PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. 2012 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IA1 IL1 IN1 KS1 MA1 MN1 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 OK1 ON1 TN1 UT1 VA1 WA1 3733 5.2 3.9 4.3 6.1 4.4 2.8 4.0 2.0 3.5 5.7 3.1 6.1 2.8 4.7 4.3 4S2W 5.0 4.9 6.3 7.7 6.0 6.2 5.1 3.2 5.2 6.0 3.3 6.2 6.4 4.9 5.3 A00-2882 5.9 5.2 6.0 7.8 5.1 5.1 6.3 4.0 5.5 6.7 2.8 6.7 7.3 7.2 5.9 A00-4199 5.6 5.6 6.7 7.5 5.0 4.7 5.4 5.9 5.5 6.4 3.3 6.4 5.6 6.0 5.6 A01-1106 5.3 5.5 5.8 7.5 5.1 4.8 5.7 5.1 5.8 6.8 3.1 6.6 7.7 7.0 6.3 A03-1017 5.2 5.0 7.2 7.9 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.6 6.8 7.0 3.3 6.7 6.6 5.8 5.9 A04-342 6.0 5.2 7.5 8.0 5.5 6.1 6.1 5.1 6.2 7.0 3.0 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.3 A04-36 5.4 5.3 6.5 7.2 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.0 6.6 3.5 6.1 5.8 4.7 5.3 A04-38 6.0 4.8 6.6 7.4 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.7 4.8 6.6 2.9 6.3 6.1 4.4 5.6 A04-74 5.3 5.0 6.1 7.6 5.5 4.7 6.0 3.4 5.3 5.5 2.8 6.6 7.0 6.0 5.8 A05-204 4.8 5.3 6.1 7.1 5.3 5.1 4.8 2.9 4.4 6.0 3.4 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.5 A05-306 5.7 4.8 6.3 7.1 4.6 5.1 4.7 5.3 4.5 6.2 4.0 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.7 A05-315 5.2 5.1 6.5 7.5 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.3 6.4 3.0 6.6 5.6 5.9 5.8 A05-329 5.0 4.6 4.1 7.1 4.3 3.7 4.2 1.9 3.6 5.4 2.9 5.5 6.5 6.0 4.8 A05-360 6.7 5.0 6.3 7.7 5.6 5.3 5.4 4.8 5.6 6.9 3.7 6.8 6.9 6.1 6.0 A05-361 5.5 5.0 6.3 7.4 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.2 6.1 6.9 3.3 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.5 A05-999 5.2 4.6 5.6 7.2 4.7 4.3 5.4 5.5 4.3 6.3 3.2 6.2 6.7 6.0 5.3 A05-TB-382 5.1 5.5 7.2 7.4 5.2 4.4 5.7 4.8 5.4 6.4 3.4 6.8 5.3 6.2 6.3 A06-26 5.0 5.3 7.1 7.6 5.5 5.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 6.8 2.9 6.4 6.2 4.9 6.0 A06-46 5.3 5.5 7.3 8.0 5.9 5.5 6.8 5.1 6.6 6.6 3.3 7.1 7.2 6.6 5.5 A06-47 5.4 4.6 4.8 7.5 5.7 5.5 5.6 3.1 4.3 6.2 3.0 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.8 A10-1 6.3 5.7 6.4 7.0 5.2 5.6 5.1 4.4 6.2 6.8 3.3 6.4 6.8 5.5 6.6 A98-344 6.3 5.3 6.1 7.5 4.8 4.8 5.5 3.6 4.8 6.3 2.5 6.8 7.6 7.3 5.4 A98-363 5.4 5.0 6.7 6.8 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.0 4.8 6.4 3.6 6.8 6.4 6.4 5.9 AKB 2282 5.1 4.8 6.3 7.8 5.4 4.7 5.5 5.1 4.7 6.2 3.0 6.2 6.9 5.1 6.7 AKB 2555 4.9 4.2 4.3 6.7 4.6 3.0 3.8 3.0 3.5 4.9 3.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.8 AMERICA 6.0 4.8 6.7 7.5 5.4 4.6 4.9 3.5 4.4 6.2 4.1 6.9 5.7 5.1 5.3 ARROWHEAD 6.0 4.8 5.8 7.6 5.3 4.8 5.7 3.7 5.4 6.1 2.7 5.9 6.1 5.4 5.7 AVID 5.6 4.8 5.7 6.8 5.6 5.3 5.4 3.3 5.1 6.3 3.2 6.9 6.4 5.4 5.7 AWARD 5.5 4.1 6.1 7.1 5.1 3.9 6.0 2.9 5.0 5.9 3.2 6.2 3.6 4.8 4.8 BAR 12PP 612 4.8 5.0 5.6 7.0 4.9 4.8 4.6 3.2 5.3 5.9 3.4 5.8 5.8 3.1 6.3 BAR 8PP 504 5.9 5.1 6.5 7.5 5.0 5.1 6.1 5.3 5.1 6.9 2.9 6.8 6.0 5.9 5.3 BAR PP 110358 5.7 5.2 6.8 7.5 5.5 5.2 6.5 5.1 5.1 6.6 3.4 7.1 5.7 6.3 5.4 BAR PP 119326 6.7 5.0 6.8 7.3 4.8 4.2 4.9 4.2 4.4 5.9 3.6 6.3 5.6 6.3 4.9 BAR PP 119327 5.8 4.7 6.2 7.4 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.7 4.0 6.3 3.6 6.3 5.9 4.9 5.8 BAR VV 0709 6.0 5.2 6.8 7.5 5.5 5.3 6.2 6.2 4.7 7.1 4.2 7.0 6.3 6.2 5.6 BAR VV 112916 5.4 4.8 6.6 7.3 5.3 5.5 5.7 4.3 5.1 6.4 3.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.3 BAR VV 118532 6.1 5.1 6.8 7.1 5.1 4.4 5.2 4.7 4.3 6.4 3.8 6.8 6.1 6.3 5.7 BARDUKE 5.6 5.0 6.4 7.0 5.4 4.5 4.9 3.9 4.0 5.9 4.0 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.3 BARON 5.5 4.5 6.4 7.2 5.3 4.6 5.5 4.2 3.9 5.7 3.9 6.1 5.5 4.5 5.9 BLACKJACK 5.3 4.2 6.3 7.3 4.0 4.5 3.8 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.1 4.9 5.8 4.8 6.1 BLUE NOTE 5.3 5.0 7.2 7.3 5.4 6.0 6.1 5.3 6.0 7.1 3.4 6.8 6.9 6.0 6.0 BURL 06-11 5.2 4.8 6.9 7.5 5.2 5.8 4.9 3.2 4.9 6.7 2.8 6.8 6.5 5.0 5.6 BURL 3-51 5.1 5.1 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.3 4.8 3.3 5.7 7.0 3.2 6.7 7.3 5.7 6.3 CABERNET 5.3 4.9 6.7 7.5 4.8 4.9 5.5 4.3 4.5 6.1 3.6 6.3 4.6 6.2 5.0 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. (CONT'D) TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. 2012 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IA1 IL1 IN1 KS1 MA1 MN1 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 OK1 ON1 TN1 UT1 VA1 WA1 DPPP 818 5.1 4.7 6.3 7.0 5.4 4.4 5.0 3.8 4.2 6.3 3.5 6.5 5.8 5.3 5.8 EMPIRE 5.4 5.0 6.4 6.9 5.1 4.6 5.3 2.5 5.0 7.0 3.6 6.6 6.7 5.7 5.9 H99-1653 6.0 5.0 7.0 7.5 6.3 5.3 6.0 5.9 5.1 6.4 3.0 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.1 J-1136 5.7 4.9 6.6 7.3 5.7 6.1 5.5 4.4 7.1 6.9 2.9 6.7 6.9 5.7 6.3 J-1770 5.3 5.0 7.3 7.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.6 6.9 6.6 3.0 6.7 6.8 5.8 5.2 J-1853 5.6 5.2 6.7 7.6 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.3 6.8 6.9 3.2 6.7 7.0 6.4 5.7 KENBLUE 5.6 4.2 5.9 6.3 4.7 3.7 4.7 3.9 3.6 6.2 4.4 6.6 5.3 5.9 4.5 LTP-08-6 5.1 5.2 7.1 7.5 5.4 5.8 5.8 3.9 5.4 6.9 3.0 6.8 6.2 6.5 5.5 MIDNIGHT 5.9 5.0 6.7 7.2 5.9 5.3 6.2 4.8 6.4 6.9 3.1 6.5 6.8 6.3 6.4 NU CHICAGO 5.5 4.8 6.7 7.7 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.2 6.3 6.6 3.2 6.7 7.3 5.4 5.8 PICK 033 5.7 5.6 6.8 7.6 5.8 5.0 6.1 5.3 6.1 6.5 3.0 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.2 PICK 4340 5.9 5.1 7.2 8.2 5.8 6.7 6.3 5.1 6.5 6.7 3.0 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.7 PICK MP07 5.2 4.7 6.1 7.0 5.4 5.0 5.4 3.4 4.0 6.3 3.2 6.3 5.3 5.8 5.7 PICK TD8 5.2 5.2 7.2 7.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.1 5.0 6.7 3.0 6.4 6.3 5.1 5.8 PICK TD9 5.8 5.0 7.1 6.4 4.3 5.0 3.9 2.1 4.7 4.9 3.6 4.9 6.4 4.9 4.3 PP 10847 5.7 4.7 6.4 7.8 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.9 5.2 6.5 3.8 6.7 5.8 4.6 6.0 PPH 9131 5.4 4.5 6.8 7.1 5.4 4.8 5.2 3.9 4.5 6.2 3.9 6.4 4.9 4.9 5.3 PST-07-261 5.0 4.7 6.8 7.4 4.8 5.0 5.7 4.8 5.9 6.5 3.1 6.1 6.8 5.5 5.9 PST-K10-106D 5.8 5.1 5.8 7.7 4.9 5.1 5.7 4.4 5.1 6.2 3.3 6.7 5.9 5.8 6.1 PST-K4-3 5.5 4.8 5.9 7.0 5.4 5.5 4.5 4.1 5.1 6.2 3.3 6.2 6.1 5.4 5.3 PST-K4-7 6.0 5.5 6.8 7.7 5.5 5.5 5.0 3.7 4.5 6.6 2.8 5.9 6.6 6.4 6.1 PST-K9-90 5.2 4.5 5.7 6.9 5.5 5.4 4.0 4.8 5.3 4.2 3.3 5.2 6.2 6.0 5.6 PST-K9-97 4.8 4.0 4.3 7.1 5.1 5.2 4.6 3.0 3.8 6.5 2.9 4.6 3.6 4.4 6.1 PST-K9-99 5.6 4.9 5.5 7.1 4.9 4.7 5.7 4.1 3.8 5.8 3.6 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.7 PST-T10-18 5.4 5.1 6.8 7.5 6.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4 6.1 3.4 6.4 5.4 6.4 5.0 RAD-1492 4.9 4.6 7.0 7.9 5.8 4.7 5.3 4.7 4.5 6.4 2.7 6.4 6.7 4.1 6.0 RAD-507 5.0 4.8 6.8 7.5 4.9 5.1 5.2 3.3 4.2 6.2 3.7 6.2 5.9 5.1 5.8 RAD-849 5.8 4.7 7.0 7.5 5.5 5.5 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.7 2.6 5.3 6.3 6.1 6.2 RUSH 6.3 4.7 5.9 7.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.8 6.2 6.4 3.1 6.0 6.7 5.3 5.9 SHAMROCK 6.2 5.3 6.1 7.5 4.5 4.4 5.2 4.5 3.8 6.1 3.2 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.3 SKYE 6.0 4.9 6.9 8.1 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.6 6.7 3.8 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.4 SRX 2758 5.6 5.4 7.0 7.2 5.8 5.9 5.9 4.8 6.4 6.8 3.1 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.9 SRX 4338 6.6 4.9 7.6 7.9 5.6 6.5 6.5 4.7 6.5 7.2 3.1 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.1 SRX 466 5.3 5.1 6.9 7.5 5.3 5.3 6.5 4.1 6.0 6.3 3.1 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.0 SRX 5321 5.6 5.0 6.1 6.7 5.5 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.8 6.3 3.3 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.3 SUDDEN IMPACT 5.5 4.8 7.1 7.4 6.0 5.5 5.1 4.5 6.6 6.5 3.2 6.6 7.2 6.2 6.3 THERMAL BLUE 5.8 4.8 6.4 7.4 5.3 4.3 4.7 5.6 4.3 5.8 4.4 6.2 5.1 6.4 5.0 LSD VALUE 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 C.V. (%) 14.7 8.3 8.4 6.8 7.5 12.0 10.7 17.7 8.2 7.0 16.1 5.1 9.8 14.1 10.8 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.