PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 5. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN AT TWENTY LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 2007 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 AZ1 IA1 IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MI1 MN1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 OK1 PA1 QE1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WI1 007 (DSB) 7.8 7.0 7.0 6.5 8.1 4.4 4.5 6.0 7.4 8.0 6.9 6.2 5.0 7.6 3.8 5.3 6.4 5.4 6.2 7.4 13-M 7.0 6.9 6.8 5.9 7.7 4.1 6.3 5.6 6.1 7.3 7.3 4.8 4.9 6.1 4.8 6.1 6.3 5.8 6.1 6.9 ALPHA 6.7 7.0 6.6 6.5 8.0 4.4 4.2 4.8 5.4 7.6 7.5 4.2 4.4 6.8 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.5 6.5 AUTHORITY (235050) 7.3 6.4 7.2 6.3 8.1 4.4 5.0 7.1 6.3 7.6 6.8 5.5 5.5 7.6 4.9 5.6 6.1 5.0 6.4 6.9 BENCHMARK DSR 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.3 8.1 4.5 6.0 5.3 6.3 7.9 7.3 4.4 4.6 7.0 5.1 6.2 6.0 5.4 5.5 6.2 BENGAL 6.4 7.3 6.8 6.6 8.0 4.3 3.8 5.6 5.6 7.3 7.1 4.6 4.8 6.2 4.1 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.5 6.3 CY-2 7.6 7.3 6.6 6.7 8.0 4.6 5.4 5.4 6.3 8.0 7.1 6.4 5.4 7.1 4.4 6.8 6.2 6.0 6.6 7.6 DECLARATION 7.1 7.3 6.9 6.8 8.1 5.6 6.7 6.4 6.6 7.7 6.7 5.5 5.1 7.4 4.7 5.4 6.5 4.8 6.0 7.2 GREENWICH 4.9 6.5 6.3 4.7 . 3.8 4.8 4.5 2.8 5.3 6.4 6.0 2.1 1.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 1.7 6.0 6.3 INDEPENDENCE 7.0 7.8 6.7 6.6 8.0 4.0 4.5 5.6 5.3 7.4 7.5 7.0 4.6 7.2 4.1 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.9 IS-AP 9 6.9 6.5 7.4 6.5 8.0 4.7 5.4 6.5 6.3 8.0 6.8 4.1 4.3 6.6 5.2 6.6 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.8 KINGPIN (9200) 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.4 8.1 3.9 6.3 5.6 6.5 7.5 7.1 3.8 4.9 6.7 3.8 6.4 6.2 5.5 6.4 6.3 LEGENDARY 4.5 6.6 6.2 4.4 . 3.7 4.3 4.8 2.4 4.7 6.6 6.6 2.0 2.4 5.4 5.5 5.9 1.8 5.8 6.6 LS-44 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.6 7.6 4.3 4.8 5.3 6.1 7.8 7.4 4.4 4.7 6.7 5.6 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.8 MACKENZIE (SRX 1GPD) 7.0 6.8 7.0 7.1 8.2 4.8 4.3 6.6 5.5 8.0 6.6 6.7 5.2 7.7 4.4 6.1 6.4 5.1 6.3 6.0 MEMORIAL (A03-EDI) 6.9 6.6 6.3 5.9 7.8 5.3 7.2 5.3 6.6 7.3 7.2 4.3 4.5 6.7 5.2 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.6 7.0 PENN A-1 7.4 6.8 6.7 5.2 8.3 3.7 5.1 5.9 6.2 8.1 6.8 5.7 5.0 6.8 4.6 5.5 6.2 5.6 6.0 6.6 PENNCROSS 5.0 6.3 6.1 3.5 6.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 3.7 4.9 7.8 2.1 3.8 4.3 5.5 5.7 5.4 4.5 5.0 5.2 PENNLINKS II 5.9 6.2 6.0 3.4 6.7 4.2 5.5 3.9 5.3 5.9 7.6 2.9 4.1 5.0 5.1 6.4 5.9 5.0 5.1 6.0 SHARK (23R) 7.4 7.0 7.3 6.7 8.4 4.8 4.1 6.4 5.6 7.8 6.7 6.8 5.0 7.4 4.0 5.7 6.1 5.6 6.0 7.6 SR 7200 3.6 6.6 6.2 3.5 . 3.8 5.1 4.9 2.1 4.7 6.7 5.5 2.0 1.2 6.1 5.1 5.9 1.6 5.1 5.8 T-1 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 8.2 3.9 4.2 5.4 6.2 6.9 7.3 4.5 4.2 6.7 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.6 6.3 TYEE (SRX 1GD) 7.3 6.6 6.6 7.2 8.2 4.0 4.2 6.7 5.6 7.5 6.5 6.8 5.3 7.9 3.6 6.1 6.4 5.4 6.5 7.3 VENUS (EFD) 5.0 6.1 5.8 5.1 . 4.2 5.0 4.7 2.4 5.2 7.4 5.7 1.9 2.6 6.1 5.5 5.8 1.8 5.7 6.8 VESPER 4.6 6.6 5.7 4.3 . 3.8 4.5 4.0 2.4 4.9 6.9 5.2 2.0 1.7 5.2 5.3 5.8 1.7 5.6 6.3 VILLA (IS-AC 1) 5.6 6.5 6.5 4.7 . 3.5 4.5 4.9 2.3 5.2 7.0 6.2 2.0 2.5 5.5 5.7 5.8 1.8 5.5 7.0 LSD VALUE 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.6 C.V. (%) 6.1 9.7 5.8 8.8 5.5 12.5 9.9 14.5 10.7 7.2 5.4 12.3 5.0 7.0 14.1 8.8 3.5 9.6 8.4 5.8 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.