TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TWENTY-NINE LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AB1 IA1 IA2 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS1 KY1 MA1 MD1 ME1 MI1 MN1 MO1 MO3 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 OK1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 UT1 VA1 WA1 MEAN * MIDNIGHT 6.9 7.4 6.3 5.1 7.2 6.1 5.2 8.1 5.2 5.0 7.7 5.8 6.5 5.1 7.4 5.6 6.3 6.5 6.4 8.4 7.2 6.4 5.4 7.6 6.4 6.7 6.2 5.4 7.3 6.4 * LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572) 7.0 7.7 6.4 5.1 7.2 5.8 4.8 7.8 5.0 5.7 7.6 5.9 6.5 4.9 7.4 5.9 6.9 6.1 6.2 8.2 7.0 6.6 5.4 7.5 5.9 6.9 5.9 5.5 6.8 6.4 * BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42) 7.1 7.3 6.7 5.5 7.2 6.9 5.6 7.5 6.2 4.8 7.7 6.0 6.2 5.2 6.4 5.4 6.7 5.2 5.3 8.0 6.4 6.7 6.9 7.3 5.9 6.8 6.2 5.5 6.5 6.4 * TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 6.8 7.3 6.7 5.4 6.7 5.9 4.6 8.3 5.4 5.2 8.0 5.4 6.3 5.0 7.6 5.1 6.8 5.2 6.3 8.1 7.0 6.0 5.4 7.5 5.9 7.1 6.4 4.9 7.1 6.3 * AWARD 7.2 7.7 6.3 5.0 6.2 6.1 4.6 7.8 4.6 5.8 7.4 6.1 6.2 5.0 7.2 5.2 6.6 5.4 5.9 8.2 7.2 6.1 6.0 7.5 6.6 6.6 6.2 5.4 7.1 6.3 * NUGLADE 7.1 7.0 6.5 5.6 6.1 5.8 4.4 8.0 5.3 5.5 7.9 6.0 6.3 4.9 7.3 5.4 6.2 5.6 6.0 8.3 7.6 6.2 5.6 7.5 5.6 7.0 5.9 5.1 7.1 6.3 * ODYSSEY (J-1561) 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.3 6.3 5.8 4.7 7.7 5.2 5.4 7.9 6.0 5.8 5.0 7.2 5.4 6.3 6.0 5.7 8.2 7.2 6.7 5.9 7.5 6.1 7.0 6.2 5.1 6.7 6.3 * UNIQUE 7.1 7.0 7.2 4.9 6.8 6.6 5.7 7.6 5.7 5.7 7.1 5.8 6.2 5.3 6.5 5.0 6.4 5.2 5.3 7.8 6.7 6.2 6.9 7.3 5.5 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.5 6.3 * IMPACT (J-1576) 6.6 7.1 6.0 5.2 6.8 5.6 4.4 7.8 5.2 5.4 7.7 6.2 6.0 5.1 7.2 5.2 6.7 5.4 5.9 8.1 7.4 6.1 5.6 7.5 6.0 7.0 6.3 5.3 7.1 6.3 * SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141) 6.7 7.1 7.1 5.5 7.1 6.4 5.8 7.6 6.1 5.7 6.5 5.8 5.7 4.8 6.3 5.2 6.3 5.2 5.3 8.0 6.4 6.3 6.5 7.5 6.0 5.9 6.3 5.7 6.7 6.3 * APOLLO (PST-B3-180) 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 7.2 5.9 5.5 7.6 5.9 6.4 5.0 6.2 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.1 8.1 6.7 6.9 6.6 7.2 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.4 6.4 6.3 * RUGBY II (MED-18) 7.2 6.6 6.8 5.6 5.9 5.8 4.7 7.7 4.9 5.4 7.3 6.1 6.1 5.1 7.2 4.9 6.6 5.5 5.5 8.3 6.9 6.8 5.5 7.4 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.3 7.2 6.2 * AMERICA 6.5 6.5 6.7 5.3 7.0 6.8 5.6 7.5 6.0 5.7 7.5 5.9 6.0 4.7 6.3 5.0 6.5 5.4 5.3 7.9 6.5 6.4 6.5 7.1 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.5 6.2 6.2 * PRINCETON 105 6.6 6.5 6.7 5.5 6.6 6.0 4.3 6.4 5.4 6.0 7.3 6.1 6.5 5.0 6.4 5.8 6.3 6.5 6.0 8.3 6.2 6.5 6.8 7.4 6.3 5.5 5.9 4.8 6.6 6.2 * BLACKSBURG 6.9 7.0 7.1 4.6 5.8 6.1 4.9 6.6 4.6 6.0 7.4 5.7 6.4 5.6 6.5 4.9 6.6 5.7 6.0 8.0 6.5 6.0 7.2 7.5 6.5 5.6 6.2 5.3 6.8 6.2 * BLACKSTONE (PST-638) 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.5 6.7 5.6 4.6 6.3 4.4 5.7 7.7 5.7 6.4 5.2 6.5 5.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 7.9 6.8 6.6 5.8 7.6 6.6 5.3 5.7 5.7 6.4 6.1 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 7.0 7.2 6.1 4.9 6.3 5.6 4.5 7.9 4.8 5.3 7.4 5.9 5.9 5.2 6.7 4.8 6.5 5.0 5.9 8.1 6.7 6.8 5.7 7.6 6.0 6.7 6.0 4.9 6.5 6.1 PICK 8 7.0 6.9 6.4 5.1 7.1 5.6 4.8 7.3 4.5 5.6 7.0 5.9 6.0 5.0 6.6 5.1 6.2 6.0 5.6 7.8 7.1 6.7 6.2 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.9 5.4 6.5 6.1 * MOONLIGHT (PST-A418) 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.3 6.4 5.2 4.0 6.9 4.8 5.2 7.7 5.7 6.0 5.1 7.0 4.9 6.0 6.2 6.3 8.1 6.7 6.6 6.2 7.7 6.4 5.4 6.0 5.9 7.0 6.1 * ARCADIA (J-1936) 6.6 7.1 6.3 4.6 5.8 5.3 4.6 7.3 5.4 5.5 7.2 5.9 6.1 5.2 6.6 5.2 6.5 4.9 5.4 8.1 6.9 6.6 6.0 7.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 4.9 6.9 6.1 * ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 7.2 7.5 6.4 5.6 5.5 6.2 4.1 6.5 4.5 5.8 7.5 6.1 6.5 5.2 6.9 5.2 6.2 4.3 4.8 8.2 6.8 6.8 5.9 7.5 5.5 6.3 6.1 4.9 7.0 6.1 * NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.2 6.2 4.2 6.6 5.2 5.4 6.8 6.4 6.4 5.3 6.1 5.3 5.9 5.8 5.2 8.0 6.2 6.6 7.2 7.2 7.3 5.3 6.3 4.0 6.5 6.1 GLADE 6.7 6.6 5.9 5.1 5.6 5.7 4.8 7.5 5.1 5.6 6.6 6.1 6.0 5.4 6.3 4.9 5.9 5.0 4.9 7.9 6.3 6.3 6.2 7.1 6.4 6.1 6.4 5.1 6.6 6.0 * JEFFERSON 6.5 6.5 6.5 4.9 5.4 5.9 5.0 7.4 5.0 5.0 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.0 6.0 5.2 6.0 5.9 5.7 7.8 6.3 6.8 6.3 7.3 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.4 6.0 6.0 * WILDWOOD 6.9 6.8 6.6 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.0 6.2 4.4 5.4 7.9 6.4 6.7 5.1 6.5 4.8 5.9 4.5 5.4 7.9 6.4 6.2 6.6 7.2 5.8 5.1 5.6 4.4 6.7 6.0 ECLIPSE 6.5 6.2 6.9 5.3 6.7 6.0 4.1 7.3 4.1 6.0 7.0 6.0 5.9 5.0 6.0 4.9 5.9 5.5 5.3 8.1 6.6 6.5 6.3 7.2 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.0 6.0 6.0 * RAMBO (J-2579) 7.0 6.5 6.2 5.1 5.4 6.2 4.2 6.8 6.0 5.1 7.5 6.0 5.9 5.4 6.1 4.7 6.6 4.1 5.0 7.9 6.6 6.4 6.4 7.2 5.4 6.7 5.7 4.3 5.9 6.0 * SERENE (PST-A7-245A) 6.8 6.7 7.2 5.1 6.4 5.8 4.1 6.8 5.1 5.6 7.1 5.9 5.7 5.4 6.8 4.7 6.5 4.3 4.7 7.8 6.2 6.7 5.9 7.2 5.3 5.3 5.8 5.1 6.1 5.9 * CHICAGO (J-2582) 6.5 6.4 6.6 4.8 6.6 5.6 4.4 6.8 5.0 5.7 7.1 6.2 5.8 5.1 6.1 4.6 6.0 4.1 4.8 8.1 6.8 6.5 6.0 7.2 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.2 6.3 5.9 * LIMOUSINE 7.1 6.1 7.2 4.9 5.0 6.5 4.3 6.1 6.3 5.9 7.9 5.4 6.1 5.1 6.1 4.4 6.0 5.5 4.6 7.9 5.7 7.2 5.9 7.1 5.3 7.4 5.8 4.0 5.4 5.9 * CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621) 6.7 6.3 6.8 5.0 6.0 5.7 4.7 7.1 4.5 5.6 7.3 6.3 5.9 4.8 5.8 4.9 6.2 4.9 5.3 7.7 6.0 7.0 5.6 7.5 5.6 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.1 5.9 * EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 6.8 6.6 6.5 5.2 5.9 5.2 4.6 7.2 4.8 5.7 7.1 6.0 5.6 5.3 6.2 4.7 6.0 4.1 4.8 7.9 6.4 6.8 6.1 7.4 5.5 6.4 5.9 4.5 6.2 5.9 * ALLURE 6.9 6.1 7.1 5.2 6.3 5.6 4.3 6.8 4.9 6.0 7.1 6.0 5.9 5.4 6.7 4.7 6.4 4.1 5.0 8.0 6.1 6.8 5.9 7.3 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.0 6.0 5.9 ZPS-2183 6.8 7.0 6.4 4.7 5.4 5.3 4.6 5.9 5.3 5.5 7.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 4.4 5.3 5.3 5.8 8.2 6.3 6.3 6.5 7.1 6.2 5.3 5.9 5.3 6.2 5.9 * BARONETTE (BA 81-058) 6.8 6.8 6.5 4.8 5.9 5.7 4.5 7.6 4.7 5.1 7.3 6.1 5.9 4.9 6.6 4.9 5.8 5.1 5.3 7.8 6.7 6.5 5.0 7.3 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.3 6.2 5.9 * CHATEAU 7.1 6.6 7.5 4.7 5.9 5.9 4.5 6.2 4.7 5.9 6.6 6.0 6.0 5.5 6.5 4.7 6.1 3.8 5.1 7.9 6.5 7.0 5.8 7.3 5.6 4.7 5.5 5.2 6.2 5.9 * CONNI 6.3 6.3 7.1 5.3 5.4 6.2 4.2 5.8 6.2 5.8 6.9 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.9 4.8 6.4 4.2 5.3 7.8 5.7 6.6 6.7 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.4 6.0 5.9 NJ 1190 6.9 7.1 7.4 4.5 4.1 5.9 4.4 5.2 6.5 5.1 7.7 6.5 6.6 4.9 5.7 4.5 7.2 3.4 5.8 8.1 5.4 6.7 6.9 7.0 5.8 5.3 5.5 4.6 5.6 5.9 * SR 2109 6.8 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.3 6.1 4.6 5.8 4.8 5.2 6.9 6.3 6.0 4.5 5.8 4.7 6.0 4.4 6.2 7.9 5.8 6.3 7.8 7.1 5.8 5.5 6.0 5.0 5.9 5.9 * COVENTRY 6.7 6.7 7.0 4.7 6.2 6.1 4.5 6.4 4.8 5.6 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.1 6.7 4.8 6.1 3.9 4.7 8.0 6.4 6.7 5.9 7.2 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.6 5.9 PST-P46 6.6 6.5 6.7 4.9 5.6 5.8 4.5 6.1 4.1 5.8 7.3 6.0 6.5 4.9 6.6 4.3 5.5 4.4 5.3 8.2 6.1 6.2 6.8 7.4 5.6 4.9 5.8 4.5 6.3 5.8 NUSTAR 6.8 6.8 6.8 4.9 5.3 6.1 4.1 6.8 4.2 5.1 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.8 5.9 5.2 5.0 7.5 6.3 7.0 6.4 7.2 5.5 5.3 5.9 5.2 5.9 5.8 * BARONIE 6.9 6.6 6.7 4.6 6.4 5.9 4.8 7.0 4.5 5.7 7.0 6.1 6.0 5.4 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.0 4.6 7.8 6.6 6.8 5.1 7.0 4.8 4.8 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.8 * SR 2000 6.9 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.6 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.7 6.0 6.2 4.5 7.0 4.8 5.9 5.0 4.2 8.0 6.9 6.7 5.6 7.3 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.2 6.1 5.8 TABLE 1. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TWENTY-NINE LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AB1 IA1 IA2 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS1 KY1 MA1 MD1 ME1 MI1 MN1 MO1 MO3 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 OK1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 UT1 VA1 WA1 MEAN * PLATINI 7.1 5.7 6.5 4.2 5.7 5.6 4.4 5.7 5.1 5.7 7.2 5.5 5.6 5.1 6.0 4.9 6.4 5.5 5.2 7.9 6.1 6.7 5.2 7.4 5.9 6.0 6.0 4.4 6.3 5.8 BAR VB 3115B 6.8 6.9 6.5 5.1 6.6 5.7 4.1 6.2 5.3 5.2 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.6 4.2 6.1 5.1 4.8 7.7 5.8 6.7 6.4 7.1 5.2 5.7 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.8 NJ-GD 6.6 6.5 6.4 4.8 5.1 6.0 4.1 6.5 4.2 5.3 6.9 6.4 6.1 4.8 5.9 5.2 6.3 4.6 5.6 7.8 6.3 6.6 6.4 7.2 5.9 4.8 5.2 5.2 6.2 5.8 ADVOCATE (HV 130) 6.8 6.6 6.5 4.6 5.8 6.2 4.9 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.2 6.1 4.7 6.3 3.7 3.8 7.8 5.9 6.1 6.0 7.2 6.0 5.5 5.6 4.8 6.0 5.8 * LIVINGSTON 6.8 6.5 6.4 5.0 6.1 6.1 4.5 6.9 4.8 5.0 6.7 5.9 5.9 5.1 5.8 4.9 5.8 4.8 5.6 7.5 6.2 6.8 5.8 7.2 5.6 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.8 BA 81-270 6.7 6.8 7.3 5.0 6.3 6.2 4.4 6.0 4.1 5.3 7.0 5.9 6.2 5.0 6.5 4.5 6.4 4.3 5.1 7.9 6.1 7.0 5.5 7.0 5.2 4.7 5.4 4.7 6.0 5.8 LKB-95 6.7 6.7 6.9 5.0 4.4 5.4 4.5 6.3 4.8 5.9 7.1 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.0 6.1 3.6 5.0 7.5 5.6 7.3 6.6 7.3 5.6 5.3 5.9 4.8 5.7 5.8 * HAGA 6.8 6.9 6.5 4.8 6.6 5.1 4.6 7.0 4.8 6.0 6.7 6.0 5.7 4.9 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.5 4.9 7.5 6.5 6.7 5.7 7.1 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.8 * SEABRING (BA 79-260) 6.3 6.9 6.5 5.0 5.4 5.7 4.1 6.9 4.4 5.2 7.1 6.1 6.3 5.1 6.5 5.0 5.4 3.8 5.0 8.3 6.1 6.5 6.0 7.4 5.5 4.8 5.2 4.2 6.8 5.8 * CHALLENGER 6.7 6.9 6.7 4.7 5.1 5.6 4.4 6.7 4.6 5.1 7.1 5.8 6.0 5.1 6.3 4.7 6.3 4.1 5.2 8.0 6.5 6.6 4.9 7.4 4.6 5.2 5.6 4.7 6.5 5.8 * BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649) 7.1 6.0 6.0 4.4 6.1 5.7 4.3 5.7 4.5 5.5 6.7 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.9 4.6 6.5 5.0 5.2 7.7 6.3 6.9 5.2 7.3 5.6 5.8 5.6 4.7 6.1 5.8 * CALIBER 7.1 6.4 6.1 4.8 5.3 5.5 4.3 6.5 4.6 5.6 7.0 6.0 5.5 5.0 5.8 5.2 6.0 4.5 5.0 7.5 6.1 6.7 5.3 7.3 5.7 5.8 5.9 4.7 6.0 5.8 * BARITONE (BAR VB 233) 7.0 6.0 6.5 4.3 5.9 6.0 4.3 5.8 4.4 5.4 7.3 5.4 5.4 5.1 6.2 5.1 6.1 5.0 5.0 7.5 6.1 6.8 5.0 7.3 5.8 5.3 5.7 4.4 6.3 5.7 * SHAMROCK 6.7 6.7 6.6 4.9 5.7 6.3 4.1 6.2 4.4 5.0 7.6 5.8 6.0 4.7 5.9 4.5 6.0 4.3 4.9 8.0 5.8 6.7 5.8 7.4 5.6 4.4 5.6 4.9 5.9 5.7 PST-BO-165 6.9 6.6 7.0 4.4 6.3 5.5 4.6 6.7 4.7 5.0 6.3 5.9 5.4 5.5 6.7 4.5 6.4 3.4 4.6 7.6 6.1 6.9 5.2 7.2 5.0 5.0 5.4 4.7 5.9 5.7 * JEWEL (BA 81-227) 6.7 6.5 6.7 4.9 6.5 5.7 4.5 6.1 3.7 5.0 6.7 5.8 5.7 4.8 6.2 4.9 6.0 4.4 4.6 7.9 6.3 6.3 5.4 7.2 5.5 4.2 5.5 4.8 6.2 5.7 * FORTUNA 6.6 6.4 6.5 4.6 5.5 5.7 4.3 7.1 3.9 5.4 6.8 5.9 5.6 5.4 6.3 4.7 5.3 3.9 3.6 7.8 6.3 6.9 5.6 7.2 4.9 5.6 5.6 4.9 6.4 5.7 ZPS-309 6.8 5.8 6.6 4.5 6.0 5.1 4.3 5.9 4.7 5.4 7.3 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.1 5.1 5.6 4.8 5.1 7.6 6.3 6.9 4.7 7.1 5.2 5.2 5.7 4.7 6.0 5.7 * CLASSIC 6.7 6.6 7.1 4.5 3.2 5.9 4.5 7.1 4.3 5.6 7.0 5.8 5.8 5.1 5.8 5.1 5.7 4.8 4.7 7.7 6.2 6.5 5.4 7.3 5.0 4.8 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.7 * RAVEN 6.7 6.5 6.6 5.2 5.3 5.4 3.9 6.9 4.3 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.1 6.4 4.4 5.5 4.2 3.7 8.0 6.3 6.4 5.6 7.0 5.6 4.4 5.1 5.5 6.2 5.7 BA 73-373 6.7 7.0 6.5 4.3 4.9 5.9 4.3 6.9 4.3 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.6 4.8 6.2 4.9 5.6 3.9 3.7 8.0 6.4 6.7 5.8 7.2 5.1 4.4 5.3 5.4 6.2 5.6 * BARTITIA 7.0 6.8 6.6 4.4 3.6 6.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 5.4 7.4 5.5 6.2 5.5 5.9 4.4 6.3 3.5 5.2 7.9 6.1 7.0 5.9 7.3 5.4 5.7 6.0 3.6 6.4 5.6 * ASCOT 6.6 6.6 6.4 4.4 4.5 5.3 4.1 6.0 4.1 5.3 7.1 6.0 5.9 4.9 6.4 4.7 5.6 4.0 5.2 7.5 6.2 6.4 6.0 7.3 5.2 5.6 5.6 4.2 6.3 5.6 BA 75-490 6.7 6.5 7.5 3.7 5.9 5.5 4.7 6.5 3.6 5.6 6.4 6.1 5.9 4.9 6.1 4.7 6.4 4.2 4.5 7.9 6.2 6.3 5.3 7.4 5.3 3.4 5.6 5.1 6.0 5.6 * SR 2100 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.1 6.2 4.0 5.7 6.5 6.0 5.8 4.9 6.4 4.6 5.5 4.9 3.6 7.9 6.3 6.7 5.7 7.5 5.6 4.2 5.3 5.4 6.0 5.6 * MARQUIS 6.8 6.3 6.4 4.7 4.2 5.9 4.2 6.7 3.7 5.7 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.2 4.6 5.4 4.0 3.9 8.0 6.0 6.8 5.4 7.1 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.5 6.4 5.6 MED-1580 6.4 6.3 6.2 4.5 4.9 5.5 4.1 6.9 3.7 5.7 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.2 6.0 4.5 5.7 3.8 4.6 7.9 5.8 6.8 6.1 7.3 5.5 4.6 5.8 4.6 6.2 5.6 BA 77-702 6.8 6.2 6.5 4.6 5.8 5.6 3.9 6.9 3.9 5.6 6.1 5.9 5.7 4.9 6.3 4.5 5.4 4.0 3.6 7.9 6.0 6.9 5.5 7.1 5.4 4.4 5.3 5.7 6.3 5.6 BA 70-060 6.8 6.6 6.5 4.6 5.1 5.8 4.2 6.9 4.2 5.1 6.2 6.0 5.4 5.1 6.1 4.8 5.0 4.2 3.8 8.0 6.0 6.8 5.4 7.2 5.4 4.2 5.4 5.7 6.2 5.6 * GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 6.8 6.6 5.8 4.6 5.2 5.5 4.7 6.5 3.7 5.8 6.6 5.7 5.3 5.3 6.4 4.9 5.5 3.9 3.8 8.1 5.8 6.6 5.3 7.2 5.0 4.8 5.3 5.0 6.1 5.6 * ENVICTA (BA 75-173) 6.7 6.1 6.2 4.8 4.7 5.7 4.5 7.0 3.8 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.5 4.9 6.3 4.8 5.6 3.7 3.6 7.7 6.2 6.8 5.3 7.2 5.4 4.0 5.2 5.5 6.0 5.6 * ABBEY 6.8 6.8 6.3 4.6 5.4 5.8 4.3 6.7 4.2 5.2 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.0 6.1 4.7 5.4 4.0 3.8 7.8 5.9 6.5 5.4 7.0 5.1 3.9 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.6 NJ-54 6.5 6.5 6.5 4.2 6.0 5.8 4.2 6.6 3.7 5.6 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.3 6.1 4.3 5.7 3.6 4.3 7.8 5.9 6.8 4.7 7.2 5.8 4.1 5.5 5.0 5.8 5.6 A88-744 6.7 6.7 6.0 4.4 5.8 4.7 4.2 6.7 4.2 5.2 7.0 6.2 5.3 4.3 6.3 4.9 5.3 4.7 3.7 7.7 6.3 6.2 5.1 7.5 5.0 4.6 5.1 5.2 6.1 5.6 BA 81-220 6.7 6.6 5.7 4.5 4.6 5.9 4.3 6.8 3.9 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.1 6.1 4.2 5.3 4.0 3.7 8.0 5.9 6.7 5.8 7.2 5.4 3.6 5.6 5.6 6.5 5.5 J-1555 6.7 6.1 6.3 4.7 5.5 3.9 4.1 6.9 4.3 5.6 6.7 5.5 5.5 4.9 6.1 4.7 5.7 3.1 4.1 7.9 6.7 6.0 5.4 7.3 5.3 5.7 5.7 4.4 6.1 5.5 * DRAGON (ZPS-429) 6.5 6.3 6.3 4.6 5.4 5.0 3.8 6.7 3.5 5.6 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.0 6.0 5.0 5.3 4.4 4.6 7.8 6.2 6.7 5.4 7.2 5.8 3.1 5.7 5.2 6.0 5.5 * NIMBUS 6.9 6.5 7.0 4.4 4.3 5.8 4.0 6.4 4.3 5.8 6.5 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.7 4.5 5.7 3.5 3.9 7.9 6.0 7.0 5.4 7.1 4.8 3.8 5.4 5.1 5.5 5.5 * BARON 6.8 6.7 6.2 4.3 4.8 5.4 4.2 6.4 3.5 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.1 6.2 4.9 5.5 3.9 3.5 7.9 6.1 6.7 5.3 7.1 5.2 4.8 5.5 4.9 6.3 5.5 * MISTY (BA 76-372) 6.8 6.3 6.5 4.7 4.1 5.6 3.7 6.3 3.5 5.0 6.8 6.3 6.1 4.6 5.9 4.7 5.7 2.9 5.2 7.6 6.5 6.6 5.7 7.3 5.8 4.2 5.2 3.9 6.1 5.5 VB 16015 6.8 6.2 6.1 4.7 4.3 4.5 3.6 6.9 3.9 4.9 6.8 6.1 5.8 4.7 6.6 5.4 5.6 3.2 4.6 7.9 6.1 6.6 5.3 7.5 4.6 4.4 5.6 4.0 7.0 5.5 * BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 6.7 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.6 5.5 3.5 6.1 4.3 5.4 6.3 5.7 5.2 4.9 6.0 4.7 5.6 3.5 3.8 7.5 6.3 6.0 5.4 7.2 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 6.4 5.5 HV 242 6.8 5.6 5.6 4.2 5.0 5.8 4.2 5.2 5.2 5.8 6.7 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.7 4.5 6.2 4.3 4.6 7.7 6.1 6.4 4.0 7.2 5.4 6.0 5.6 4.1 5.9 5.5 * CARDIFF 6.4 6.3 5.5 4.6 4.1 5.1 3.6 5.4 4.8 4.4 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.7 5.7 5.3 5.6 2.2 5.0 7.7 5.7 6.4 6.3 7.4 5.0 5.7 5.5 4.1 6.2 5.4 PICK-855 6.5 6.3 6.4 4.8 4.0 5.4 3.7 6.3 3.9 5.3 6.8 5.8 5.8 4.7 5.7 4.5 6.0 3.6 4.6 7.6 5.9 6.5 6.2 6.9 4.7 3.5 5.6 4.3 5.5 5.4 TABLE 1. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TWENTY-NINE LOCATIONS (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AB1 IA1 IA2 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS1 KY1 MA1 MD1 ME1 MI1 MN1 MO1 MO3 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 OK1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 UT1 VA1 WA1 MEAN BA 75-163 6.4 6.3 6.1 4.2 5.3 4.9 4.2 7.1 3.6 5.5 6.2 5.9 4.8 4.1 6.1 4.7 5.7 2.9 4.2 8.0 6.2 6.7 4.9 7.5 5.0 3.5 5.3 4.2 6.6 5.4 BAR VB 6820 7.0 6.0 5.9 4.6 3.6 5.9 3.1 4.0 4.0 4.5 7.7 5.8 5.1 4.4 5.8 4.6 5.5 4.2 5.6 7.4 5.8 6.7 4.2 7.2 5.2 5.7 5.7 3.4 6.8 5.4 SRX 2205 6.6 6.5 6.5 4.0 4.1 5.6 4.3 5.0 3.8 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.5 4.3 5.6 3.5 4.9 7.7 5.6 6.4 5.5 6.8 5.1 3.5 5.6 4.7 5.8 5.4 BA 81-113 6.5 6.6 6.1 4.0 4.4 5.2 3.9 6.6 4.0 5.2 6.2 5.7 5.2 4.8 6.2 4.9 5.0 2.6 3.4 7.7 6.2 6.5 4.9 7.1 5.3 3.7 5.5 5.5 6.2 5.3 BA 76-197 6.5 6.3 5.4 4.1 3.5 5.8 4.0 6.0 4.3 5.5 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.4 2.8 4.2 7.5 5.6 6.5 5.2 7.0 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.7 5.3 LTP-620 6.2 6.0 5.9 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.1 6.3 3.7 5.1 6.3 5.8 5.3 4.4 5.8 4.7 5.5 3.4 4.1 7.5 6.3 6.3 5.0 7.1 4.5 4.5 5.6 4.9 6.0 5.3 * SIDEKICK 6.5 6.4 5.9 4.3 5.0 4.6 3.9 6.9 3.6 5.0 5.6 5.7 5.5 4.3 6.2 4.8 5.0 3.5 3.8 7.3 6.2 6.4 4.3 7.1 5.0 3.5 5.0 5.7 5.5 5.3 H86-690 6.5 7.2 5.7 4.7 3.3 4.7 4.2 5.4 3.3 5.1 6.4 6.2 5.4 4.3 5.6 4.6 5.5 2.6 4.2 7.7 5.1 6.4 5.7 7.3 5.3 3.8 5.6 4.1 6.1 5.2 * SODNET 6.5 6.7 6.1 4.2 3.5 5.0 3.3 4.6 3.5 4.6 7.1 5.6 5.7 4.7 6.1 4.6 5.6 2.1 4.4 7.7 5.6 6.3 5.0 7.5 4.7 4.8 5.5 3.7 6.3 5.2 * LIPOA 6.7 6.4 6.0 4.4 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.5 6.3 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.6 4.3 5.3 2.3 3.4 7.7 5.9 6.4 4.1 6.9 5.0 5.8 5.4 3.2 5.8 5.1 * COMPACT 6.5 5.8 5.9 4.5 4.0 3.7 4.1 5.4 3.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 4.4 4.6 5.6 4.4 5.6 2.9 3.2 7.4 5.4 6.2 5.4 6.9 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.1 * PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 6.6 6.1 5.7 4.4 3.6 5.1 3.0 3.0 4.4 4.2 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.6 5.6 4.3 4.8 2.4 3.9 7.6 5.7 6.4 3.9 7.3 4.0 4.3 5.5 3.4 6.0 4.9 * BARUZO 6.4 6.0 5.9 3.4 3.4 3.9 3.0 4.3 3.2 4.8 5.9 5.7 3.9 4.3 5.5 4.8 4.3 2.3 3.7 7.5 5.8 6.6 5.1 7.1 5.0 3.1 5.3 3.9 5.6 4.8 * KENBLUE 6.1 6.1 5.5 3.9 4.5 3.2 3.6 5.4 2.6 5.8 5.0 5.6 4.8 4.7 5.4 4.7 4.8 2.4 3.1 6.9 5.4 5.9 4.3 6.9 5.0 2.0 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.7 LSD VALUE 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 C.V. (%) 8.6 14.5 9.7 23.6 18.4 11.9 25.7 10.1 19.4 9.8 15.9 13.6 9.1 14.9 9.6 16.4 11.8 19.6 14.7 5.9 10.2 17.0 16.9 7.0 11.4 13.6 10.8 13.4 7.9 13.5 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2001. 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.