TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT THIRTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U. S 1989 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 5.2 4.8 6.2 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.2 4.5 6.4 PICK 84SPN (GUARDIAN) 4.9 4.8 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.3 4.8 6.3 PE-7E (SHENANDOAH) 4.5 4.6 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.4 6.4 6.3 4.5 6.3 PE-7 4.8 4.5 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.0 4.3 6.2 PICK TF9 (CROSSFIRE) 5.1 4.7 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 4.3 6.2 PST-5MW 4.8 4.4 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.0 4.4 6.2 PICK DM (AVANTI) 5.0 4.6 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.1 4.4 6.1 PST-5HF (AMIGO) 4.7 4.6 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 4.4 6.1 PICK 127 (COCHISE) 4.7 4.5 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 4.1 6.1 BEL 86-2 5.0 4.4 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.0 6.1 4.4 6.1 NORMARC 25 4.6 4.5 5.8 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.1 4.0 6.1 AZTEC 4.7 4.6 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.1 4.3 6.1 MONARCH 4.3 4.6 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1 4.4 6.1 NORMARC 99 4.6 4.7 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.0 4.3 6.1 TRIBUTE 4.9 4.4 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.1 4.1 6.1 PST-5AG 4.8 4.7 5.8 5.9 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.3 6.2 4.7 6.0 PST-5D1 (ELDORADO) 4.5 4.5 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.2 4.2 6.0 NORMARC 77 (PHOENIX) 5.2 4.8 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 4.3 6.0 THOROUGHBRED 4.9 4.7 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.1 4.6 6.0 PST-5AP 4.9 4.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.9 4.3 6.0 WRANGLER 5.0 4.6 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.3 4.3 6.0 REBEL II 5.1 4.8 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.0 4.4 6.0 CHIEFTAIN 4.5 4.5 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.1 4.4 6.0 BONANZA 4.9 4.7 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 4.1 6.0 PICK GH6 (MAVERICK II) 4.7 4.6 6.1 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.9 4.6 6.0 PST-5OL (OLYMPIC II) 5.1 4.8 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 4.6 6.0 PST-5DM 4.9 4.5 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 4.2 6.0 APACHE 5.3 4.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.8 4.5 6.0 PST-5EN 5.5 4.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 4.5 5.9 JAGUAR II 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.9 4.5 5.9 PICK DDF (SHORTSTOP) 4.7 4.4 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.8 4.3 5.9 KWS-DUR 4.7 4.3 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.0 4.3 5.9 PST-5BL (SILVERADO) 4.5 4.3 5.6 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.0 4.3 5.9 LEGEND 4.9 4.6 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.0 4.5 5.9 JAGUAR 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.9 4.4 5.9 TRAILBLAZER 5.2 4.7 6.0 5.9 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.1 4.3 5.9 MESA 4.7 4.6 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.8 6.0 4.1 5.9 PST-DBC 5.5 4.9 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.9 4.4 5.8 OLYMPIC 5.1 4.5 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.9 4.4 5.8 JB-2 4.7 4.7 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 4.4 5.8 TABLE 2. (continued) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT THIRTY-SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U. S 1989 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN PST-5F2 (WINCHESTER) 5.1 4.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.8 4.1 5.8 BAR FA 7851 (BARNONE) 5.5 5.2 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 4.1 5.8 TAURUS 5.1 4.7 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 4.3 5.8 REBEL 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.0 4.5 5.8 SUNDANCE 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.8 4.1 5.8 TITAN 4.9 4.5 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.6 4.0 5.8 CIMMARON 5.2 4.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 4.0 5.8 KWS-BG-6 (TWILIGHT) 4.4 3.9 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.1 4.4 5.8 TRIDENT 5.9 5.0 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.7 4.4 5.7 ARID 4.9 4.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.9 4.4 5.7 FINELAWN 5GL 5.0 4.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.7 4.2 5.6 PST-5D7 (MURIETTA) 3.9 4.0 5.2 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.7 4.1 5.6 ADVENTURE 5.5 5.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 4.3 5.6 CAREFREE 4.5 4.4 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.1 5.6 BEL 86-1 4.0 4.3 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.4 3.9 5.6 PICK SLD (EMPEROR) 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 4.2 5.6 FALCON 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.4 4.2 5.6 PACER 4.9 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.2 5.4 FINELAWN I 5.1 4.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.5 4.0 5.4 RICHMOND 5.1 4.7 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.5 4.1 5.4 WILLAMETTE 4.7 4.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 4.2 5.3 FATIMA 4.8 4.4 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.2 4.1 5.3 SYN GA (AQUARA) 5.0 4.6 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.2 4.2 5.3 TIP 5.7 4.8 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.3 5.2 KY-31 4.2 4.4 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.5 4.8 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 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).