TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AR2 CA3 KY1 MA1 MD1 MO2 MS1 NE1 NE2 * ARID 5.0 4.9 6.5 6.9 4.5 7.0 6.3 5.0 7.1 7.0 * JAGUAR 5.6 4.9 6.5 6.5 4.6 7.2 4.6 4.6 7.7 7.1 * APACHE 6.3 5.3 6.2 7.0 4.7 6.2 5.5 5.1 7.0 6.3 * 5L4 (BONANZA) 5.6 4.2 6.3 6.3 4.9 7.4 5.3 4.6 6.9 5.9 * REBEL 6.1 4.6 6.5 6.4 4.8 7.2 5.5 4.3 7.5 6.7 * MUSTANG 6.1 5.7 6.6 6.5 4.7 7.4 4.9 4.3 6.9 6.6 * ADVENTURE 5.4 4.0 6.5 6.4 4.8 7.5 5.3 4.5 7.3 6.8 * OLYMPIC 5.7 4.8 6.4 6.3 4.6 7.1 6.0 4.4 6.8 6.2 * FINELAWN 5GL 4.8 4.2 6.2 6.9 4.3 7.3 6.3 4.3 7.0 6.7 UNKNOWN 4.9 4.7 6.3 6.7 4.8 7.3 5.6 4.8 7.4 5.8 * TF 813 (TRIDENT) 5.7 4.8 6.3 6.1 4.7 7.5 5.0 4.5 7.1 6.8 * HOUNDOG 5.3 5.2 6.2 6.2 4.6 7.3 5.0 4.5 6.9 6.0 SYN-GA-1 5.2 3.2 6.3 6.2 4.6 6.8 5.4 4.2 6.5 6.4 * FALCON 6.1 4.2 6.1 6.1 4.6 5.9 5.6 4.4 6.5 5.9 * MAVERICK 6.6 4.3 6.2 6.1 4.5 6.1 5.7 4.5 6.3 6.2 * WILLAMETTE 6.8 5.3 6.1 6.4 4.5 7.0 5.0 4.0 6.3 6.0 * ISI.CJ (PACER) 6.2 4.6 5.9 6.3 4.5 6.4 5.1 4.2 6.2 6.2 * TEMPO 4.6 5.0 5.9 6.3 4.3 7.5 5.6 4.2 6.1 6.1 * FINELAWN I 5.4 3.9 5.9 6.2 4.6 6.6 6.1 4.2 5.9 5.7 * BROOKSTON 5.7 5.0 6.2 6.0 4.5 5.7 5.9 3.9 6.3 6.3 * CLEMFINE 5.9 4.7 5.4 6.0 4.3 6.1 5.9 4.7 4.7 5.8 MER FA 83-1 6.3 4.9 5.3 5.6 4.3 6.3 5.7 4.4 5.3 5.3 * KS 78-4 (CHESAPEAKE) 6.3 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.1 6.7 5.8 4.2 5.1 5.3 * BARCEL 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.5 4.3 6.2 5.8 3.5 5.3 5.6 NK 82508 4.2 4.4 5.7 6.2 4.6 5.1 3.9 3.5 5.5 5.8 * KY-31 6.2 5.5 4.8 5.0 4.2 5.9 5.4 3.9 4.9 5.0 * JOHNSTONE 5.0 5.4 5.2 4.6 4.4 5.8 4.8 4.3 5.0 5.3 NK 81425 5.8 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.6 5.5 4.1 4.7 5.0 FESTORINA 5.3 3.8 4.9 5.4 4.2 6.5 5.3 3.4 4.7 5.2 * KENHY 5.1 4.8 . 3.5 4.5 6.2 5.3 2.8 3.3 4.8 LSD VALUE 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VARIETY TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS (CONT'D) AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME NJ1 OH1 OR1 OR2 RI1 UB1 VA1 VA4 WA1 MEAN ARID 5.7 7.2 7.2 6.3 4.3 6.7 5.3 3.8 5.7 5.9 JAGUAR 5.7 6.8 7.7 7.0 4.3 6.5 5.4 3.4 6.3 5.9 APACHE 5.6 7.3 6.9 5.5 4.6 7.1 5.0 3.7 5.3 5.8 5L4 (BONANZA) 6.2 7.3 7.3 6.1 4.0 7.1 5.5 3.9 5.7 5.8 REBEL 5.2 6.8 6.7 5.4 4.9 6.3 5.4 3.7 6.3 5.8 MUSTANG 5.7 6.6 6.2 6.0 4.4 6.6 4.7 3.3 6.0 5.7 ADVENTURE 5.3 6.3 7.0 5.8 5.0 6.3 5.3 3.3 6.3 5.7 OLYMPIC 5.1 6.7 7.0 5.5 4.6 6.8 4.9 3.4 6.0 5.7 FINELAWN 5GL 5.7 6.8 6.8 5.9 4.0 6.5 5.2 3.4 6.0 5.7 UNKNOWN 5.3 6.7 6.2 5.4 4.2 6.1 5.1 3.7 6.3 5.6 TF 813 (TRIDENT) 5.4 6.2 6.2 5.3 4.3 6.1 5.7 3.5 5.7 5.6 HOUNDOG 5.4 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.2 6.4 4.8 3.6 6.3 5.5 SYN-GA-1 5.0 6.8 6.2 5.8 5.2 5.5 4.9 3.6 6.0 5.5 FALCON 4.9 6.7 6.3 5.0 4.6 6.4 4.8 4.4 5.3 5.5 MAVERICK 5.2 6.6 5.7 4.9 3.9 5.5 4.8 3.9 5.7 5.4 WILLAMETTE 5.0 6.4 5.6 5.4 2.7 5.3 4.0 3.9 5.7 5.3 ISI.CJ (PACER) 4.5 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.2 6.1 4.1 3.8 5.3 5.3 TEMPO 4.0 5.9 5.7 5.0 4.0 5.4 4.9 4.1 6.0 5.3 FINELAWN I 4.2 6.3 5.9 4.9 4.2 6.5 4.5 3.7 5.7 5.3 BROOKSTON 4.8 6.2 4.6 5.0 4.0 5.4 3.8 3.2 5.0 5.1 CLEMFINE 3.8 6.2 4.7 4.0 5.1 4.7 4.3 4.1 5.3 5.0 MER FA 83-1 3.2 6.2 4.3 4.1 4.9 4.9 4.0 4.0 4.7 4.9 KS 78-4 (CHESAPEAKE) 3.6 6.4 5.4 3.5 3.7 4.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.9 BARCEL 3.0 6.4 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 5.7 4.9 NK 82508 4.3 6.0 5.9 4.7 3.6 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.7 4.7 KY-31 3.0 6.1 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.9 4.3 3.6 5.0 4.7 JOHNSTONE 3.1 6.0 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.6 3.6 3.5 4.7 4.6 NK 81425 3.7 5.7 4.8 4.0 3.1 4.3 3.0 3.6 4.0 4.5 FESTORINA 2.3 5.8 2.5 3.8 4.7 3.9 3.4 4.9 4.7 4.5 KENHY 2.4 5.6 3.5 2.7 2.9 5.1 . 4.4 4.7 4.2 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.2 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).