.3 7.2 4.6 6.2 FOCUS 5.6 5.6 6.3 6.3 5.6 7.8 6.7 5.2 7.1 5.1 5.3 6.3 5.0 5.4 7.3 4.0 4.4 6.0 6.3 6.2 5.7 4.5 5.8 7.6 4.6 6.1 FORTE (BE-2) 5.6 5.9 6.6 6.0 5.6 7.9 7.3 5.0 6.7 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.5 5.5 6.8 4.7 5.5 6.2 6.5 5.9 5.0 4.3 5.3 7.6 4.6 6.2 GO-FL3 5.2 4.1 5.9 6.4 5.3 6.6 6.0 4.6 5.5 4.9 5.0 6.5 4.7 5.2 7.5 3.1 2.8 5.8 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.1 6.0 5.7 5.1 5.4 GO-OD2 5.4 5.3 6.5 5.4 5.9 6.8 7.0 5.0 7.0 4.8 6.1 6.6 5.1 5.7 7.1 4.6 5.2 5.8 6.5 5.5 5.6 4.5 6.6 7.5 5.1 5.7 GO-RD4 4.8 5.0 6.1 6.1 5.5 7.1 6.0 5.0 5.2 4.7 4.7 6.5 4.7 5.2 6.4 3.0 2.8 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.0 4.7 6.0 6.5 4.3 5.2 GO-SIU2 5.4 4.5 5.8 5.5 5.1 6.4 6.6 4.3 5.4 4.9 4.7 6.3 4.5 5.0 6.6 2.9 3.1 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.2 6.3 6.8 4.6 5.4 GRANDE II 6.0 5.5 6.1 6.6 6.1 7.1 7.1 5.7 6.7 5.1 5.8 6.5 5.4 5.4 7.0 4.8 4.8 5.9 6.2 6.4 4.9 4.9 6.5 7.3 4.6 6.4 GREMLIN (P-58) 5.3 5.6 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.9 7.3 5.4 6.2 4.9 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.8 7.4 4.2 5.2 6.0 7.3 6.4 5.1 4.6 6.4 7.6 4.5 5.8 GUARDIAN-21 (ROBERTS DOL) 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.8 5.7 8.1 7.6 5.4 6.8 4.9 6.6 6.2 5.2 5.8 7.1 5.7 5.9 5.4 7.1 6.1 5.8 4.7 5.7 7.7 5.1 5.9 INFERNO (JT-99) 5.6 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.8 7.8 5.3 7.8 5.2 6.5 6.3 5.4 5.4 7.1 5.5 6.3 6.3 6.9 7.0 6.0 4.6 5.7 7.6 4.6 5.6 JAGUAR 3 5.1 5.0 6.2 6.6 5.7 6.7 7.0 5.2 6.1 5.5 5.0 6.5 5.2 5.7 7.2 4.2 3.9 5.8 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.8 6.1 6.9 5.3 6.4 JT-12 5.2 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.6 7.3 6.8 5.4 6.4 5.0 5.6 6.3 4.9 5.6 7.7 4.7 5.1 5.9 6.5 6.3 4.9 4.7 6.2 7.6 4.3 5.5 JT-13 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.3 6.4 7.0 5.4 6.1 4.9 5.4 6.1 4.8 5.6 7.8 4.4 5.1 5.6 6.8 6.4 4.6 5.0 5.4 7.4 4.4 5.3 JT-15 5.1 5.1 6.4 5.3 6.1 6.9 7.2 5.2 6.5 4.8 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.4 7.6 4.7 5.2 5.6 6.8 5.9 5.1 4.5 5.9 7.5 4.5 5.2 JT-18 5.5 5.1 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.6 7.2 5.4 6.2 5.0 6.1 6.0 4.4 5.3 7.4 4.0 4.5 6.1 6.3 6.5 4.6 4.7 5.2 7.3 4.4 6.5 JT-6 5.6 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.7 7.2 5.3 6.4 4.7 6.0 6.4 4.8 5.5 7.2 4.1 5.0 5.7 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.8 5.5 7.3 5.1 5.8 JT-9 5.4 5.5 6.2 5.7 5.8 6.2 7.4 5.3 6.3 5.0 6.3 6.3 5.1 5.4 7.3 3.8 4.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 4.9 5.1 5.7 7.4 4.8 5.1 JTTFF-2000 5.4 4.3 5.7 5.9 4.8 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.1 4.0 4.9 6.0 4.4 5.0 7.2 2.9 3.3 5.5 5.5 6.2 5.4 4.6 5.0 7.2 4.5 5.4 JUSTICE (RB2-01) 5.5 5.8 6.5 6.7 6.1 7.4 7.8 5.8 8.0 5.2 5.5 6.3 5.4 5.8 6.6 5.0 6.6 6.1 6.5 6.3 5.0 4.9 6.8 7.7 5.2 5.8 K01-8007 5.1 4.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.4 7.4 5.1 6.6 4.6 6.6 6.1 5.5 5.9 8.6 5.1 5.0 5.2 6.3 7.1 4.3 4.3 6.1 7.4 4.1 6.6 K01-8015 5.6 5.3 6.2 5.4 5.8 6.7 7.7 5.2 7.5 4.5 6.2 6.0 5.3 5.7 8.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.8 6.4 5.5 4.3 6.3 7.7 4.2 5.3 K01-E03 5.5 5.1 6.2 5.7 5.8 8.0 7.3 5.3 6.7 4.9 4.9 6.5 5.0 6.0 7.3 4.3 5.5 5.9 5.8 6.9 5.6 4.2 6.1 6.8 4.3 6.6 K01-E09 5.6 5.1 6.0 6.2 5.8 6.8 7.3 5.4 6.6 5.1 5.6 6.5 4.8 5.7 7.2 4.9 5.0 5.7 6.9 5.9 5.1 4.5 6.4 7.4 4.6 5.8 K01-WAF 5.1 6.1 5.8 5.6 6.1 7.0 7.8 4.6 7.2 5.1 5.7 6.4 5.3 5.4 7.8 5.2 5.3 6.0 6.6 6.0 5.8 4.6 6.6 7.2 5.2 5.6 KALAHARI 5.3 5.8 6.2 5.3 5.6 7.7 7.6 5.4 7.1 5.1 6.2 6.4 5.1 5.7 8.0 4.8 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.3 5.0 4.4 6.1 7.4 4.6 5.6 KITTY HAWK 2000 5.2 4.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 7.0 6.9 4.8 6.1 5.1 4.9 6.5 5.5 5.6 6.6 3.7 4.0 5.8 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.1 5.7 7.5 5.1 6.6 KY-31 E+ 4.8 3.2 5.5 4.6 3.8 6.4 4.0 3.9 4.2 3.8 3.0 4.8 3.8 5.6 4.8 1.2 1.0 4.8 2.7 3.7 4.5 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 5.4 LANCER 5.5 4.5 6.0 5.9 5.0 7.2 6.8 4.7 5.8 4.7 5.5 6.4 4.8 5.5 7.2 3.3 3.8 5.4 4.6 5.7 6.0 4.2 5.7 6.7 4.9 6.0 LARAMIE 4.9 5.0 6.0 5.8 5.4 6.1 7.1 5.2 6.1 5.0 5.2 6.1 5.3 5.4 7.3 3.6 3.8 5.4 6.1 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.5 7.2 5.0 5.3 LEGITIMATE 5.3 4.7 5.9 6.3 5.7 7.1 6.7 5.6 5.7 4.9 4.9 6.5 5.4 5.8 6.6 4.0 3.8 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.3 4.5 6.5 6.9 4.5 6.3 MA 127 5.4 5.7 5.9 6.3 5.6 7.0 7.0 5.3 6.6 4.8 6.2 6.3 5.0 6.0 7.1 4.7 4.9 6.0 6.7 5.9 6.0 4.9 6.1 7.6 4.6 6.0 MA 138 5.2 5.0 6.2 6.1 5.5 6.9 6.6 5.1 6.4 5.1 5.9 6.5 5.2 5.3 7.2 4.1 4.3 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.9 6.1 7.6 4.7 5.2 MA 158 5.5 5.0 6.1 5.9 5.4 6.3 7.0 5.6 6.3 4.9 5.6 6.2 5.1 4.7 7.0 4.0 5.3 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.5 4.6 6.2 7.4 4.6 5.4 MAGELLAN (OD-4) 5.2 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.8 7.6 7.0 5.3 7.1 5.3 6.6 6.5 4.9 5.3 7.6 5.1 5.3 5.5 6.6 6.3 6.0 3.9 6.2 7.3 5.3 6.0 MASTERPIECE 5.2 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.8 7.7 6.8 5.5 6.6 5.2 5.8 6.4 4.8 5.6 6.9 5.2 5.0 5.8 6.3 6.1 5.7 4.8 6.8 7.4 4.8 5.5 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 15. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2003 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 MATADOR 5.0 5.3 5.9 5.8 5.7 6.7 7.3 5.6 6.0 4.5 5.7 6.2 5.5 5.6 7.0 4.6 5.0 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.5 4.6 5.4 7.4 4.7 5.4 MILLENNIUM 5.1 5.8 6.1 6.4 5.8 7.9 7.2 5.6 6.6 5.0 5.2 6.5 5.6 5.8 6.8 3.7 4.3 5.7 5.8 6.1 5.1 4.5 5.9 7.3 4.9 6.4 MRF 210 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.3 6.8 5.5 6.8 4.9 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.4 7.1 4.1 4.2 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.4 4.9 6.2 7.6 4.6 6.2 MRF 211 5.3 5.4 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.7 7.2 5.3 6.5 4.7 5.9 6.4 5.6 6.1 7.9 4.3 4.3 5.8 5.9 6.2 4.6 5.2 6.3 7.5 4.6 6.4 MRF 25 4.9 4.8 6.2 6.2 6.0 7.4 7.1 5.3 5.7 4.8 6.2 6.5 5.3 5.5 8.4 4.1 4.1 5.8 6.2 6.0 5.6 4.8 5.8 7.3 5.0 5.6 MRF 26 5.1 5.8 6.2 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.9 5.6 5.9 4.6 5.4 6.5 5.5 5.1 8.1 3.5 4.1 5.5 6.1 6.1 5.3 4.2 6.0 7.7 4.8 5.1 MRF 27 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.6 7.4 5.5 6.5 4.7 6.0 6.3 4.8 5.8 7.4 4.1 4.5 5.5 6.2 6.1 4.8 4.6 6.1 7.4 4.9 5.3 MRF 28 5.6 5.3 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.7 7.3 5.3 6.1 4.7 6.2 6.4 5.0 5.4 7.5 3.9 4.3 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.2 4.4 6.6 7.7 4.3 5.7 MRF 29 5.2 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.0 6.7 6.5 5.0 6.4 4.9 6.3 6.2 5.0 5.5 7.3 4.0 4.7 6.1 5.9 6.3 5.2 4.4 6.5 7.4 4.5 5.8 MUSTANG 3 5.5 5.9 6.5 6.6 5.5 7.3 7.3 5.4 6.6 5.3 5.6 6.5 5.3 5.9 7.9 5.2 5.3 5.6 6.5 6.0 5.5 4.5 5.9 7.3 4.6 5.8 NA-TDD 5.4 5.9 6.3 5.4 5.6 6.4 7.4 4.6 6.5 4.6 6.2 6.4 5.2 5.8 7.0 4.3 4.5 6.1 6.1 6.2 5.7 4.4 5.6 7.6 5.1 5.6 NINJA 2 (ATF-800) 5.2 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.9 6.7 7.1 5.1 6.5 4.8 6.0 6.5 5.9 5.7 7.8 3.9 4.3 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.9 4.5 6.1 7.1 4.8 5.2 OLYMPIC GOLD 5.0 5.5 6.3 6.1 5.6 7.0 7.0 5.4 6.2 5.3 5.6 6.3 5.0 5.4 7.2 5.2 4.6 5.7 5.3 5.9 5.6 4.2 6.2 7.2 5.1 5.3 PADRE (NJ4) 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.2 5.9 6.9 7.4 5.2 7.9 5.1 6.6 6.5 4.8 5.5 7.9 5.7 5.4 6.0 7.3 6.4 6.0 4.7 5.8 7.6 5.4 6.3 PICASSO 4.9 5.9 6.2 6.6 5.7 6.3 7.3 5.7 6.3 5.2 5.5 5.8 5.0 5.8 7.2 4.8 4.8 5.8 6.7 5.9 5.7 4.8 6.5 7.4 5.0 5.9 PICK TF H-97 5.0 4.4 6.0 6.6 5.6 6.8 7.2 5.1 5.7 4.5 5.3 6.3 4.8 5.2 7.1 5.1 4.5 5.4 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.3 5.4 7.3 4.6 5.5 PICK ZMG 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.5 7.3 6.9 5.5 6.4 4.7 5.7 6.3 4.8 5.7 6.9 4.7 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.6 4.4 6.0 7.3 5.0 5.4 PICK-00-AFA 5.4 5.1 6.0 6.2 5.1 6.5 7.4 4.9 6.5 5.2 5.8 6.4 4.9 5.8 7.3 4.5 4.8 5.8 6.6 6.2 5.5 4.8 5.9 7.4 5.1 5.1 PLANTATION 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.1 5.5 6.4 7.3 5.1 6.8 5.1 5.8 6.3 5.3 5.6 6.5 3.6 4.7 5.3 6.4 6.1 5.4 4.6 6.1 7.6 4.8 6.3 PROSPECT 5.1 5.1 6.1 5.8 5.3 7.4 6.8 5.2 6.3 5.0 5.1 6.0 4.9 5.7 7.2 4.5 4.3 5.6 6.1 5.9 5.0 5.0 6.2 7.5 4.8 5.9 PST-53T 5.3 6.4 6.1 5.1 5.8 6.4 7.3 5.0 6.5 4.8 5.7 6.1 5.8 4.9 7.8 5.2 4.8 5.8 6.5 6.1 5.5 4.6 5.7 7.6 4.6 5.7 PST-57E 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.5 7.4 7.4 5.2 7.1 5.0 6.1 6.4 5.0 5.6 7.7 5.2 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.1 6.2 4.2 6.2 7.4 4.9 5.4 PST-5A1 5.2 6.1 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.6 7.2 5.9 6.5 5.4 6.2 6.5 5.3 5.8 7.0 4.8 5.2 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.8 6.6 7.3 5.0 6.3 PST-5BAB 5.4 5.2 6.2 6.1 5.7 6.7 7.2 4.9 6.8 5.0 6.2 6.5 4.8 5.8 7.1 4.7 4.7 5.7 6.1 6.2 5.6 4.3 6.3 7.2 4.8 5.8 PST-5BZ 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.5 7.5 5.9 6.5 4.8 5.9 6.4 4.7 5.9 7.1 4.9 4.8 5.7 6.1 5.8 5.5 4.0 6.5 7.4 4.9 6.4 PST-5FZD 5.3 5.5 6.3 6.0 5.6 7.1 7.7 5.2 6.4 4.7 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 7.5 5.7 5.3 5.8 6.7 5.9 5.5 4.5 6.2 7.4 5.0 4.7 PST-5JM 5.1 5.7 6.2 5.7 6.0 7.0 7.1 5.7 6.5 4.8 5.6 6.3 5.3 5.2 7.5 5.4 5.0 6.0 6.6 6.2 5.7 4.8 5.9 7.3 4.9 5.6 PST-5KI 5.2 5.5 6.2 5.8 5.6 7.0 7.2 4.4 6.3 5.1 5.8 6.4 4.9 5.3 8.0 5.2 5.1 6.0 6.7 5.9 5.8 4.3 6.7 7.3 5.3 5.2 PST-5KU 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.5 6.7 6.9 5.2 6.3 4.5 5.8 6.1 5.1 5.5 6.6 4.5 5.0 6.0 5.9 6.3 5.6 4.5 6.4 7.5 4.7 5.2 PST-5LO 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.6 7.4 7.0 5.5 6.7 5.0 5.7 6.3 4.8 5.3 6.7 4.6 4.7 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.4 4.7 6.3 7.3 5.0 5.4 PST-5NAS 5.9 5.4 6.5 5.7 5.7 7.2 7.3 5.4 6.5 4.3 6.3 5.9 5.0 5.4 8.0 4.7 4.9 6.0 6.3 5.9 5.4 4.3 5.9 7.4 5.0 5.3 PST-5S12 5.5 6.1 5.9 6.3 5.9 7.0 6.7 5.4 6.7 5.1 5.2 6.3 4.8 6.0 6.7 4.9 4.9 6.2 6.1 5.8 6.0 4.6 6.5 7.1 5.0 5.8 PST-5T1 5.4 5.9 6.6 6.1 5.7 7.3 7.3 5.0 7.0 4.8 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.5 7.0 5.4 5.3 5.9 6.7 5.8 5.5 4.5 7.1 7.4 4.9 5.2 PST-5TUO 5.4 5.2 6.0 5.4 5.7 6.9 7.1 5.2 6.6 4.9 6.2 6.4 5.0 5.6 7.0 4.3 5.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 4.8 4.8 5.9 7.4 4.6 6.2 PST-DDL 5.0 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.6 7.4 5.4 6.3 4.6 5.7 6.5 5.0 5.9 7.3 4.8 5.1 5.6 6.7 6.1 5.7 5.1 5.8 7.3 4.5 5.5 PURE GOLD 5.7 4.9 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.9 6.9 5.3 5.5 4.8 5.1 6.3 4.8 5.3 7.7 3.7 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.3 5.2 5.3 5.5 7.4 4.7 5.6 QUEST 5.4 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.9 6.5 7.4 5.3 6.3 4.9 5.7 6.3 5.1 5.8 7.3 5.1 4.6 5.8 6.5 5.9 5.7 4.6 5.9 7.4 4.8 5.2 R-4 5.2 6.2 6.5 6.3 6.1 7.6 7.5 5.3 7.7 5.5 6.3 6.3 5.3 5.9 7.0 6.2 6.3 5.9 7.3 6.9 4.8 4.8 6.4 7.7 4.9 6.2 RAPTOR (CIS-TF-33) 5.3 5.5 5.7 6.2 5.8 6.4 7.8 5.7 7.1 4.8 6.0 6.6 5.3 5.5 8.0 5.0 5.7 5.5 6.9 6.4 5.3 4.7 6.3 7.8 5.0 5.4 REBEL EXEDA 5.5 6.3 6.5 6.1 5.9 7.4 7.7 5.3 7.0 5.3 6.6 6.5 5.3 5.5 6.1 5.0 5.5 5.8 6.8 6.3 5.4 4.7 6.0 7.4 5.1 5.7 REBEL SENTRY 5.7 5.4 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.9 7.0 5.3 6.8 5.0 5.7 6.5 5.7 5.8 6.6 3.8 5.2 5.6 6.1 5.7 5.4 4.5 5.7 7.6 5.0 6.1 REGIMENT II (SRX 805) 5.4 5.5 6.4 5.9 5.7 7.2 7.2 5.0 6.3 5.1 6.1 5.9 4.8 5.4 6.7 3.5 4.8 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.2 4.8 6.7 7.7 4.4 5.2 REMBRANDT 5.2 5.4 5.8 6.2 5.9 8.1 7.2 5.3 6.5 5.0 6.1 6.3 5.5 5.0 7.8 5.0 4.8 6.3 6.4 5.9 5.4 4.3 6.5 7.2 4.7 5.9 RENDITION 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.8 7.6 5.5 7.1 4.7 5.4 6.5 5.0 5.6 8.4 4.1 5.1 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.4 4.7 5.7 7.6 4.5 5.8 RIVERSIDE (PROSEEDS 5301) 5.6 6.0 5.7 6.1 5.9 7.1 7.4 5.5 6.1 5.1 6.3 6.5 5.4 5.7 7.3 5.0 5.1 5.4 7.1 6.3 5.7 4.4 6.3 7.4 5.2 6.3 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 15. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2003 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 SCORPION 5.0 5.5 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.7 7.2 5.7 6.4 5.0 5.0 6.3 5.0 5.4 6.3 4.6 4.5 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.2 6.2 7.2 4.8 6.1 SIGNIA 4.9 5.6 6.2 5.3 5.7 7.1 6.9 5.4 6.6 4.7 5.3 6.3 5.2 5.6 7.1 4.6 4.7 5.6 6.3 5.9 5.1 4.4 5.8 7.4 4.4 5.3 SILVERADO II (PST-578) 5.4 5.6 6.2 6.6 6.0 7.3 7.2 5.5 7.0 5.2 6.1 6.5 4.9 6.1 7.5 5.4 4.8 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.8 7.1 4.8 5.1 SILVERSTAR (PST-5ASR) 5.2 5.8 6.4 6.2 5.6 6.5 7.1 5.2 6.7 5.6 5.7 6.5 5.6 5.8 7.0 4.8 4.7 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.9 4.9 6.5 7.3 4.9 5.9 SOUTH PAW (MRF 24) 5.6 4.8 6.0 5.4 5.8 7.2 6.1 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.2 6.2 5.3 5.3 7.1 3.1 3.3 5.3 4.8 5.9 5.3 4.5 5.7 7.2 4.4 6.2 SOUTHERN CHOICE II 5.4 5.3 6.0 6.2 5.4 7.6 6.7 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.2 6.4 4.6 5.6 7.4 3.3 4.1 6.0 5.6 5.8 4.9 4.8 6.3 7.4 4.3 6.1 SR 8250 5.7 5.0 6.0 6.1 5.5 5.9 7.2 4.9 6.3 5.1 5.6 6.5 4.8 5.8 7.7 4.2 4.9 5.4 6.3 6.3 4.9 5.1 6.8 7.1 4.8 5.5 SR 8550 (SRX 8BE4) 5.2 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.6 6.1 7.1 5.6 6.6 4.7 6.3 6.9 5.2 5.4 7.7 5.0 5.1 5.8 6.6 5.9 5.3 4.6 6.7 7.8 5.3 5.3 SR 8600 5.3 5.2 5.9 6.1 5.3 6.7 7.4 5.4 6.4 4.8 5.0 6.4 4.8 5.4 7.6 4.2 4.8 5.8 6.1 6.3 5.0 5.0 6.5 7.3 4.3 5.6 STETSON 5.4 4.5 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.5 4.8 5.8 5.0 5.2 6.4 5.4 4.8 7.0 3.4 3.5 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.7 4.2 5.3 6.2 4.8 6.4 T991 5.7 5.1 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.7 4.8 5.5 4.2 5.1 6.2 4.8 5.5 7.3 3.5 3.8 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.9 4.3 5.3 7.6 4.6 5.8 TAHOE (CAS-157) 4.8 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.6 7.3 7.0 5.4 6.3 5.1 5.4 6.6 5.3 5.0 7.4 3.9 5.0 5.5 6.4 6.0 5.6 4.6 6.1 7.4 4.7 4.8 TAR HEEL 5.5 5.4 6.4 6.3 5.5 7.1 7.1 5.4 6.3 4.9 5.2 6.3 4.6 5.2 7.9 5.0 4.2 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.1 4.7 6.2 7.1 4.9 4.9 TAR HEEL II (PST-5TR1) 5.8 5.5 6.4 6.3 5.8 6.8 7.2 5.1 6.7 5.3 5.7 6.5 4.8 6.1 8.0 6.3 4.7 6.1 6.2 5.6 5.7 4.5 6.9 7.0 5.4 5.2 TEMPEST 5.1 5.3 5.7 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.7 5.1 5.9 4.8 5.0 6.5 5.0 5.4 7.2 4.0 3.5 6.0 5.4 5.8 4.9 4.5 6.1 7.3 4.6 6.8 TF66 5.4 5.1 6.1 5.6 5.5 6.3 7.1 5.4 6.3 4.5 4.8 6.5 4.6 5.1 6.4 3.5 3.8 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.3 4.3 6.1 7.3 4.7 5.5 TITAN LTD. 5.4 5.0 5.8 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.5 5.1 6.4 4.5 5.3 6.5 4.8 5.3 7.9 3.6 3.7 6.1 5.3 5.1 5.6 4.5 5.6 6.3 4.6 5.6 TITANIUM (SBM) 5.4 5.4 6.0 6.3 5.9 7.3 7.2 5.3 7.2 5.2 6.4 6.6 5.2 5.4 7.3 5.2 5.9 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.1 4.2 6.6 7.4 5.1 6.2 TOMAHAWK RT 5.2 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.7 6.8 7.2 5.0 5.1 4.7 4.9 6.7 5.0 5.5 7.5 4.0 3.9 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.1 4.5 5.5 7.2 4.5 5.4 TRACER 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.3 6.3 7.0 5.0 5.5 5.0 5.4 6.4 4.6 5.8 6.6 4.0 4.2 5.9 6.5 6.3 5.4 4.5 5.6 7.3 4.9 6.3 TULSA II (ATF 706) 5.7 4.6 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.4 6.5 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.7 6.2 4.6 5.7 7.4 4.0 3.6 6.0 5.2 5.8 5.2 4.5 5.9 6.7 4.3 5.6 TURBO (CAS-MC1) 5.1 6.6 6.3 5.9 6.4 7.1 7.5 5.4 6.6 5.4 6.1 6.4 5.8 5.8 7.1 5.1 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.5 4.6 6.3 7.5 4.5 5.7 UT-155 5.5 4.7 6.2 6.4 5.6 7.0 6.8 5.1 6.5 4.9 5.9 6.5 4.9 5.4 7.4 4.6 5.0 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.6 4.9 5.8 7.5 4.3 5.6 UT-RB3 5.0 5.8 6.7 6.3 5.8 7.1 7.2 5.5 7.1 5.0 5.7 6.7 4.9 5.8 7.5 5.4 5.1 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.0 4.8 6.5 7.5 4.6 5.5 WATCHDOG 4.9 5.4 6.4 5.8 6.1 7.2 7.5 5.4 5.9 5.0 5.5 6.5 5.2 5.4 7.2 4.6 4.3 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.9 4.9 6.2 6.8 4.5 5.8 WOLFPACK 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.8 7.3 5.2 6.6 5.2 5.5 6.4 5.0 5.3 7.8 5.1 4.6 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.9 4.4 6.4 6.8 5.3 5.4 WYATT 5.0 4.8 5.9 6.2 5.5 6.5 7.0 4.8 6.2 4.6 5.3 6.3 4.5 5.7 7.0 4.1 3.9 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.2 4.7 6.2 6.7 5.0 6.1 LSD VALUE 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 C.V. (%) 6.0 12.9 6.8 8.1 13.1 11.9 4.8 7.5 5.9 6.3 12.0 4.7 10.3 10.7 7.3 14.5 8.6 9.6 7.5 5.3 13.5 10.9 10.2 3.6 8.4 6.8 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.