TABLE 22. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1/ 1997 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 DE1 GA1 IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 OK1 SC2 VA1 VA4 MEAN REMBRANDT (LTP-4026 E+) 7.0 2.8 7.0 6.6 6.4 8.5 4.7 5.3 6.8 6.4 6.3 4.3 4.7 5.9 PLANTATION (PENNINGTON-1901) 7.1 2.8 6.9 5.2 6.5 8.4 4.8 5.2 6.5 6.4 5.7 4.3 4.8 5.7 MILLENNIUM (TMI-RBR) 6.6 3.0 6.3 6.8 6.7 8.0 4.5 5.0 6.8 6.4 5.7 3.9 4.6 5.7 PICK RT-95 7.0 2.9 7.0 6.6 5.8 8.3 3.9 4.9 6.5 6.1 5.1 3.9 4.8 5.6 ZPS-2PTF 6.8 2.7 6.3 6.4 6.3 8.2 4.5 5.0 6.5 6.3 5.2 3.7 4.6 5.6 SOUTHERN CHOICE 6.5 2.7 6.3 6.5 6.8 7.6 5.1 5.2 5.8 6.0 5.3 4.3 4.2 5.6 MUSTANG II 6.2 3.2 6.6 6.4 6.4 7.3 4.5 5.1 5.6 6.3 5.9 4.0 4.9 5.6 MB 212 6.3 2.9 6.5 6.6 6.4 8.2 4.1 5.0 6.1 6.0 5.4 4.2 4.6 5.6 MASTERPIECE (LTP-SD-TF) 6.4 2.6 7.0 5.0 6.8 8.2 4.7 5.1 6.4 6.3 5.3 3.8 4.5 5.5 RENEGADE 6.2 2.6 6.3 6.4 6.5 7.4 5.3 5.1 5.8 6.5 5.3 4.5 4.2 5.5 SHENANDOAH 7.0 3.3 5.7 6.2 6.5 7.1 5.3 4.8 5.6 6.2 5.5 4.4 4.2 5.5 WRS2 6.5 3.2 6.5 5.7 6.4 7.8 4.5 5.0 6.3 6.1 5.2 3.9 4.7 5.5 ARID 3 (J-98) 6.5 2.7 5.9 6.1 6.2 8.1 4.7 4.4 6.7 6.1 5.7 4.0 4.7 5.5 REBEL SENTRY (AA-A91) 5.9 2.5 6.2 6.1 6.4 8.0 5.1 4.9 6.4 6.2 5.5 3.7 4.4 5.5 PIXIE E+ 5.7 2.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 7.5 4.9 5.3 6.1 6.1 6.2 4.0 4.4 5.5 JAGUAR 3 6.2 2.9 6.9 6.0 6.4 8.0 4.3 4.7 5.9 6.3 5.1 3.8 4.5 5.5 MB 29 6.6 2.4 6.1 4.8 6.5 8.3 4.5 4.9 6.8 6.1 5.8 3.8 4.4 5.5 CROSSFIRE II 6.6 2.8 6.8 5.1 6.1 7.6 4.5 5.2 6.3 6.2 5.2 4.0 4.4 5.5 REGIMENT 6.5 3.1 5.6 6.5 6.3 7.1 4.7 5.2 5.5 6.5 5.6 4.0 4.3 5.5 BAR FA 6LV 6.8 3.2 6.4 5.1 6.3 8.1 4.5 4.7 6.2 6.3 5.3 3.7 4.4 5.5 GENESIS 6.3 2.5 6.2 5.7 6.5 8.1 4.7 4.8 5.9 6.1 5.4 4.4 4.3 5.4 PICK FA B-93 6.7 3.0 6.6 5.0 5.9 8.1 4.3 4.7 6.3 6.4 5.5 3.6 4.8 5.4 PST-5M5 6.0 2.7 6.5 5.5 6.8 7.9 3.9 5.0 6.8 6.1 5.1 3.8 4.6 5.4 OFI-931 6.4 2.6 6.2 5.3 6.8 7.8 4.8 4.6 6.4 6.2 5.4 3.7 4.5 5.4 GAZELLE 6.2 2.8 6.5 5.2 5.9 8.2 4.4 5.0 7.2 6.0 5.2 3.6 4.3 5.4 RESERVE (ATF-182) 6.5 2.3 6.3 6.2 6.4 7.4 4.4 4.2 5.8 6.4 5.5 4.0 4.9 5.4 CU9501T 5.6 2.8 6.0 5.2 6.6 7.3 5.3 4.7 6.3 6.2 6.2 3.7 4.5 5.4 MB 211 6.3 2.7 6.6 5.8 6.0 8.0 3.9 5.1 6.3 6.2 5.4 3.8 4.3 5.4 MB 26 6.7 2.8 5.5 5.4 5.8 8.3 4.5 4.6 6.6 6.1 5.8 3.7 4.5 5.4 MB 214 6.4 3.3 6.0 4.7 6.4 8.4 4.3 4.5 6.7 5.9 5.5 4.0 4.3 5.4 MB 28 5.8 3.2 6.1 5.6 6.5 7.8 4.1 5.2 6.6 6.1 5.3 3.7 4.3 5.4 BAR FA6 US3 6.4 3.3 6.4 4.5 6.1 8.0 4.1 4.8 6.7 6.2 5.3 3.8 4.6 5.4 PST-5E5 6.3 2.9 6.8 4.5 6.8 7.8 4.5 4.8 6.5 6.1 5.1 3.5 4.4 5.4 R5AU 6.0 2.6 6.8 6.1 6.4 7.1 4.7 4.9 6.0 6.3 5.7 3.7 4.0 5.4 EMPRESS 6.5 2.8 6.6 3.9 6.9 7.6 5.1 4.7 7.0 5.9 5.1 3.7 4.3 5.4 ATF-196 6.1 2.9 6.0 6.2 5.8 7.4 4.5 5.2 6.0 6.1 5.5 3.8 4.5 5.4 OFI-96-32 6.0 3.1 6.0 6.0 6.7 7.4 4.1 5.1 5.8 6.3 5.3 3.9 4.4 5.4 ATF-038 6.7 2.8 6.0 6.0 6.2 7.5 4.1 4.2 6.2 6.2 5.5 4.0 4.5 5.4 SAFARI 6.3 2.7 5.9 5.9 6.3 7.1 4.9 5.3 5.4 6.5 5.2 4.1 4.4 5.4 CU9502T 6.0 2.6 5.9 5.5 6.3 7.4 5.0 5.1 5.7 6.4 5.5 4.0 4.6 5.4 FALCON II 6.0 2.6 6.2 5.0 6.7 7.2 5.3 5.0 5.6 6.2 5.3 4.4 4.4 5.4 ISI-TF11 6.0 2.4 6.4 5.3 6.6 7.5 4.9 5.1 6.1 6.3 5.1 4.1 4.1 5.4 TAR HEEL 6.5 3.1 6.2 4.1 6.6 7.8 4.5 4.4 6.5 6.2 5.5 4.0 4.5 5.4 BONSAI 2000 (BULLET) 5.6 3.6 5.7 6.0 6.3 7.3 4.5 5.0 5.8 6.1 5.5 4.2 4.5 5.4 CORONADO 6.5 2.9 6.6 4.5 6.3 8.0 3.8 5.3 6.5 6.0 5.3 3.7 4.4 5.4 BAR FA 6D 6.0 2.5 5.8 5.4 6.8 8.0 4.5 5.0 6.3 6.0 5.5 3.9 4.0 5.4 TULSA 5.7 2.3 6.0 6.5 6.3 7.5 4.7 4.8 5.9 6.4 5.5 3.8 4.4 5.4 OFI-96-31 5.9 2.6 6.1 5.4 6.5 7.8 4.3 4.6 6.2 6.3 5.3 4.1 4.6 5.4 REBEL 2000 (AA-989) 7.0 2.8 6.1 4.4 6.3 8.0 4.1 4.1 6.6 5.8 6.0 3.9 4.5 5.3 COYOTE 6.0 2.8 6.1 4.9 6.1 8.5 4.7 4.4 6.5 6.0 5.1 4.0 4.4 5.3 MB 210 5.5 2.6 6.1 5.3 6.8 7.7 4.7 5.2 5.8 6.1 5.5 3.7 4.5 5.3 APACHE II 6.3 3.1 6.1 4.5 6.3 8.0 4.3 5.0 6.1 5.9 5.3 3.8 4.6 5.3 PST-523 6.5 3.1 6.3 4.6 6.5 7.4 4.7 4.8 5.7 6.3 5.2 4.0 4.4 5.3 MB 215 6.0 3.1 5.9 5.3 6.3 7.9 4.3 4.4 6.8 5.8 5.6 3.9 4.3 5.3 DUSTER 6.0 2.6 5.8 5.8 6.4 7.5 4.7 4.7 6.3 6.0 5.1 3.7 4.5 5.3 WVPB-1B 5.9 3.0 5.9 6.1 6.5 7.4 4.3 5.3 5.5 6.1 5.3 4.0 4.0 5.3 MB 216 6.3 2.9 6.3 4.1 6.3 8.2 4.1 4.7 6.8 5.6 5.8 3.7 4.5 5.3 J-101 6.1 2.8 5.9 5.2 6.0 8.2 4.2 4.2 6.5 6.0 5.7 3.7 4.5 5.3 OFI-FWY 6.8 2.4 5.8 4.5 6.5 7.4 4.9 4.8 6.3 6.3 5.5 3.6 4.3 5.3 ANTHEM II (TMI-FMN) 5.8 2.8 5.5 5.8 6.6 7.5 4.3 4.9 5.9 6.2 5.6 3.8 4.4 5.3 LEPRECHAUN 5.9 3.1 6.4 4.8 6.4 7.1 5.1 4.6 6.0 5.9 5.6 4.1 4.3 5.3 BAR FA6 US6F 6.7 3.1 6.3 4.3 6.1 7.7 4.5 4.6 6.5 6.1 5.2 3.7 4.3 5.3 ALAMO E 6.2 2.6 6.1 5.4 5.9 7.3 4.9 5.1 5.7 6.0 5.6 3.7 4.3 5.3 WOLFPACK (PST-R5TK) 6.0 2.4 6.9 4.6 6.4 7.3 4.1 5.3 5.9 6.4 5.3 4.0 4.3 5.3 MB 213 5.9 3.2 5.9 5.1 6.4 7.9 3.9 4.8 6.6 5.9 5.4 3.4 4.2 5.3 TITAN 2 5.8 3.1 5.9 5.9 6.6 6.9 5.2 4.7 5.2 5.9 5.5 4.1 4.0 5.3 TA-7 5.8 2.4 6.2 5.3 6.4 8.1 4.0 4.8 6.0 6.2 5.3 3.8 4.3 5.3 ZPS-5LZ 6.7 2.7 6.1 5.1 6.0 8.1 4.2 4.5 6.3 5.9 5.1 3.3 4.5 5.3 ARID 2 (J-3) 5.1 3.8 5.3 5.9 6.1 7.8 4.1 4.4 6.2 6.0 5.5 3.8 4.5 5.3 BRAVO (RG-93) 6.0 2.7 6.4 5.6 6.4 7.6 4.3 4.7 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.0 4.1 5.3 WPEZE (WVPB-1C) 5.5 2.8 6.1 5.4 6.3 7.4 4.3 5.1 5.7 6.2 5.1 4.1 4.3 5.3 BAR FA6D USA 5.0 2.6 6.1 4.6 6.6 8.3 4.3 4.6 6.5 6.1 5.5 3.9 4.3 5.3 FINELAWN PETITE 5.5 2.6 6.3 5.4 6.6 7.5 4.3 5.2 5.9 6.2 5.1 3.8 4.2 5.3 SR 8210 6.0 3.3 5.8 5.0 6.0 7.7 4.2 4.7 6.1 6.3 5.1 3.6 4.4 5.3 AZTEC II (TMI-AZ) 5.7 2.8 5.9 5.6 6.4 7.4 3.8 4.8 5.6 6.5 5.3 4.1 4.2 5.2 BAR FA6 US2U 6.3 2.4 6.4 3.7 6.4 8.1 4.1 4.7 6.3 6.2 5.2 3.8 4.3 5.2 MARKSMAN 6.5 2.3 6.2 5.2 6.4 7.4 3.5 4.8 5.5 5.9 5.7 4.1 4.3 5.2 SRX 8500 6.4 2.5 5.8 4.6 6.3 7.9 4.2 4.6 6.0 5.8 5.1 4.1 4.5 5.2 BANDANA (PST-R5AE) 5.4 2.3 6.1 4.7 6.6 7.2 4.7 4.9 6.1 6.4 5.2 3.6 4.5 5.2 ATF-020 5.7 2.7 5.5 6.3 6.2 7.4 4.0 4.6 5.9 6.0 5.3 3.7 4.5 5.2 ATF-253 5.6 3.0 6.0 5.8 6.4 6.9 4.1 4.7 5.8 6.1 5.4 3.9 4.3 5.2 COMSTOCK (SSDE31) 5.5 3.3 6.0 4.3 6.7 7.2 4.2 5.2 6.0 5.9 5.4 4.0 4.0 5.2 COCHISE II 6.1 3.2 6.0 5.1 6.1 7.1 4.7 4.6 5.8 5.8 5.1 3.7 4.3 5.2 PICK FA 6-91 5.6 3.1 6.0 4.5 6.4 7.9 4.3 4.4 6.5 6.0 5.7 3.3 3.9 5.2 PICK GA-96 6.4 2.7 6.7 4.1 6.0 7.7 4.7 4.5 5.8 6.0 5.1 3.7 4.3 5.2 PSII-TF-9 5.8 2.2 5.9 5.8 6.5 7.0 4.7 4.7 5.9 5.9 5.3 3.9 4.2 5.2 SRX 8084 5.6 3.6 6.1 4.9 6.0 7.4 4.2 4.9 5.7 5.9 5.3 3.8 4.2 5.2 ATF-257 5.9 2.8 5.8 5.4 6.1 7.1 4.3 4.8 5.4 6.3 5.4 3.8 4.5 5.2 ISI-TF10 6.5 2.6 6.0 4.8 6.4 7.3 3.8 4.9 6.0 6.0 5.1 3.9 4.1 5.2 ATF-188 5.1 3.4 5.9 4.9 6.1 7.0 4.3 4.6 5.8 6.2 5.5 3.8 4.8 5.2 ISI-TF9 5.8 2.3 5.9 5.0 6.5 7.4 4.1 4.8 6.0 6.2 5.1 4.0 4.3 5.2 PICK FA XK-95 6.8 2.9 6.0 3.8 6.3 7.4 3.7 4.9 6.0 6.0 5.2 4.0 4.3 5.2 EA 41 6.5 3.2 5.7 3.6 5.5 7.5 4.5 4.9 6.4 6.0 5.2 3.8 4.4 5.2 BAR FA6 US1 6.3 3.1 5.9 3.5 6.5 8.5 3.8 4.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 3.6 4.0 5.2 ATF-022 6.4 2.8 5.8 6.4 6.0 7.1 3.9 4.1 5.2 6.1 5.5 3.9 3.9 5.2 ARABIA (J-5) 5.8 3.4 5.7 5.0 5.8 7.8 3.5 3.9 6.6 6.0 5.6 3.7 4.4 5.2 CORONADO GOLD (PST-5RT) 6.0 2.9 6.8 3.7 6.5 7.9 3.7 4.6 5.6 6.1 5.1 3.5 4.6 5.2 SUNPRO 6.9 3.6 6.0 3.2 5.8 7.5 4.1 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.1 3.9 4.4 5.2 AA-983 5.8 3.1 6.2 4.1 6.3 8.0 3.9 4.1 6.3 5.9 5.5 3.8 4.3 5.2 GOOD-EN (KOOS 94-14) 6.0 2.9 5.8 4.6 6.2 7.2 4.1 4.8 6.0 5.7 5.7 4.0 4.0 5.2 TWILIGHT II (TMI-TW) 5.6 2.6 6.0 4.6 6.3 7.1 4.1 4.9 6.3 6.1 5.4 3.9 4.2 5.2 EC-101 5.5 2.7 5.9 5.3 6.3 7.5 4.1 4.6 5.5 6.1 5.3 3.9 4.3 5.1 PC-AO 5.6 2.2 6.0 5.4 6.2 7.8 4.5 4.4 5.7 5.9 5.5 3.7 4.2 5.1 PRO 8430 5.6 2.8 6.1 5.6 6.1 7.0 4.2 4.4 5.3 6.3 5.3 3.7 4.2 5.1 WVPB-1D 6.3 2.4 6.0 4.9 6.0 7.3 4.1 4.8 5.3 6.1 5.1 4.0 4.3 5.1 PICK FA 20-92 5.5 2.8 5.5 4.6 6.4 7.5 4.1 5.0 6.3 6.0 5.3 3.3 4.2 5.1 PSII-TF-10 5.4 2.3 5.9 5.6 6.4 7.3 3.9 4.8 5.8 6.1 5.2 3.6 4.2 5.1 OFI-951 5.7 2.2 5.9 4.0 6.0 7.4 3.9 4.3 7.1 6.1 5.4 3.5 4.6 5.1 LION 5.5 3.1 5.3 4.9 6.2 6.9 4.3 4.8 5.8 6.1 5.2 3.5 4.4 5.1 PICK FA 15-92 5.5 3.1 5.7 5.2 6.0 7.2 3.5 4.2 6.3 6.0 5.7 3.3 4.1 5.1 WX3-275 5.8 2.7 6.5 4.4 6.0 7.4 4.0 4.4 5.7 5.8 5.1 3.7 4.2 5.1 JTTFC-96 5.6 2.4 5.6 4.9 6.4 6.6 4.6 4.9 5.4 6.3 5.1 3.8 4.0 5.0 PST-5TO 5.8 2.8 6.5 3.6 6.4 7.2 4.3 4.6 6.0 5.8 5.1 3.4 4.3 5.0 ATF-192 5.4 2.6 5.8 4.7 6.3 6.3 4.7 4.8 5.3 6.2 5.5 3.8 4.2 5.0 EQUINOX (TMI-N91) 5.4 2.3 6.0 4.2 6.2 6.9 4.5 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.6 3.9 4.1 5.0 KITTY HAWK S.S.T. (SS45DW) 5.5 2.4 5.8 5.0 6.5 7.0 4.3 4.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 3.6 4.1 5.0 TOMAHAWK-E 5.5 2.6 5.5 4.2 6.4 7.2 4.2 4.2 6.6 5.7 5.2 3.7 4.1 5.0 ARID 5.3 2.7 5.7 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.1 4.7 5.0 6.1 5.3 4.1 4.0 5.0 SHORTSTOP II 5.4 2.6 5.2 4.2 5.5 7.3 4.4 4.9 6.0 5.8 5.7 3.8 4.2 5.0 BONSAI 5.4 3.3 5.0 5.2 6.0 7.0 3.9 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.1 3.8 4.2 5.0 DP 50-9011 5.5 2.8 5.0 4.8 6.3 6.7 4.1 4.7 5.5 6.0 5.5 3.7 4.0 5.0 JTTFA-96 5.3 2.8 5.4 4.2 5.8 6.0 5.0 4.6 5.0 6.2 5.2 4.5 4.3 5.0 DLF-1 4.9 2.4 5.6 4.7 6.3 6.3 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.8 6.1 3.9 4.2 4.9 PICK FA N-93 5.1 2.3 5.3 4.0 5.0 7.5 3.8 4.3 7.0 6.0 5.2 3.2 4.4 4.9 JSC-1 4.3 2.9 5.7 4.0 6.5 6.8 3.9 4.4 5.6 5.9 5.1 3.8 4.0 4.8 DP 7952 5.0 2.2 4.8 4.9 6.0 5.7 4.7 4.4 4.7 5.8 5.6 4.1 4.3 4.8 PICK FA UT-93 5.1 2.7 5.2 3.2 5.0 6.9 3.6 4.1 6.5 5.7 5.3 3.3 4.5 4.7 AV-1 4.4 2.7 5.4 4.6 5.8 6.3 4.3 4.4 4.8 5.7 5.2 3.8 3.6 4.7 KENTUCKY-31 W/ENDO. 3.7 2.1 4.8 4.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 3.9 3.9 5.2 5.1 4.0 3.5 4.2 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.9 0.5 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.3 C.V. (%) 10.2 19.9 5.3 23.0 5.9 4.1 12.0 9.4 6.7 5.7 10.4 22.5 5.9 11.6 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.