TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT THIRTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1988 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 HUBBARD 87 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.3 PE-7E 5.6 6.0 5.7 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.3 5.9 6.2 PST-5MW 5.3 5.4 5.6 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.4 5.9 6.1 NORMARC 25 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 PST-5HF (AMIGO) 5.6 6.4 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.0 6.1 PE-7 5.4 5.2 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.1 PICK DM 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.1 AZTEC 5.0 5.6 5.3 5.7 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 MONARCH 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.0 BONANZA 5.6 5.9 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.3 5.9 6.0 PICK TF9 5.0 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 PICK 127 5.7 5.8 5.5 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.0 PICK 845PN 5.4 5.4 5.5 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.0 KWS-BG-6 4.7 4.7 4.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.9 OLYMPIC 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.9 CHIEFTAIN 5.2 5.6 5.5 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.9 NORMARC 77 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.2 5.9 THOROUGHBRED 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.2 5.7 5.9 PST-5AP 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.9 REBEL II 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.9 TRIBUTE 5.9 6.6 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.9 PST-5OL 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9 CIMMARON 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 TRAILBLAZER 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.9 MESA 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 PICK GH6 5.2 5.4 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.9 PST-5EN 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.8 NORMARC 99 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.6 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 WRANGLER 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.8 PST-5AG 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.8 PICK DDF 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.8 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.8 PST-5D1 (ELDORADO) 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.8 PST-5F2 (WINCHESTER) 5.2 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.8 TITAN 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.8 APACHE 5.2 5.9 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.8 JAGUAR II 5.8 6.3 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.8 FINELAWN 5GL 5.9 6.2 5.7 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.1 5.8 PST-DBC 5.2 5.7 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.8 JB-2 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.1 6.3 5.8 PST-5DM 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8 TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR (continued) EACH MONTH GROWN AT THIRTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1988 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN KWS-DUR 5.4 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.2 5.7 TAURUS 5.1 5.7 5.1 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.7 6.2 5.7 BAR FA 7851 (BARNONE) 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.3 5.7 ARID 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 BEL 86-2 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.8 6.2 5.7 SUNDANCE 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.7 CAREFREE 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 ADVENTURE 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.3 5.7 JAGUAR 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.7 BEL 86-1 4.6 4.9 5.5 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.7 PST-5BL (SILVERADO) 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.7 LEGEND 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.6 REBEL 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.6 TRIDENT 5.7 4.9 4.9 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.1 5.6 PST-5D7 (MURIETTA) 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.6 FALCON 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.5 PACER 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.9 5.5 FINELAWN I 4.9 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.4 PICK SLD (EMPEROR) 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.6 6.2 5.4 WILLAMETTE 4.7 4.9 4.6 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.4 RICHMOND 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.3 TIP 4.4 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 SYN GA 4.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.7 5.2 FATIMA 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.2 KY-31 3.9 4.4 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.9 LSD VALUE 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.3 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).