TABLE 5. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT FOR EACH YEAR (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1996-2000 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 MEAN MIDNIGHT 1 2 2 1 1 1 LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572) 2 3 3 2 4 2 BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42) 6 1 1 3 18 3 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 4 11 5 4 2 4 AWARD 5 8 4 8 7 5 NUGLADE 11 5 9 6 5 6 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 10 4 6 11 10 7 UNIQUE 3 10 10 12 37 8 IMPACT (J-1576) 15 6 8 7 6 9 SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141) 7 17 12 9 14 10 APOLLO (PST-B3-180) 16 7 7 14 21 11 RUGBY II (MED-18) 14 9 13 15 19 12 AMERICA 13 15 11 16 41 13 PRINCETON 105 21 16 14 5 15 14 BLACKSBURG 8 14 21 17 8 15 BLACKSTONE (PST-638) 17 20 16 18 13 16 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 12 12 18 25 11 17 PICK 8 24 21 19 13 12 18 MOONLIGHT (PST-A418) 29 19 15 19 3 19 ARCADIA (J-1936) 22 18 20 20 9 20 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 9 13 25 30 16 21 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 46 26 17 10 17 22 GLADE 19 34 23 23 35 23 JEFFERSON 25 28 26 21 31 24 WILDWOOD 32 33 22 28 30 25 ECLIPSE 51 29 31 22 28 26 RAMBO (J-2579) 36 22 29 36 34 27 SERENE (PST-A7-245A) 58 24 24 33 40 28 CHICAGO (J-2582) 40 31 28 29 68 29 LIMOUSINE 18 25 39 63 93 30 CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621) 44 43 27 26 25 31 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 38 27 34 43 42 32 ALLURE 28 23 43 53 45 33 ZPS-2183 66 30 30 24 23 34 BARONETTE (BA 81-058) 23 37 42 35 33 35 CHATEAU 27 38 38 49 52 36 CONNI 39 42 40 46 27 37 NJ 1190 37 46 49 38 20 38 SR 2109 55 39 33 31 49 39 COVENTRY 35 35 46 54 64 40 PST-P46 31 59 44 37 48 41 NUSTAR 61 52 35 27 36 42 BARONIE 26 32 56 44 76 43 SR 2000 41 36 36 41 56 44 PLATINI 33 49 37 64 80 45 TABLE 5. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER (CONT'D) MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT FOR EACH YEAR (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1996-2000 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING NAME 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 MEAN BAR VB 3115B 54 45 32 40 85 46 NJ-GD 48 51 41 39 24 47 ADVOCATE (HV 130) 30 54 47 50 97 48 LIVINGSTON 53 44 51 32 32 49 BA 81-270 45 41 55 62 29 50 LKB-95 59 58 45 45 44 51 HAGA 20 53 71 48 67 52 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 49 48 52 56 22 53 CHALLENGER 42 40 57 67 53 54 BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649) 56 56 50 52 88 55 CALIBER 50 57 53 58 57 56 BARITONE (BAR VB 233) 43 55 64 60 71 57 SHAMROCK 63 60 48 47 81 58 PST-BO-165 79 47 54 66 55 59 JEWEL (BA 81-227) 81 64 58 42 51 60 FORTUNA 65 50 61 80 73 61 ZPS-309 52 63 69 61 96 62 CLASSIC 47 74 70 55 79 63 RAVEN 67 77 60 65 86 64 BA 73-373 62 67 67 74 60 65 BARTITIA 34 61 75 95 94 66 ASCOT 75 62 59 77 63 67 BA 75-490 83 89 66 34 47 68 SR 2100 68 66 78 59 91 69 MARQUIS 70 65 62 81 74 70 MED-1580 60 87 80 57 62 71 BA 77-702 82 69 65 69 77 72 BA 70-060 72 70 63 79 50 73 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 73 68 76 83 46 74 ENVICTA (BA 75-173) 71 83 77 75 89 75 ABBEY 80 81 68 68 83 76 NJ-54 93 73 72 51 61 77 A88-744 85 72 79 70 69 78 BA 81-220 78 86 74 72 75 79 J-1555 69 76 84 89 78 80 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 77 84 81 73 39 81 NIMBUS 57 82 89 91 82 82 BARON 84 78 73 90 84 83 MISTY (BA 76-372) 88 80 87 71 38 84 VB 16015 76 71 88 85 54 85 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 86 79 83 88 90 86 HV 242 74 88 91 86 95 87 CARDIFF 92 85 82 84 66 88 PICK-855 91 90 93 76 59 89 BA 75-163 90 91 86 94 26 90 TABLE 5. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER (CONT'D) MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT FOR EACH YEAR (FULL SUN) IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1996-2000 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING NAME 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 MEAN BAR VB 6820 94 75 92 98 92 91 SRX 2205 64 92 97 97 98 92 BA 81-113 87 94 95 93 72 93 BA 76-197 97 96 85 87 43 94 LTP-620 99 97 90 78 58 95 SIDEKICK 100 98 94 82 70 96 H86-690 89 99 96 92 87 97 SODNET 98 93 98 96 65 98 LIPOA 96 95 100 101 103 99 COMPACT 95 101 99 99 101 100 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 101 100 101 103 102 101 BARUZO 102 102 102 102 100 102 KENBLUE 103 103 103 100 99 103 1/ THIS TABLE CONTAINS NO STATISTICAL VALUES (LSD VALUES) THEREFORE IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRY OR ENTRIES ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS OR REGIONS. TO ASSESS STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, REFER TO THE MEANS AND LSD VALUES FOUND IN TABLE 4. 2/ RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY IS ACHIEVED BY ASSIGNING "1" TO THE HIGHEST MEAN, "2" TO THE SECOND HIGHEST MEAN, ETC. FOR EACH LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MEANS ARE TIED FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKS, BOTH ARE ASSIGNED "2.5".