TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 1998 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT SANTA CLARA, CA 1/ 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT GENETIC LEAF DENSITY DENSITY COVER COVER COVER QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR TEXTURE SPRING SUMMER SPRING SUMMER FALL JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN ABT-HF1 7.3 7.7 9.0 9.0 97.7 96.3 97.7 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.7 7.0 8.0 8.3 6.8 OXFORD 6.3 7.0 9.0 8.7 99.0 96.3 97.7 7.7 6.7 7.3 6.7 7.0 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.7 5.7 7.3 7.0 6.8 ABERDEEN (PST-EFL) 8.0 7.3 8.3 8.7 99.0 96.0 99.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.3 7.0 8.7 8.3 6.7 ABT-HF-2 8.0 7.7 9.0 8.7 96.3 93.0 86.3 7.7 7.3 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.3 7.0 6.7 PST-4HM 6.7 7.3 9.0 8.3 96.3 96.0 96.3 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.0 7.7 7.3 6.7 RELIANT II 7.3 7.3 9.0 8.3 97.7 96.3 96.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.0 6.0 6.3 5.3 6.3 6.7 8.0 7.3 6.7 ABT-CHW-1 7.0 7.7 8.0 8.7 97.7 94.7 92.7 6.0 4.7 5.3 6.0 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.7 7.3 8.7 8.0 6.6 CHARIOT (CIS FL 12) 7.0 7.7 8.7 8.3 97.7 93.0 93.3 7.3 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.3 7.7 7.7 6.6 EUREKA II (CIS FL 11) 7.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 97.7 93.3 94.7 7.3 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 6.7 6.0 8.0 6.3 6.6 NAVIGATOR (CIS FRR 5) 7.0 7.3 8.7 8.7 96.3 97.0 97.3 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.3 7.0 7.0 6.3 7.0 5.7 7.7 8.3 8.0 6.6 NORDIC (E) 6.3 7.7 9.0 8.0 99.0 97.7 99.0 7.3 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.3 7.3 7.0 6.6 BERKSHIRE (4001) 6.3 7.3 9.0 9.0 94.3 93.0 94.3 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.3 7.7 7.3 6.5 LONGFELLOW II 6.7 7.3 8.3 8.3 99.0 97.7 99.0 6.3 4.7 5.0 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.7 8.0 8.7 6.5 HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS) 6.7 7.7 9.0 8.0 99.0 96.3 97.7 8.0 7.3 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.3 5.7 7.3 6.3 6.4 JASPER II 6.0 7.3 8.7 9.0 99.0 96.3 86.3 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.7 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 7.3 7.3 6.4 OSPREY 7.3 7.0 9.0 8.7 96.3 96.3 93.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 6.0 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 7.3 6.3 6.4 PST-4FR 6.7 7.0 8.0 8.3 99.0 97.7 97.7 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.0 6.7 7.3 6.3 6.3 5.0 6.0 8.0 8.3 6.4 ABT-CHW-2 5.7 7.0 8.7 8.3 97.7 96.3 99.0 6.7 5.7 5.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 5.7 5.0 5.3 7.0 7.3 7.3 6.3 ABT-CHW-3 7.3 7.0 8.0 7.7 97.7 97.7 96.0 6.3 5.0 5.0 6.3 6.7 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.7 6.0 8.0 8.7 6.3 DISCOVERY 7.3 7.3 9.0 8.0 96.3 93.3 78.0 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 7.3 6.3 MB-82 5.7 7.0 9.0 8.3 90.0 89.3 78.0 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.7 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.7 7.0 6.3 PICK FRC A-93 7.7 7.3 8.7 8.0 95.0 96.0 97.7 5.7 4.7 4.3 6.3 7.0 7.3 5.7 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 6.3 SCALDIS 7.3 7.0 8.3 8.0 97.7 93.3 90.0 6.7 6.7 6.0 5.3 5.7 6.3 5.3 5.7 6.0 7.0 7.3 7.3 6.3 SRX 3961 6.0 7.7 9.0 8.3 99.0 97.7 99.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.7 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.3 ATTILA E 7.3 7.0 8.0 8.3 83.0 88.3 88.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.7 6.3 6.3 7.3 6.0 6.2 CULOMBRA 7.3 7.7 8.3 7.3 96.0 93.0 79.3 6.3 4.7 5.0 6.7 6.0 6.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 7.7 8.7 7.7 6.2 DEFIANT 6.7 7.3 9.0 7.7 95.0 96.3 96.3 7.3 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.3 7.0 6.7 6.2 SANDPIPER 6.3 7.0 8.7 8.0 97.7 96.3 97.7 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.7 6.3 6.7 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.3 8.0 8.0 6.2 SILHOUETTE (PICK FRC 4-92) 6.3 7.0 8.3 8.0 97.7 97.7 96.0 5.7 4.3 5.7 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 7.3 8.0 6.2 TREAZURE (E) 5.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 99.0 97.7 99.0 6.0 4.3 4.3 6.3 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.7 7.0 6.2 ABT-HF-3 7.7 8.0 9.0 8.0 96.3 96.3 97.7 7.3 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 7.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.1 ABT-HF-4 8.0 8.0 7.7 8.3 96.3 96.3 96.3 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.0 5.0 6.3 5.7 5.3 7.0 5.7 6.0 5.7 6.1 CINDY LOU (CIS FRR 7) 6.0 7.3 7.7 8.0 96.3 96.3 97.7 5.3 5.3 4.7 6.3 7.3 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 7.0 6.7 6.1 PATHFINDER 5.7 7.3 8.0 8.0 96.3 93.0 97.7 6.0 5.0 4.7 5.7 5.3 7.3 5.7 5.7 5.3 6.7 8.3 8.0 6.1 PICK FF A-97 6.3 7.0 8.7 8.0 97.7 91.7 91.3 6.7 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.1 SCALDIS II (AHF 008) 7.3 7.0 8.3 8.0 97.7 96.3 86.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.3 7.0 6.1 SHADOW II 6.0 6.7 9.0 8.0 97.7 97.7 91.7 6.7 5.7 6.0 7.0 6.7 6.0 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.7 6.7 7.0 6.1 STONEHENGE (AHF 009) 7.3 7.3 8.7 7.7 93.0 96.0 97.7 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 6.7 6.7 8.0 6.7 6.1 AMBASSADOR 6.0 7.0 7.7 7.7 99.0 97.3 97.7 5.7 4.3 4.0 6.0 7.0 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.3 8.0 7.7 6.0 INTRIGUE 5.3 7.0 8.7 7.7 95.0 91.7 88.3 5.7 5.0 5.0 6.7 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 6.3 7.7 7.3 6.0 RESCUE 911 7.3 7.3 8.7 8.0 93.3 91.7 94.7 7.0 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 ABT-CR-3 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 94.3 97.7 99.0 6.0 4.7 4.7 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.7 7.0 7.3 5.9 BARGENA III (BAR CF 8 FUS1) 5.7 7.0 7.3 8.0 95.0 95.0 84.7 5.7 6.0 4.7 5.0 6.7 4.7 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.3 7.7 7.3 5.9 BRITTANY 7.3 7.3 8.3 7.0 96.3 95.0 94.7 6.3 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.0 4.7 5.0 6.3 7.7 7.7 5.9 DGSC 94 7.0 7.0 8.3 7.0 99.0 96.0 96.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.7 4.3 6.3 5.7 6.7 7.7 7.0 5.9 FLORENTINE 5.7 7.3 7.0 8.3 94.7 95.0 93.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 4.7 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.0 7.0 8.0 5.9 HERON 6.7 7.3 8.0 7.7 97.7 94.0 96.0 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.7 6.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 TABLE 2. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 1998 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT SANTA CLARA, CA 1/ 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT PERCENT PERCENT GENETIC LEAF DENSITY DENSITY COVER COVER COVER QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR TEXTURE SPRING SUMMER SPRING SUMMER FALL JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN MAGIC 6.7 7.3 8.7 7.7 94.7 96.3 96.3 6.0 4.3 4.3 5.3 6.7 6.3 5.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 7.7 8.0 5.9 MB-63 6.7 7.3 8.7 7.0 95.0 91.7 70.0 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.0 6.0 7.7 7.7 5.9 MINOTAUR 6.7 7.3 8.0 8.3 99.0 97.7 99.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.3 5.9 SHADEMASTER II 5.0 7.0 8.0 7.7 99.0 95.7 94.3 5.7 5.3 4.7 6.0 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 6.3 7.7 7.0 5.9 SRX 52961 5.7 7.3 7.3 8.0 91.7 90.0 94.7 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.3 6.7 5.9 WRIGLEY (ACF 092) 6.3 7.0 8.0 7.7 99.0 97.7 97.7 6.0 5.0 4.3 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.3 7.3 6.7 5.9 ABT-CR-2 5.7 7.0 7.7 7.7 97.7 97.7 97.7 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 6.3 7.3 6.0 5.8 SR 5100 5.3 7.7 8.7 8.0 97.7 97.7 99.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 7.7 6.3 5.8 ASR 049 5.7 7.7 8.3 8.0 97.7 97.7 96.0 6.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6.7 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 6.7 6.3 5.7 BAR CHF 8 FUS2 6.3 7.3 8.0 7.0 94.7 95.0 96.0 5.7 5.0 4.7 5.7 6.3 5.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.7 7.3 8.0 5.7 INVERNESS (PST-47TCR) 6.3 7.3 8.0 7.3 97.7 96.3 96.0 6.3 5.3 4.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 4.3 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.7 6.7 5.7 PST-4MB 7.3 7.3 8.7 8.7 97.7 94.7 94.7 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.3 5.0 6.3 5.7 ROSE (ASC 087) 5.0 7.0 7.7 8.7 96.3 95.0 97.7 5.3 5.0 4.3 4.7 6.0 6.7 6.0 6.3 4.3 5.3 7.0 7.3 5.7 SEABREEZE 5.7 7.3 8.7 7.3 95.0 91.7 81.7 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.0 6.7 6.0 5.7 ACF 083 6.3 7.3 9.0 7.7 97.7 97.3 76.3 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 4.7 4.0 5.7 6.0 7.7 5.6 BANNER III 5.7 7.0 7.7 8.0 97.7 95.0 68.3 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.7 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.7 6.3 6.7 7.0 5.6 BIGHORN 6.7 7.0 8.0 8.0 97.7 95.0 96.0 6.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.3 5.6 SR 5210 (SRX 52LAV) 5.3 7.3 7.0 8.0 97.7 94.7 94.3 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.7 7.0 6.3 5.6 BRIDGEPORT 5.0 7.0 8.7 8.3 96.3 91.3 89.7 5.3 5.0 4.7 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.0 5.0 7.0 6.7 5.4 JAMESTOWN II 5.0 7.7 6.7 7.3 91.7 93.3 94.7 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.7 6.7 6.3 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.4 QUATRO 7.0 7.7 8.3 8.3 96.3 97.7 96.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 4.3 6.7 5.7 5.4 SHADEMARK 5.3 7.0 7.0 7.7 96.3 90.0 95.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.0 6.3 7.3 7.0 5.4 SR 3200 7.0 7.0 8.0 7.7 96.3 95.0 97.7 5.7 4.3 4.7 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 6.3 5.7 6.0 4.7 5.4 TIFFANY 5.7 7.7 8.3 7.3 97.7 97.7 74.3 5.7 4.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.3 5.4 BAR SCF 8 FUS3 5.7 7.3 7.7 7.0 96.3 93.0 56.7 6.7 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.3 BOREAL 4.3 7.0 7.3 8.0 96.3 96.3 96.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.3 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.3 SALSA 4.0 7.3 8.0 7.7 99.0 97.7 96.0 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.7 6.3 5.3 5.2 ASC 082 6.3 7.3 8.0 8.0 96.3 91.7 68.0 5.0 5.0 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.3 4.3 4.7 4.7 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.1 ASC 172 6.7 7.0 6.3 7.0 90.0 90.0 90.0 4.3 4.7 3.0 4.0 4.7 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.7 6.7 4.9 DAWSON E+ 5.3 7.0 7.3 6.7 93.3 90.0 76.7 4.7 4.7 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 4.3 4.7 3.7 5.0 5.7 4.7 4.7 COMMON CREEPING RED 4.3 7.0 6.7 5.7 91.7 85.0 46.7 4.3 4.3 3.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.0 3.7 3.3 4.7 5.7 4.0 4.3 SR 6000 7.0 3.7 5.0 7.3 94.7 96.3 89.7 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.7 3.0 2.0 2.7 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 LSD VALUE 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.1 7.3 8.7 27.3 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.0 0.6 C.V. (%) 14.7 8.7 7.9 7.7 3.5 3.9 13.9 8.7 11.7 11.3 9.8 12.0 13.1 12.1 13.2 14.0 14.5 14.4 16.1 6.3 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). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN. TABLE A. 2002 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 1998 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED CA1 LOAM 6.6-7.0 0-60 0-150 3.1-4.0 FULL SUN 1.6-2.0 TO PREVENT STRESS