PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 3. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 2021 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME CO1 CT1 DE1 IA1 IA2 IN1 KS1 MA1 MD1 MI1 MI2 MN1 MN2 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 OR1 PA2 QE1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WI1 BAR FRC 123 4.6 5.8 5.6 6.3 6.3 6.0 4.0 5.4 4.7 6.1 5.3 6.2 5.9 4.2 4.5 3.2 4.3 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.5 4.7 5.9 BRITTANY 2 4.0 6.1 5.6 6.8 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.1 6.3 5.9 6.9 6.7 5.1 6.3 5.8 5.1 6.4 6.6 6.2 7.2 5.4 6.3 DLFPS-FL-3104 4.8 4.5 6.5 6.7 6.2 3.7 5.6 6.0 5.6 3.0 3.9 5.7 5.8 3.8 4.3 6.3 3.4 6.6 7.0 6.1 7.2 3.9 6.3 FOXFIRE 2 3.7 5.2 6.2 6.6 6.8 4.7 3.3 5.6 4.1 7.0 4.8 3.4 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.2 6.6 5.8 6.0 5.8 4.5 6.0 GLADIATOR 4.3 5.0 5.7 6.6 6.3 4.7 5.8 6.1 5.5 4.5 4.0 6.0 6.2 3.4 2.8 4.0 3.3 6.4 6.2 6.3 7.6 2.9 6.5 QUATRO 4.2 4.3 4.6 6.5 6.3 3.7 4.7 5.3 4.7 3.1 3.7 4.3 4.6 2.8 2.6 3.7 3.2 6.5 6.1 5.0 6.3 2.9 5.2 RESOLUTE 3.8 3.9 6.1 6.8 6.5 4.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 3.7 3.7 5.8 6.1 2.9 3.6 5.0 3.0 6.5 6.3 5.7 7.0 3.0 5.9 SEABREEZE GT 3.7 4.9 5.4 6.3 6.5 5.7 4.0 5.0 3.7 5.8 5.4 5.3 6.3 4.2 3.6 4.5 4.2 6.0 6.4 6.1 6.6 5.5 6.0 SPHD-20 4.8 4.4 6.2 6.6 6.3 4.0 5.6 5.4 5.9 3.4 3.5 6.1 5.7 3.4 3.9 5.5 2.8 6.3 6.7 5.9 6.9 2.6 5.8 5Z2 3.5 6.0 5.9 6.7 6.8 5.7 4.3 5.1 4.0 7.4 5.6 5.8 4.5 5.3 5.3 4.5 5.0 6.8 6.1 6.2 6.9 4.5 6.6 5Z5 4.2 5.8 5.0 6.4 6.6 5.7 4.5 5.5 4.3 7.3 5.2 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.9 6.4 6.3 7.1 3.3 6.6 BAR FO 131 3.6 5.0 6.4 6.8 6.4 4.3 3.9 4.8 4.6 5.9 4.6 5.6 5.0 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.2 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.8 3.6 6.0 BAR FRC 130 4.3 5.8 4.9 6.5 6.1 5.3 4.6 5.2 4.8 6.5 6.1 5.0 6.8 4.6 5.0 4.0 4.6 6.4 6.6 5.7 6.6 4.7 5.6 BAR FRL 122 3.3 5.1 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.7 4.0 5.0 4.2 6.3 5.2 6.0 6.2 4.1 4.6 4.0 4.1 6.4 6.8 5.9 6.5 4.5 6.2 BAR FT 132 4.3 4.6 4.9 6.8 6.4 4.3 5.0 5.2 4.9 2.6 2.7 5.7 4.3 3.1 4.3 4.3 3.5 6.4 6.9 5.5 6.9 3.8 6.1 BAR FT 135 4.3 4.4 6.7 6.4 6.5 4.0 5.8 5.3 5.4 3.0 3.9 6.5 4.7 3.0 4.8 4.5 3.1 6.7 6.7 5.5 6.6 4.2 5.5 BLUE HORNET (PPG-FO-102) 4.9 4.5 5.3 6.3 6.3 4.3 5.0 5.3 4.6 4.1 3.8 5.3 5.1 3.0 3.7 4.8 3.2 6.9 6.9 5.3 5.8 4.2 5.6 BOREAL 3.3 4.8 4.0 6.5 6.5 5.0 3.3 4.5 3.3 4.5 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.8 2.2 2.2 3.9 6.1 5.9 5.2 5.3 4.5 4.7 BYE 3.6 5.7 5.5 6.6 6.8 5.7 4.7 5.5 4.9 6.8 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.6 6.0 5.2 6.8 6.1 6.5 6.9 4.4 6.5 CARDINAL II 3.5 5.7 5.3 6.8 6.5 5.7 4.2 5.2 3.8 6.5 4.9 6.0 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.7 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.2 3.9 6.3 COMPASS II 4.5 6.0 5.5 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.2 5.5 4.8 6.9 6.3 5.6 5.6 4.8 5.2 4.9 5.0 6.4 6.8 6.2 7.4 5.1 6.9 DA5-RHF 4.8 4.7 5.1 6.7 6.5 5.7 5.0 5.6 5.3 5.3 4.2 5.8 5.5 2.7 4.7 4.9 3.2 6.7 6.1 6.0 7.2 4.3 6.1 DLF-FRR-3128 3.8 5.4 6.2 6.8 6.5 4.7 4.3 5.2 3.7 6.5 5.2 5.8 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 5.1 6.6 5.7 6.3 6.4 3.6 5.9 DLFPS-FRC-3105 3.8 6.1 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.1 5.6 4.7 7.1 5.7 6.5 6.4 4.9 6.2 6.2 4.9 6.3 6.4 6.2 7.5 4.8 6.6 JAMESTOWN VII 3.7 5.5 5.8 6.6 6.5 6.0 4.8 5.1 4.6 6.1 5.7 6.2 6.1 5.1 4.6 5.3 4.3 6.1 6.8 6.1 7.1 4.5 5.8 KEVIN 3.4 5.9 4.9 6.6 6.6 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.4 6.7 4.7 5.3 5.0 4.8 3.6 3.9 5.1 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.4 4.9 6.1 NAI-CHU1 4.3 6.3 5.6 6.5 6.3 5.3 5.8 5.8 4.9 7.0 6.5 6.3 6.7 5.2 5.7 5.9 4.8 6.6 6.3 6.5 7.3 4.7 6.6 PPG-FL 128 3.8 5.7 7.4 6.5 6.2 5.0 6.3 5.9 5.3 2.6 3.5 6.8 6.2 4.0 4.8 6.1 3.1 6.5 7.1 6.0 8.0 4.2 6.1 PPG-FRC 127 4.1 5.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 6.3 5.6 7.3 6.0 6.7 6.9 4.8 6.8 6.2 4.3 6.6 5.7 6.3 7.5 5.7 6.7 PPG-FRC-130 4.3 5.7 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.1 5.0 7.0 5.9 6.8 6.4 5.0 6.0 6.4 4.4 6.6 6.7 6.3 7.7 5.3 6.1 PPG-FRR 127 3.8 5.6 4.9 6.8 6.8 5.0 4.6 5.5 4.3 7.3 5.9 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.2 6.7 6.3 6.2 7.6 4.7 6.3 PPG-FRR 132 3.8 5.3 6.5 6.7 6.7 5.3 4.2 5.5 4.1 6.6 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.3 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.7 4.7 6.5 PPG-FRR-134 4.1 5.3 5.8 6.5 6.5 5.7 5.0 5.1 4.1 7.3 6.2 5.8 5.3 5.5 4.4 6.3 5.1 6.7 6.7 6.1 7.1 4.8 6.2 PST-4SWTM 4.2 5.8 5.3 6.5 6.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.6 6.5 4.9 5.1 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.5 6.3 6.8 6.4 6.5 5.2 6.0 PVF-HSY+ 4.3 6.0 5.1 6.7 6.4 5.0 4.7 5.1 4.7 7.2 5.5 6.0 5.1 5.8 5.1 5.1 4.9 6.4 6.3 6.3 7.4 4.1 5.8 PVF-MVP-2020 3.9 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.7 5.1 5.5 4.6 7.4 5.9 5.0 6.3 4.7 5.3 6.2 4.6 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.7 5.6 6.0 PVF-PDB-2020 4.5 4.3 5.3 6.5 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.7 4.9 3.7 6.7 6.3 3.4 5.8 5.6 3.2 6.6 6.8 6.3 7.4 3.6 6.2 RAD-FC59 3.9 5.9 4.2 6.8 6.7 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.0 6.9 5.4 6.8 5.4 4.0 5.3 4.7 4.4 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.9 4.1 6.3 RAD-FR64 3.9 5.6 5.8 6.3 6.7 4.7 4.0 5.3 3.9 7.3 5.6 4.8 5.2 3.9 4.3 4.0 4.7 6.8 6.0 6.2 6.3 3.7 6.2 SHADOW IV (PST-4SHAD) 4.5 5.7 5.4 6.8 6.5 5.7 4.2 5.2 4.2 6.1 5.1 5.2 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.0 4.9 6.0 6.7 6.1 7.3 4.1 5.8 STB1 4.1 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.5 5.3 4.8 5.0 3.7 6.9 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.7 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.6 4.5 6.6 SWORD II (NAI-HAQ1+2) 4.4 4.1 5.9 6.5 6.6 4.7 5.6 5.9 5.9 4.1 4.1 5.1 6.7 2.9 3.0 5.8 2.7 6.6 7.2 6.3 7.8 3.1 6.1 TENACIOUS (NAI-HTB2) 4.8 3.9 6.0 6.5 6.4 4.3 5.0 5.8 5.7 3.9 3.9 6.0 6.2 3.2 4.6 6.3 3.4 6.5 6.7 5.6 7.7 5.0 6.2 LSD VALUE 1.1 1.5 2.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.8 C.V. (%) 16.1 17.1 25.9 4.0 3.5 16.1 10.8 5.5 7.9 12.8 10.5 16.5 8.4 9.7 13.3 16.4 8.3 4.8 7.2 5.2 7.2 16.2 8.0 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.