TABLE 22. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1/ 1998 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+) 6.5 6.1 6.4 8.0 7.0 8.3 5.8 6.3 7.1 6.9 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.7 PLANTATION (PENNINGTON-1901) 6.2 5.2 6.6 7.2 6.9 8.3 5.4 6.4 7.3 6.9 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.5 SHENANDOAH II (WRS2) 6.4 6.7 6.0 7.8 6.6 7.7 5.3 6.0 6.9 6.6 5.4 6.3 6.0 6.4 MASTERPIECE (LTP-SD-TF) 6.1 5.5 7.0 7.3 6.9 8.0 5.0 5.6 7.0 6.4 5.4 5.6 6.4 6.3 MILLENNIUM (TMI-RBR) 6.0 5.9 6.3 7.3 6.6 8.3 5.1 5.8 6.6 6.7 5.4 5.8 6.1 6.3 PICK RT-95 6.0 6.2 6.3 7.6 6.4 7.7 4.6 5.8 7.3 6.3 5.2 5.6 6.4 6.3 JAGUAR 3 6.9 5.1 6.4 7.7 6.7 7.7 4.4 5.8 6.9 6.6 5.2 5.9 6.0 6.3 PST-5M5 6.1 5.3 5.8 7.2 6.9 7.8 5.0 6.0 6.8 6.7 5.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 OLYMPIC GOLD (PST-5E5) 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.4 6.5 8.1 4.8 5.6 6.7 6.5 5.2 6.1 6.1 6.2 SCORPION (ZPS-2PTF) 6.1 4.8 6.1 7.8 6.8 7.6 5.2 6.4 6.9 6.3 5.2 5.4 6.1 6.2 REBEL SENTRY (AA-A91) 5.8 5.4 5.9 6.7 6.8 7.7 5.8 5.9 7.0 6.4 5.6 5.4 5.9 6.2 PST-523 6.0 5.6 6.1 7.3 6.8 7.6 4.9 6.0 6.3 6.7 5.3 5.5 6.1 6.2 WOLFPACK (PST-R5TK) 5.4 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.6 7.6 5.3 5.5 6.6 6.9 5.2 6.2 6.0 6.1 MB 211 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.7 6.9 7.8 4.4 6.0 6.6 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.1 MB 29 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.5 8.2 4.7 6.0 6.7 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 MUSTANG II 6.2 6.1 6.3 7.4 6.9 7.4 4.3 5.4 6.2 6.7 5.9 4.9 6.0 6.1 COYOTE 6.2 5.3 5.7 6.8 6.4 7.4 4.9 5.9 6.6 6.6 5.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 CROSSFIRE II 5.7 5.8 6.3 7.6 6.8 7.3 4.0 5.9 6.6 6.6 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.1 R5AU 6.0 5.7 6.1 7.3 6.5 7.4 4.4 5.7 6.8 6.3 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.1 GENESIS 5.6 5.8 5.6 6.3 6.8 7.7 5.3 5.8 6.3 6.4 5.4 6.3 6.0 6.1 MB 212 6.1 5.3 5.8 7.2 6.8 8.0 4.0 5.6 6.7 6.4 5.7 5.6 6.1 6.1 RESERVE (ATF-182) 6.0 4.8 6.5 7.5 6.6 7.5 5.0 5.3 6.0 6.4 5.6 6.1 5.9 6.1 PIXIE E+ 5.3 5.7 5.6 6.9 6.6 7.2 5.5 5.7 6.5 6.4 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 ARID 3 (J-98) 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.3 6.7 8.3 5.5 5.5 7.2 6.0 5.6 4.9 5.9 6.1 CU9502T 5.4 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.7 8.0 5.4 5.5 6.4 6.2 5.4 6.0 6.1 6.1 WATCHDOG (PICK FA B-93) 6.1 5.4 5.5 7.0 6.4 7.8 5.1 5.5 6.5 6.7 5.4 5.3 6.2 6.1 RENEGADE 5.4 6.6 5.8 6.1 6.6 7.6 5.4 5.5 6.3 6.4 5.2 6.0 6.0 6.1 CU9501T 5.5 5.3 5.7 6.1 6.4 8.0 5.5 5.5 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.9 6.0 SHENANDOAH 5.7 6.6 5.8 6.5 6.8 7.3 5.6 5.3 5.8 6.2 5.3 5.9 5.7 6.0 MB 215 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.6 6.5 7.3 4.6 6.0 7.2 6.3 5.6 6.1 5.7 6.0 MB 213 6.6 6.1 5.2 5.9 6.9 7.5 4.2 5.9 7.1 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 6.0 TAR HEEL 5.9 4.9 6.0 7.0 6.7 7.6 4.3 5.7 6.4 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.9 6.0 RED COAT (ATF-038) 6.4 6.6 5.1 6.3 6.4 7.6 4.4 5.7 6.3 6.4 5.6 5.8 5.4 6.0 SOUTHERN CHOICE 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.7 6.9 7.3 5.0 5.4 6.3 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.9 6.0 BRAVO (RG-93) 5.4 6.1 5.8 6.4 6.8 7.3 4.7 5.6 6.8 6.0 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.0 SAFARI 5.3 6.6 5.9 6.5 6.6 7.2 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.1 5.9 5.9 6.0 BAR FA6D USA 5.1 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.8 7.7 5.2 5.5 6.9 6.6 5.3 5.4 5.9 6.0 CHAPEL HILL (TA-7) 5.6 5.2 5.6 6.3 6.5 7.8 4.9 5.9 6.3 6.2 5.3 6.1 5.9 6.0 TULSA 5.9 5.7 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.9 4.5 5.8 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.2 5.8 6.0 MB 210 5.6 5.3 5.3 6.3 7.0 7.5 5.0 5.7 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.9 6.0 MB 28 5.9 5.3 5.8 5.7 6.8 7.3 4.6 5.8 6.7 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.9 ATF-257 6.4 5.3 5.7 6.7 6.7 7.6 4.6 5.5 5.9 6.1 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.9 OFI-931 5.6 5.3 5.4 6.3 6.6 7.6 5.1 5.2 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.9 MB 26 6.0 5.9 4.3 6.1 6.8 7.5 4.7 5.9 7.2 6.4 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.9 TABLE 22. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AR1 DE1 GA1 IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 OK1 SC2 VA1 VA4 MEAN ZPS-5LZ 5.9 6.3 5.0 5.8 6.5 7.5 4.5 5.3 7.3 6.3 5.2 5.5 5.8 5.9 BANDANA (PST-R5AE) 5.2 5.4 5.6 6.4 6.6 7.1 5.1 5.6 6.2 6.6 5.2 5.7 6.1 5.9 ISI-TF11 5.9 5.1 5.7 6.2 6.6 7.3 4.7 5.3 6.3 6.3 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.9 VELOCITY (AA-983) 5.9 5.2 5.7 6.2 6.5 7.1 4.6 5.5 7.0 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.9 MB 216 5.7 5.1 5.5 5.5 6.6 7.5 4.4 5.8 7.1 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9 BONSAI 2000 (BULLET) 5.2 5.4 5.5 7.3 6.8 7.7 4.7 5.3 6.2 6.4 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.9 REBEL 2000 (AA-989) 5.7 4.9 5.7 5.6 6.7 7.2 5.2 5.8 6.5 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.9 ISI-TF9 5.9 5.7 5.4 6.5 6.5 7.7 4.4 5.3 6.1 6.5 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.9 EMPRESS 5.3 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.5 7.6 5.0 5.6 6.2 6.1 5.2 5.4 5.8 5.9 PST-5TO 5.9 4.8 6.2 6.0 6.8 7.5 4.4 5.8 6.4 6.3 5.2 5.4 6.0 5.9 ATF-196 5.9 4.4 5.9 7.5 6.4 6.9 4.8 5.3 6.8 6.2 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.9 APACHE II 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.6 6.6 7.5 5.0 5.3 6.0 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.9 5.9 TWILIGHT II (TMI-TW) 5.2 5.6 5.5 6.2 6.7 7.1 4.4 5.6 7.0 6.5 5.2 5.5 6.0 5.9 ATF-253 5.7 5.6 5.7 7.0 6.5 7.2 3.8 5.6 6.3 6.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.9 MB 214 5.9 5.4 5.0 5.5 6.5 7.6 4.8 5.4 7.0 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.9 BRANDY (J-101) 5.8 5.0 5.2 6.7 6.7 7.4 4.2 5.5 6.7 6.3 5.6 5.3 6.0 5.9 GAZELLE 5.2 5.0 5.2 6.8 6.5 7.6 5.2 5.1 6.5 6.2 5.2 5.4 6.0 5.8 BAR FA6 US3 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.9 6.6 7.8 4.1 5.8 6.9 6.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 5.8 ARID 2 (J-3) 5.4 6.6 5.4 6.1 6.5 7.3 4.6 5.4 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.8 LION 6.5 4.5 4.4 6.3 6.5 7.3 4.8 5.6 6.8 6.4 5.3 5.4 6.0 5.8 CORONADO GOLD (PST-5RT) 6.2 5.2 6.6 5.2 6.7 7.0 3.7 5.6 6.4 6.4 5.2 5.7 6.0 5.8 BAR FA 6D 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.2 6.6 7.3 5.2 5.5 6.0 6.3 5.3 4.9 5.8 5.8 REGIMENT 5.1 6.1 5.2 6.1 6.4 6.5 5.0 5.5 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.8 ATF-022 5.8 4.8 5.7 7.0 6.5 7.1 4.3 5.4 6.0 6.2 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.8 BAR FA6 US2U 5.9 5.6 4.9 5.7 6.7 7.5 4.7 5.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.9 5.8 BAR FA 6LV 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.8 6.7 7.6 4.9 5.1 6.2 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.8 ATF-188 5.5 5.8 5.4 6.4 6.7 7.4 4.3 4.9 6.0 6.4 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.8 OFI-96-32 5.6 5.3 5.9 6.0 6.5 6.7 4.1 5.5 6.2 6.3 5.4 5.9 5.6 5.8 DUSTER 5.2 5.2 5.3 6.2 6.6 7.1 4.9 5.3 6.4 6.4 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.8 CORONADO 5.2 4.9 6.0 5.8 6.8 7.0 3.8 6.2 6.5 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.8 PRO 8430 5.3 5.2 5.6 6.6 6.7 7.0 4.3 5.5 6.0 6.2 5.1 5.6 5.8 5.8 PSII-TF-9 5.4 6.0 5.6 5.6 6.3 7.0 4.7 5.4 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.7 BULLDAWG (PICK GA-96) 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.3 6.5 7.5 4.6 5.4 6.3 6.2 5.2 5.6 6.0 5.7 ANTHEM II (TMI-FMN) 5.3 4.7 5.5 6.4 6.6 7.5 4.1 5.5 6.1 6.3 5.4 5.0 6.1 5.7 BAR FA6 US6F 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.2 6.4 7.0 4.6 5.8 6.5 6.4 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.7 SRX 8500 5.4 5.1 4.5 5.8 6.8 7.7 4.6 5.7 6.3 6.5 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.7 TITAN 2 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.6 6.6 6.5 5.3 5.4 5.6 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.7 WVPB-1D 5.4 6.0 5.8 5.2 6.5 6.7 4.3 5.3 6.2 6.4 5.2 5.8 5.6 5.7 ALAMO E 6.0 5.0 5.3 5.9 6.5 7.0 4.6 5.3 6.2 6.3 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.7 ATF-020 5.9 5.1 5.1 6.4 6.4 7.4 4.4 5.0 6.3 6.1 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.7 BAR FA6 US1 5.7 5.7 5.1 5.4 6.6 7.3 4.8 5.5 6.7 6.3 5.3 4.3 5.6 5.7 COMSTOCK (SSDE31) 5.7 5.7 5.2 5.1 6.5 7.0 4.4 5.4 5.6 6.2 5.4 6.3 5.6 5.7 OFI-96-31 5.5 5.9 5.1 4.8 6.7 6.9 4.2 5.5 6.7 6.4 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.7 AZTEC II (TMI-AZ) 4.7 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.7 7.3 3.8 5.5 6.5 6.1 5.3 5.1 6.1 5.7 FALCON II 4.9 5.1 5.8 5.1 6.7 7.1 5.3 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.2 5.6 5.9 5.7 TABLE 22. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AR1 DE1 GA1 IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 OK1 SC2 VA1 VA4 MEAN SRX 8084 5.1 6.3 5.3 5.5 6.4 7.3 4.4 5.3 6.0 6.1 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.7 SUNPRO 5.8 6.3 4.4 5.0 6.5 7.1 4.8 5.5 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.2 5.7 5.7 MARKSMAN 5.3 6.0 5.6 5.5 6.8 6.8 4.0 5.4 5.7 6.3 5.6 5.3 6.0 5.7 ISI-TF10 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.8 6.4 7.7 4.1 5.7 6.2 6.5 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.7 OFI-FWY 6.0 5.2 4.9 5.2 6.5 7.2 4.4 5.7 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.8 5.7 PICK FA XK-95 5.9 5.1 5.0 5.5 6.5 7.3 3.7 5.6 6.4 6.3 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.7 PICK FA 6-91 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.5 6.5 6.8 4.6 5.7 6.7 6.3 5.6 4.6 5.6 5.7 FINELAWN PETITE 5.0 4.8 5.7 5.5 6.5 7.0 4.6 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.7 COCHISE II 6.2 5.1 5.0 5.6 6.4 6.5 4.7 5.6 6.2 6.4 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.7 PEDESTAL (PC-AO) 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.5 6.7 7.7 4.0 5.1 6.4 6.0 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.7 OFI-951 5.6 5.4 4.7 5.0 6.5 7.4 4.7 5.5 6.7 6.2 5.2 4.7 5.8 5.7 WVPB-1B 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.6 6.4 6.9 4.7 5.2 6.1 6.1 5.1 5.8 5.4 5.6 WPEZE (WVPB-1C) 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.5 6.4 6.9 4.8 5.4 5.9 6.1 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.6 ARABIA (J-5) 5.7 5.6 4.4 5.4 6.1 7.5 4.0 5.6 6.7 6.1 5.4 4.9 5.9 5.6 WX3-275 5.2 5.1 5.8 5.8 6.4 7.3 3.9 5.3 6.0 6.1 5.2 5.4 5.7 5.6 EA 41 5.8 5.3 3.8 5.0 6.2 7.2 5.0 5.9 6.6 6.2 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.6 EC-101 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.3 6.5 7.3 3.8 5.4 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.6 GOOD-EN (KOOS 96-14) 5.1 4.5 4.9 5.8 6.6 6.8 4.6 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 PSII-TF-10 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.2 6.5 7.3 4.0 5.5 6.2 6.3 5.2 5.8 5.6 5.6 SR 8210 5.8 5.1 5.0 5.0 6.7 7.0 4.0 5.3 6.4 6.1 5.0 5.2 6.0 5.6 JTTFC-96 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.3 6.4 6.9 4.4 5.5 5.6 6.4 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.6 AXIOM (ATF-192) 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 6.5 6.8 4.1 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.6 EQUINOX (TMI-N91) 5.0 5.7 5.5 5.1 6.4 6.5 4.6 5.4 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.6 KITTY HAWK S.S.T. (SS45DW) 4.7 5.4 5.3 5.6 6.6 6.8 3.9 5.2 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.6 LEPRECHAUN 5.0 4.8 5.9 4.8 6.5 6.9 5.1 5.2 5.8 6.1 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.6 TOMAHAWK-E 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.5 6.8 4.1 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 PICK FA 15-92 5.7 6.0 4.8 5.3 6.4 7.1 3.9 5.3 6.4 5.6 5.6 4.7 5.2 5.5 PICK FA 20-92 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.6 4.7 5.4 6.7 6.4 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.5 SHORTSTOP II 5.0 4.9 3.9 5.2 6.4 6.7 5.1 5.6 6.3 6.0 5.6 4.6 5.6 5.4 PICK FA N-93 5.1 4.8 3.9 5.4 6.5 7.0 4.2 5.1 6.7 6.4 5.2 4.2 5.4 5.4 JTTFA-96 5.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 5.9 6.1 5.5 4.9 5.3 6.2 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.4 DP 50-9011 5.3 5.6 4.6 4.5 6.1 6.7 4.7 5.1 6.0 6.0 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.4 BONSAI 4.8 5.7 3.1 5.3 6.5 6.6 3.9 5.5 5.8 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3 DLF-1 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.4 6.5 6.0 4.0 5.0 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.3 JSC-1 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.0 6.4 7.0 3.9 5.0 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.3 ARID 4.7 4.2 5.4 4.8 5.9 6.5 4.9 5.3 4.9 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.2 PICK FA UT-93 5.3 4.8 3.6 3.8 5.8 6.9 3.8 4.9 6.4 5.9 5.2 4.0 5.2 5.1 DP 7952 4.4 4.7 3.5 4.1 6.4 6.3 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.0 AV-1 4.3 5.2 4.9 3.2 6.2 5.7 3.9 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 KENTUCKY-31 W/ENDO. 3.5 4.0 5.1 2.6 4.7 3.7 3.6 4.7 3.5 5.2 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.1 LSD VALUE 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.5 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.3 C.V. (%) 10.6 15.9 12.7 15.3 3.9 5.2 15.4 6.7 5.4 6.9 13.5 8.7 5.8 10.0 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.