PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 4. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 2023 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME CO1 CT1 IA1 IA2 IN1 KS1 MA1 MI1 MI2 MI3 MI4 MN1 MN2 NC1 NJ1 NJ2 QE1 UT1 VA1 WA1 WI1 5Z2 2.3 6.3 6.5 6.0 5.9 3.7 5.6 6.0 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.9 5.7 4.3 5.0 4.4 7.0 6.3 5.0 5.5 5Z5 4.0 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.7 4.3 5.9 5.6 4.7 5.0 4.4 4.4 5.1 6.2 5.6 5.5 4.7 6.7 6.2 4.6 6.1 BAR FO 131 3.2 6.3 6.5 5.7 1.7 3.3 5.2 5.1 3.8 4.4 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 6.4 5.8 4.3 5.2 BAR FRC 123 2.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 4.0 4.0 5.5 6.3 6.6 5.0 5.7 4.2 5.4 5.0 4.2 5.2 5.0 6.3 6.2 5.0 5.8 BAR FRC 130 3.3 6.5 6.2 6.0 3.7 4.2 5.2 6.5 6.7 5.0 5.9 4.6 5.2 4.8 4.0 5.4 5.2 6.2 6.0 5.5 5.6 BAR FRL 122 2.3 6.4 6.3 6.0 4.3 4.0 5.8 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.7 4.9 5.7 5.3 4.0 5.3 5.1 6.6 6.0 4.0 6.0 BAR FT 132 1.8 5.9 6.5 5.5 1.3 5.7 5.3 4.7 3.9 4.1 3.6 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.6 5.1 5.4 6.1 6.7 4.2 6.5 BAR FT 135 2.1 6.3 6.9 5.6 1.3 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.4 3.8 5.7 4.4 4.8 4.4 5.3 5.9 6.6 7.1 4.5 6.3 BEACON II (PPG-FL 128) 3.1 6.4 6.3 5.9 2.7 5.1 6.5 5.4 4.2 4.6 3.9 5.4 5.3 5.0 2.9 7.2 6.8 7.4 7.4 4.6 6.1 BLUE HORNET (PPG-FO-102) 2.9 6.4 6.3 6.0 1.9 4.3 5.8 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.3 5.1 4.6 2.5 4.3 5.0 5.7 6.1 5.7 4.9 5.5 BOREAL 2.9 5.4 6.2 5.9 2.3 . 4.8 4.0 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.3 2.6 3.8 4.2 2.3 3.6 4.6 5.9 4.3 5.0 BRITTANY 2 3.0 6.6 6.5 6.0 6.4 3.7 6.0 6.7 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.3 5.1 6.1 4.6 5.5 4.6 6.7 6.4 5.3 6.1 BYE 3.3 6.3 6.6 6.1 5.8 4.5 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.3 4.1 5.8 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.4 7.2 6.5 5.6 6.0 CARDINAL II 4.2 5.9 6.5 6.0 4.1 . 5.4 5.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.3 6.3 4.4 3.3 4.5 6.4 5.6 5.3 6.0 COMPASS II 2.8 6.8 6.3 6.2 5.5 . 6.1 6.7 6.7 5.2 6.0 4.3 5.1 6.6 4.9 5.2 5.2 6.8 6.3 5.2 6.2 DA5-RHF 2.8 6.3 6.5 5.8 2.9 4.9 5.7 6.5 5.3 5.7 4.8 5.9 5.1 5.4 3.4 5.9 6.1 7.3 6.9 4.7 6.4 DLF-FRR-3128 3.5 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.5 3.9 5.5 5.0 4.0 4.5 3.4 3.8 4.8 5.1 4.2 3.2 5.1 6.7 5.8 4.9 5.8 DLFPS-FL-3104 2.6 6.2 6.5 6.0 1.5 5.8 6.3 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.7 4.8 4.8 2.8 6.5 6.8 7.3 7.0 3.9 6.5 DLFPS-FRC-3105 3.3 6.8 6.6 6.0 6.3 4.6 5.9 6.9 6.8 5.8 5.8 4.9 4.6 6.2 4.5 6.5 4.7 6.7 6.9 5.3 5.9 FOXFIRE 2 3.7 6.2 6.4 5.9 4.6 3.5 5.9 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.3 6.0 5.3 3.7 5.0 6.6 5.8 4.9 5.4 GLADIATOR 1.9 6.0 6.2 5.8 1.5 . 6.1 5.9 4.7 4.8 4.3 6.5 5.0 3.5 3.0 4.8 6.4 7.3 7.0 4.2 6.8 JAMESTOWN VII 2.6 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.0 4.3 5.5 6.1 5.9 5.2 5.8 4.0 4.3 6.2 4.5 4.6 4.6 6.1 6.0 4.8 5.1 KEVIN 3.1 6.0 6.4 5.7 4.7 3.9 5.3 5.2 3.9 4.3 3.6 3.6 4.4 6.5 4.1 2.8 5.1 5.8 5.9 5.0 5.3 NAI-CHU1 3.5 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.8 3.9 5.1 6.6 7.0 5.4 6.3 4.4 5.1 6.5 3.9 6.7 5.5 6.2 6.5 4.9 5.7 NAVIGATOR III (PPG-FRR 127) 3.6 6.9 6.5 5.9 5.3 4.1 5.8 6.3 5.7 5.8 5.8 4.3 5.3 7.7 6.1 6.9 4.8 6.9 6.8 5.3 6.3 PPG-FRC-130 3.8 6.8 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.4 6.0 6.8 6.6 5.8 6.2 4.6 5.3 5.4 5.5 6.3 4.9 7.4 6.3 5.0 6.3 PPG-FRR 132 3.8 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.5 3.3 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.4 3.9 4.5 6.7 5.5 3.9 4.4 6.6 6.0 4.9 6.0 PPG-FRR-134 4.1 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.5 4.6 5.5 6.2 5.2 5.4 5.1 4.0 5.3 6.8 5.6 5.0 5.3 6.7 6.4 5.8 5.8 PST-4SWTM 2.9 6.3 6.3 6.0 3.9 4.1 5.6 5.6 5.5 4.3 4.8 3.8 4.3 5.6 3.5 4.1 4.9 6.3 6.0 4.8 5.7 PVF-HSY+ 4.1 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.1 4.7 5.4 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.4 3.9 4.6 7.2 5.9 5.5 5.0 6.9 6.3 4.8 5.9 PVF-MVP-2020 3.2 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.7 4.8 5.7 6.8 6.2 5.8 5.5 4.2 4.9 6.5 4.6 6.5 4.9 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.8 PVF-PDB-2020 3.4 6.6 6.3 5.9 2.3 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.0 5.2 4.8 6.8 5.9 4.1 3.9 6.5 6.6 8.0 7.2 4.8 6.5 QUATRO 2.1 6.4 6.1 5.8 1.4 . 5.4 4.4 3.5 4.0 3.6 4.8 4.7 2.6 4.2 5.0 5.6 5.4 6.6 4.0 5.3 RAD-FC59 2.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 4.8 3.7 5.8 6.3 5.6 5.3 5.4 4.7 4.6 4.8 3.9 5.2 4.3 7.0 6.1 4.6 6.0 RAD-FR64 4.2 5.9 6.5 5.9 4.3 3.9 5.3 4.9 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.0 4.5 6.2 5.4 4.3 5.3 RADAR II (PPG-FRC 127) 3.5 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.5 3.9 5.7 7.0 6.5 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.9 4.9 6.2 4.9 6.9 6.5 5.0 6.3 RESOLUTE 2.0 6.0 6.3 6.1 1.9 5.6 5.8 5.6 4.8 5.0 4.3 5.4 5.2 4.0 3.1 6.3 6.3 7.3 7.1 4.2 5.9 SEABREEZE GT 2.8 5.9 6.3 6.0 5.4 . 5.4 5.2 4.8 3.9 4.3 2.8 4.2 3.3 1.7 3.4 4.1 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 SHADOW IV (PST-4SHAD) 3.1 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.4 3.5 5.8 5.7 5.8 4.1 5.5 3.7 4.7 6.5 3.8 4.3 5.1 6.1 5.9 4.3 5.4 SPHD-20 2.7 6.1 6.6 6.0 1.7 5.7 5.9 5.3 4.2 5.0 4.2 6.2 4.7 4.1 3.3 5.3 6.2 7.0 7.3 3.8 6.4 STB1 3.5 6.2 6.3 6.2 5.7 4.1 5.5 5.7 5.5 4.9 5.5 3.7 5.7 6.7 4.8 3.8 4.2 6.4 6.1 4.5 5.5 SWORD II (NAI-HAQ1+2) 2.3 6.3 6.5 6.0 1.9 5.5 6.4 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.8 5.5 4.2 4.0 6.4 6.0 7.8 7.3 4.6 6.4 TENACIOUS (NAI-HTB2) 3.2 6.1 6.3 5.9 1.8 5.1 6.2 5.8 5.3 4.8 5.3 6.1 5.3 4.9 3.8 6.2 5.2 7.4 7.2 5.6 6.5 LSD VALUE 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.8 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.6 C.V. (%) 28.5 4.3 3.7 4.7 14.6 15.4 4.7 8.0 8.1 9.3 9.5 24.3 8.8 13.5 20.0 11.6 15.6 5.9 5.5 14.8 5.9 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.