TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 1/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN ARID 6.8 6.4 6.7 5.8 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.9 JAGUAR 6.8 6.7 6.2 5.7 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.9 APACHE 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.8 5L4 (BONANZA) 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.8 REBEL 6.2 6.1 6.8 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.6 5.8 MUSTANG 5.3 6.0 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.7 ADVENTURE 6.3 6.6 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.7 OLYMPIC 6.5 6.4 6.2 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 4.6 5.7 FINELAWN 5GL 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.7 UNKNOWN 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.6 TF 813 (TRIDENT) 6.3 6.1 6.2 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.8 5.6 HOUNDOG 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.6 5.1 5.5 SYN-GA-1 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.5 FALCON 5.8 6.1 6.3 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.7 5.5 MAVERICK 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.7 5.4 WILLAMETTE 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.2 4.4 3.9 5.1 5.3 ISI.CJ (PACER) 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.5 5.3 TEMPO 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.3 5.3 FINELAWN I 5.3 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.1 5.3 BROOKSTON 4.5 4.9 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.6 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 5.1 CLEMFINE 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.4 5.0 MER FA 83-1 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.9 KS 78-4 (CHESAPEAKE) 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.4 3.9 3.8 4.9 BARCEL 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.1 3.7 3.6 4.9 NK 82508 5.2 5.4 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.6 3.6 4.7 KY-31 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.8 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.3 4.7 JOHNSTONE 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.5 4.6 NK 81425 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.5 FESTORINA 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.6 4.5 KENHY 3.5 3.3 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.8 4.2 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.4 0.4 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).