TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (LOW MAINTENANCE) CULTIVARS AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1992 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME CO1 DC1 IA1 ID3 IL2 KS2 MD1 MO3 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 OR1 PA1 RI1 UB1 VA6 WA1 MEAN * MIDNIGHT 5.4 1.9 5.0 6.2 5.0 6.7 5.7 7.8 6.3 6.0 6.5 7.0 5.9 5.3 3.4 6.1 5.9 4.5 5.6 BAR VB 852 (BARMAX) 5.6 3.0 5.7 4.9 5.1 6.7 5.5 5.4 7.5 5.1 4.8 6.3 5.5 5.7 4.1 6.1 5.4 4.3 5.4 BAR VB 1169 6.2 3.8 5.9 5.4 3.8 7.3 5.8 6.0 6.3 4.0 5.2 5.7 5.6 4.9 4.0 5.9 5.4 4.3 5.3 J-335 6.3 3.1 5.0 6.5 5.5 7.0 5.3 6.1 5.7 4.2 5.5 5.7 4.8 4.6 4.1 5.6 5.4 4.7 5.3 * BARTITIA 6.1 1.4 4.3 5.7 2.9 7.7 5.5 6.7 6.1 5.2 6.2 5.7 5.0 5.1 4.0 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.2 * COBALT 5.3 3.0 4.4 6.5 6.6 5.7 5.2 6.4 5.5 4.8 6.3 5.7 5.0 4.8 3.9 4.9 5.5 4.3 5.2 * OPAL 5.4 2.7 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.8 6.3 6.0 4.4 6.0 5.7 4.3 5.0 3.8 5.5 5.1 4.9 5.2 * UNIQUE (PST-C-76) 6.9 2.1 4.7 5.9 6.1 6.7 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.8 6.5 5.0 4.7 5.1 3.6 4.2 5.4 4.6 5.2 * RAM-1 5.1 1.9 5.5 5.8 3.6 6.0 6.0 6.7 5.9 5.1 4.5 6.7 4.6 4.7 4.6 6.1 5.2 4.7 5.1 * SR 2000 5.6 2.0 3.9 7.8 3.3 6.0 5.7 7.1 6.6 4.4 6.5 6.0 4.8 4.7 4.0 4.9 5.3 4.1 5.1 * BARSWEET 5.3 2.2 6.0 5.0 4.4 5.7 5.7 7.0 6.6 5.2 5.8 5.3 4.4 5.2 3.6 5.6 4.6 4.5 5.1 BARCELONA (BAR VB 1184) 5.9 1.2 5.3 6.1 2.6 6.0 5.0 6.0 6.1 5.0 6.5 5.3 6.0 5.3 3.9 5.7 5.5 4.6 5.1 * SOPHIA 6.0 1.9 5.6 5.5 3.2 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 6.4 5.6 4.8 5.1 BAR VB 7037 6.5 2.6 5.7 5.4 4.0 7.0 5.8 5.1 6.0 4.4 4.7 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.2 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.1 * NUSTAR 5.5 2.4 5.3 6.1 4.7 7.0 6.0 6.3 5.7 4.4 4.5 5.0 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.3 5.3 4.6 5.1 NE 80-47 5.7 1.6 4.4 6.5 4.8 7.0 5.3 6.0 5.8 4.7 6.0 5.0 4.8 5.4 3.9 4.8 5.3 4.5 5.1 * LIVINGSTON 5.5 2.5 5.0 5.3 4.6 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.9 4.8 5.5 4.7 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.4 4.5 5.1 BELMONT (798) 5.5 2.1 4.9 6.1 5.4 4.7 4.5 6.7 5.1 5.0 6.0 5.3 4.7 5.2 4.7 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.0 ISI-21 5.8 5.0 5.7 4.2 7.6 5.3 6.0 5.2 7.0 4.7 3.2 4.7 4.0 4.9 3.9 4.9 5.1 3.6 5.0 * WASHINGTON 6.1 2.0 5.5 5.9 5.8 7.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.6 3.8 4.3 4.9 5.2 4.7 5.0 EVB 13.703 5.3 1.7 4.3 7.6 3.8 4.7 5.0 6.1 5.6 5.3 6.0 6.3 4.4 5.7 3.3 5.8 5.1 4.7 5.0 * CYNTHIA 4.6 2.4 5.5 6.4 2.2 7.0 5.7 6.2 5.1 4.5 5.2 5.7 4.8 5.0 4.3 5.7 5.3 4.9 5.0 BAR VB 895 5.9 4.0 5.1 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.0 3.8 4.3 5.3 4.4 4.1 4.7 5.6 5.0 5.0 * BARON 3.9 2.4 5.3 5.0 6.2 5.3 6.0 6.6 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.3 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.9 5.6 4.5 5.0 * SUFFOLK 5.1 4.1 5.3 6.4 6.1 4.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 4.3 3.7 5.3 5.4 4.8 3.7 4.0 5.4 4.5 5.0 * LIBERTY 4.9 3.1 5.0 6.1 4.8 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.2 5.2 5.0 6.0 4.4 4.8 4.1 4.1 5.5 4.4 5.0 * MONOPOLY 4.9 4.9 5.4 4.4 4.9 7.3 5.5 5.4 5.6 4.1 3.8 5.7 4.2 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.0 PST-YQ 5.7 2.7 5.5 5.1 3.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.7 4.7 4.5 5.3 5.6 4.8 3.8 5.5 5.7 4.2 5.0 GEN-RSP 5.5 6.0 5.4 4.0 6.8 6.0 5.7 5.3 7.1 4.1 2.0 4.3 5.1 4.4 4.0 4.0 5.4 3.9 5.0 PST-C-391 5.6 4.8 5.0 5.5 3.7 4.7 5.2 6.0 5.9 4.6 4.2 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.1 4.5 6.2 4.3 5.0 * FREEDOM 4.7 4.0 5.2 6.0 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.1 4.4 3.2 6.0 4.8 4.6 4.0 4.7 5.8 4.7 5.0 NJIC 5.5 2.9 4.8 5.9 4.8 6.7 5.3 5.9 6.0 4.2 3.0 5.3 5.7 4.3 3.8 4.6 5.7 4.6 4.9 PST-C-303 5.9 2.9 4.8 6.4 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.9 5.5 4.8 4.2 5.7 5.2 4.8 4.0 4.5 5.2 4.5 4.9 * VOYAGER 5.8 3.1 5.8 5.7 4.5 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.9 4.3 2.8 4.7 5.5 3.9 4.3 4.0 5.1 4.8 4.9 * MERIT 4.7 2.1 5.3 4.9 4.6 6.3 5.5 6.0 5.2 4.7 5.2 5.0 4.5 5.0 3.9 5.1 5.2 4.6 4.9 EVB 13.863 5.2 2.8 5.6 4.6 2.3 6.7 5.0 5.7 5.4 4.3 5.5 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.0 6.1 5.2 4.6 4.9 J-386 4.9 2.7 5.1 5.9 4.4 6.3 5.5 5.6 4.8 4.0 5.5 4.7 4.0 4.2 4.1 5.7 5.4 4.9 4.9 * AMAZON 5.3 1.8 5.2 5.0 3.9 6.0 4.8 6.3 5.8 4.7 5.5 4.7 4.8 5.4 3.9 5.3 5.4 3.9 4.9 BA 74-017 4.4 2.1 5.2 4.4 4.4 6.0 5.3 6.4 5.7 4.8 6.0 4.7 4.8 4.7 3.9 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.9 * BRONCO 4.9 2.0 5.7 4.5 4.4 7.0 5.3 5.5 5.7 4.0 4.2 5.3 5.1 4.2 4.5 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8 ZPS-84-749 5.1 2.4 5.6 5.0 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.6 6.1 3.9 3.2 5.7 3.9 4.0 3.8 5.2 4.8 4.2 4.8 * FORTUNA 4.1 1.9 5.0 5.9 3.3 6.0 4.8 6.5 5.7 4.6 6.2 4.7 4.6 5.1 3.9 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.8 * CREST 4.7 1.9 4.5 4.6 4.5 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 5.5 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.5 5.1 4.9 5.1 4.8 * HAGA 5.2 3.5 5.6 5.4 4.1 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.4 4.1 4.2 5.3 4.5 4.8 3.9 4.2 5.6 3.9 4.8 * NUBLUE (J-229) 4.8 1.9 5.3 4.9 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.2 4.7 3.6 5.0 5.2 4.5 4.8 TABLE 1. (continued) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (LOW MAINTENANCE) CULTIVARS AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1992 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME CO1 DC1 IA1 ID3 IL2 KS2 MD1 MO3 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 OR1 PA1 RI1 UB1 VA6 WA1 MEAN UNKNOWN 4.2 1.7 4.6 5.0 4.1 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.1 4.2 5.5 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.3 5.8 4.9 4.9 4.7 * DESTINY 4.9 2.2 4.8 6.5 2.9 5.0 5.0 6.9 5.2 5.0 4.3 5.7 4.7 4.6 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.5 4.7 * CHELSEA 4.6 1.6 5.5 5.0 4.7 7.3 5.2 6.1 5.7 3.3 4.0 4.3 4.8 3.4 3.4 5.5 5.5 4.5 4.7 * MIRACLE 5.0 1.5 5.0 7.0 4.0 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.8 3.6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.2 3.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.7 * GNOME 4.5 2.0 4.7 3.8 4.6 6.3 5.3 6.3 4.7 4.0 4.7 5.3 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.5 5.8 4.3 4.6 * BARZAN 5.1 1.5 5.3 6.0 3.9 6.7 5.3 6.1 5.0 4.0 3.5 5.0 4.8 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.3 4.6 * MERION 5.3 1.8 3.9 4.8 6.4 5.3 3.0 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.1 2.9 4.5 4.9 4.3 4.6 KWS PP 13-2 5.3 1.7 5.2 6.3 6.0 5.7 4.8 5.4 4.9 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.3 3.4 4.0 3.4 4.9 4.5 4.5 * ALENE 4.1 2.3 6.3 4.2 7.9 6.3 5.5 5.4 5.5 3.2 2.2 3.3 4.3 2.9 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.5 * KYOSTI 5.1 1.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.3 5.5 5.8 5.4 4.7 4.5 5.7 4.5 4.7 3.7 4.0 5.2 4.3 4.5 PST-A7-111 3.9 2.0 6.0 4.8 6.5 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 3.2 3.2 5.3 3.5 3.1 3.8 4.8 4.9 4.0 4.4 * BANJO (H76-1034) 4.7 2.9 5.2 4.2 5.1 6.3 5.7 5.4 5.7 3.6 2.2 4.0 4.1 2.9 4.2 3.2 5.1 4.4 4.4 * KENBLUE 4.3 3.3 6.1 2.5 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.1 5.3 2.6 2.0 3.3 4.4 3.0 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.2 * PARK 4.9 2.1 6.1 3.1 4.4 5.3 4.8 4.6 5.2 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.4 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 MN 2405 4.3 2.2 6.4 1.9 4.3 5.0 5.2 4.7 5.5 2.8 2.2 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.5 4.8 4.8 3.9 4.0 * SOUTH DAKOTA CERT. 3.4 1.8 6.1 2.4 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.1 2.5 2.0 2.7 3.5 2.7 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.5 3.9 BA 78-376 4.2 1.7 5.9 2.4 4.8 5.0 3.3 4.2 4.5 3.1 2.3 4.0 4.0 3.3 4.3 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.8 LSD VALUE 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.5 2.8 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.3 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1993 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).