PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 5. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT NINE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2012 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IL1 MN1 NE1 NJ2 PA1 RI1 UT1 VA1 WA3 ABERDEEN 4.5 4.8 3.5 3.6 3.6 4.0 6.3 5.3 4.2 BEACON (Z6300) 2.0 5.8 3.9 5.0 4.7 7.4 5.8 5.7 5.7 BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 2.4 5.2 3.8 4.0 3.0 4.6 5.6 6.4 5.3 BOREAL 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.3 5.6 4.9 4.5 CASCADE 4.3 4.9 3.0 3.9 4.2 5.3 6.1 5.7 4.5 EPIC 4.5 5.3 3.1 3.4 4.7 4.1 6.1 5.4 4.3 FAIRMONT (TCD) 5.2 6.9 2.4 4.9 5.8 8.3 5.6 6.1 4.9 GOTHAM 2.6 4.4 3.4 5.6 4.3 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.4 INTRIGUE 2 4.6 6.5 2.7 4.3 6.3 7.0 5.8 5.8 5.0 IS-FRR-51 4.7 5.3 3.1 4.9 6.1 5.1 5.7 6.0 4.4 IS-FRR-62 4.8 5.0 3.0 5.3 5.3 6.4 6.0 6.4 4.7 LACROSSE 4.4 6.1 3.0 3.8 5.2 7.5 6.1 5.5 4.4 LONGFELLOW 3 (IS-FRC-33) 5.1 6.7 2.9 4.8 5.8 8.3 6.1 6.1 5.0 NAVIGATOR II (MVS-OS-1) 5.2 5.6 3.1 5.6 6.6 5.9 6.9 6.5 4.8 PSG 50C3 5.2 6.4 2.6 4.8 6.3 8.6 6.1 5.9 4.6 PSG-5RM 5.2 5.1 3.1 5.9 6.4 7.2 5.7 6.6 4.6 PST-4CSD 4.3 3.3 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.6 6.1 6.2 4.6 PST-4HES 2.6 4.2 3.4 4.9 4.1 5.4 5.8 5.9 6.0 RADAR (MVS-FRC-101) 4.6 7.1 2.8 4.7 5.7 8.5 6.5 6.2 5.0 SHADEMASTER III (PST-48Y7) 4.9 4.4 3.5 5.3 5.7 4.6 6.9 6.0 4.3 SPARTAN II 2.2 4.7 3.1 5.4 3.2 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.9 SWORD (NC-HF1) 2.5 4.2 3.1 6.0 3.3 7.3 6.4 5.4 5.9 TREAZURE II 4.7 6.2 2.9 4.7 5.9 7.5 5.3 5.8 4.9 WRIGLEY 2 (IS-FRC-35) 4.9 6.3 2.8 4.3 6.1 7.4 5.1 6.3 4.7 ZODIAC 4.9 6.7 3.1 4.9 6.3 8.0 6.0 6.2 5.0 LSD VALUE 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.1 1.4 0.7 0.5 C.V. (%) 10.0 14.5 10.1 8.7 15.8 10.4 14.5 7.6 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.