TABLE 18. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1/ 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IA2 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42) 7.3 6.7 5.5 6.9 6.2 7.7 6.0 6.2 6.7 5.2 5.3 8.0 6.7 6.9 7.3 5.9 6.5 PRINCETON 105 6.5 6.7 5.5 6.0 5.4 7.3 6.1 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.0 8.3 6.5 6.8 7.4 6.3 6.5 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 6.8 6.7 6.0 6.2 5.2 6.8 6.4 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.2 8.0 6.6 7.2 7.2 7.3 6.5 MIDNIGHT 7.4 6.3 5.1 6.1 5.2 7.7 5.8 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.4 8.4 6.4 5.4 7.6 6.4 6.5 NJ 1190 7.1 7.4 4.5 5.9 6.5 7.7 6.5 6.6 7.2 3.4 5.8 8.1 6.7 6.9 7.0 5.8 6.4 LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572) 7.7 6.4 5.1 5.8 5.0 7.6 5.9 6.5 6.9 6.1 6.2 8.2 6.6 5.4 7.5 5.9 6.4 BLACKSBURG 7.0 7.1 4.6 6.1 4.6 7.4 5.7 6.4 6.6 5.7 6.0 8.0 6.0 7.2 7.5 6.5 6.4 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 6.8 6.8 5.3 5.8 5.2 7.9 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.7 8.2 6.7 5.9 7.5 6.1 6.4 AMERICA 6.5 6.7 5.3 6.8 6.0 7.5 5.9 6.0 6.5 5.4 5.3 7.9 6.4 6.5 7.1 6.0 6.4 AWARD 7.7 6.3 5.0 6.1 4.6 7.4 6.1 6.2 6.6 5.4 5.9 8.2 6.1 6.0 7.5 6.6 6.4 APOLLO (PST-B3-180) 6.5 6.5 5.0 6.5 5.9 7.6 5.9 6.4 5.9 5.4 5.1 8.1 6.9 6.6 7.2 6.1 6.3 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 7.3 6.7 5.4 5.9 5.4 8.0 5.4 6.3 6.8 5.2 6.3 8.1 6.0 5.4 7.5 5.9 6.3 SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141) 7.1 7.1 5.5 6.4 6.1 6.5 5.8 5.7 6.3 5.2 5.3 8.0 6.3 6.5 7.5 6.0 6.3 NUGLADE 7.0 6.5 5.6 5.8 5.3 7.9 6.0 6.3 6.2 5.6 6.0 8.3 6.2 5.6 7.5 5.6 6.3 UNIQUE 7.0 7.2 4.9 6.6 5.7 7.1 5.8 6.2 6.4 5.2 5.3 7.8 6.2 6.9 7.3 5.5 6.3 RUGBY II (MED-18) 6.6 6.8 5.6 5.8 4.9 7.3 6.1 6.1 6.6 5.5 5.5 8.3 6.8 5.5 7.4 6.1 6.3 BLACKSTONE (PST-638) 6.3 6.3 5.5 5.6 4.4 7.7 5.7 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 7.9 6.6 5.8 7.6 6.6 6.3 MOONLIGHT (PST-A418) 6.3 6.3 5.3 5.2 4.8 7.7 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.3 8.1 6.6 6.2 7.7 6.4 6.3 IMPACT (J-1576) 7.1 6.0 5.2 5.6 5.2 7.7 6.2 6.0 6.7 5.4 5.9 8.1 6.1 5.6 7.5 6.0 6.3 LIMOUSINE 6.1 7.2 4.9 6.5 6.3 7.9 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.6 7.9 7.2 5.9 7.1 5.3 6.2 CONNI 6.3 7.1 5.3 6.2 6.2 6.9 5.8 5.7 6.4 4.2 5.3 7.8 6.6 6.7 7.1 6.0 6.2 JEFFERSON 6.5 6.5 4.9 5.9 5.0 6.6 6.2 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.7 7.8 6.8 6.3 7.3 6.1 6.2 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 7.2 6.1 4.9 5.6 4.8 7.4 5.9 5.9 6.5 5.0 5.9 8.1 6.8 5.7 7.6 6.0 6.2 WILDWOOD 6.8 6.6 5.3 5.9 4.4 7.9 6.4 6.7 5.9 4.5 5.4 7.9 6.2 6.6 7.2 5.8 6.2 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 7.5 6.4 5.6 6.2 4.5 7.5 6.1 6.5 6.2 4.3 4.8 8.2 6.8 5.9 7.5 5.5 6.2 SR 2109 6.3 6.3 5.2 6.1 4.8 6.9 6.3 6.0 6.0 4.4 6.2 7.9 6.3 7.8 7.1 5.8 6.2 ARCADIA (J-1936) 7.1 6.3 4.6 5.3 5.4 7.2 5.9 6.1 6.5 4.9 5.4 8.1 6.6 6.0 7.4 6.3 6.2 PICK 8 6.9 6.4 5.1 5.6 4.5 7.0 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.0 5.6 7.8 6.7 6.2 7.2 5.9 6.2 ZPS-2183 7.0 6.4 4.7 5.3 5.3 7.0 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.8 8.2 6.3 6.5 7.1 6.2 6.2 RAMBO (J-2579) 6.5 6.2 5.1 6.2 6.0 7.5 6.0 5.9 6.6 4.1 5.0 7.9 6.4 6.4 7.2 5.4 6.2 BAR VB 3115B 6.9 6.5 5.1 5.7 5.3 7.1 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.1 4.8 7.7 6.7 6.4 7.1 5.2 6.1 NJ-GD 6.5 6.4 4.8 6.0 4.2 6.9 6.4 6.1 6.3 4.6 5.6 7.8 6.6 6.4 7.2 5.9 6.1 ECLIPSE 6.2 6.9 5.3 6.0 4.1 7.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.3 8.1 6.5 6.3 7.2 5.5 6.1 PST-P46 6.5 6.7 4.9 5.8 4.1 7.3 6.0 6.5 5.5 4.4 5.3 8.2 6.2 6.8 7.4 5.6 6.1 CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621) 6.3 6.8 5.0 5.7 4.5 7.3 6.3 5.9 6.2 4.9 5.3 7.7 7.0 5.6 7.5 5.6 6.1 SERENE (PST-A7-245A) 6.7 7.2 5.1 5.8 5.1 7.1 5.9 5.7 6.5 4.3 4.7 7.8 6.7 5.9 7.2 5.3 6.1 LKB-95 6.7 6.9 5.0 5.4 4.8 7.1 6.2 5.7 6.1 3.6 5.0 7.5 7.3 6.6 7.3 5.6 6.1 GLADE 6.6 5.9 5.1 5.7 5.1 6.6 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.0 4.9 7.9 6.3 6.2 7.1 6.4 6.1 ALLURE 6.1 7.1 5.2 5.6 4.9 7.1 6.0 5.9 6.4 4.1 5.0 8.0 6.8 5.9 7.3 5.5 6.1 SHAMROCK 6.7 6.6 4.9 6.3 4.4 7.6 5.8 6.0 6.0 4.3 4.9 8.0 6.7 5.8 7.4 5.6 6.1 BA 81-270 6.8 7.3 5.0 6.2 4.1 7.0 5.9 6.2 6.4 4.3 5.1 7.9 7.0 5.5 7.0 5.2 6.0 NUSTAR 6.8 6.8 4.9 6.1 4.2 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.0 7.5 7.0 6.4 7.2 5.5 6.0 CHATEAU 6.6 7.5 4.7 5.9 4.7 6.6 6.0 6.0 6.1 3.8 5.1 7.9 7.0 5.8 7.3 5.6 6.0 LIVINGSTON 6.5 6.4 5.0 6.1 4.8 6.7 5.9 5.9 5.8 4.8 5.6 7.5 6.8 5.8 7.2 5.6 6.0 TABLE 18. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IA1 IA2 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN COVENTRY 6.7 7.0 4.7 6.1 4.8 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 3.9 4.7 8.0 6.7 5.9 7.2 5.7 6.0 CHICAGO (J-2582) 6.4 6.6 4.8 5.6 5.0 7.1 6.2 5.8 6.0 4.1 4.8 8.1 6.5 6.0 7.2 5.8 6.0 ADVOCATE (HV 130) 6.6 6.5 4.6 6.2 5.8 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.3 3.7 3.8 7.8 6.1 6.0 7.2 6.0 6.0 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 6.6 6.5 5.2 5.2 4.8 7.1 6.0 5.6 6.0 4.1 4.8 7.9 6.8 6.1 7.4 5.5 6.0 BARTITIA 6.8 6.6 4.4 6.3 4.1 7.4 5.5 6.2 6.3 3.5 5.2 7.9 7.0 5.9 7.3 5.4 6.0 BARONETTE (BA 81-058) 6.8 6.5 4.8 5.7 4.7 7.3 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.1 5.3 7.8 6.5 5.0 7.3 5.1 6.0 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 6.9 6.5 5.0 5.7 4.4 7.1 6.1 6.3 5.4 3.8 5.0 8.3 6.5 6.0 7.4 5.5 6.0 PLATINI 5.7 6.5 4.2 5.6 5.1 7.2 5.5 5.6 6.4 5.5 5.2 7.9 6.7 5.2 7.4 5.9 6.0 SR 2000 6.7 6.1 5.6 4.8 5.0 6.7 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.0 4.2 8.0 6.7 5.6 7.3 5.8 6.0 CHALLENGER 6.9 6.7 4.7 5.6 4.6 7.1 5.8 6.0 6.3 4.1 5.2 8.0 6.6 4.9 7.4 4.6 5.9 BARONIE 6.6 6.7 4.6 5.9 4.5 7.0 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.0 4.6 7.8 6.8 5.1 7.0 4.8 5.9 CLASSIC 6.6 7.1 4.5 5.9 4.3 7.0 5.8 5.8 5.7 4.8 4.7 7.7 6.5 5.4 7.3 5.0 5.9 BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649) 6.0 6.0 4.4 5.7 4.5 6.7 5.7 5.6 6.5 5.0 5.2 7.7 6.9 5.2 7.3 5.6 5.9 CALIBER 6.4 6.1 4.8 5.5 4.6 7.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.5 5.0 7.5 6.7 5.3 7.3 5.7 5.9 BARITONE (BAR VB 233) 6.0 6.5 4.3 6.0 4.4 7.3 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.0 5.0 7.5 6.8 5.0 7.3 5.8 5.9 HAGA 6.9 6.5 4.8 5.1 4.8 6.7 6.0 5.7 5.7 4.5 4.9 7.5 6.7 5.7 7.1 5.2 5.8 JEWEL (BA 81-227) 6.5 6.7 4.9 5.7 3.7 6.7 5.8 5.7 6.0 4.4 4.6 7.9 6.3 5.4 7.2 5.5 5.8 ASCOT 6.6 6.4 4.4 5.3 4.1 7.1 6.0 5.9 5.6 4.0 5.2 7.5 6.4 6.0 7.3 5.2 5.8 SR 2100 6.5 6.3 5.3 5.0 4.0 6.5 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.9 3.6 7.9 6.7 5.7 7.5 5.6 5.8 MISTY (BA 76-372) 6.3 6.5 4.7 5.6 3.5 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.7 2.9 5.2 7.6 6.6 5.7 7.3 5.8 5.8 BA 75-490 6.5 7.5 3.7 5.5 3.6 6.4 6.1 5.9 6.4 4.2 4.5 7.9 6.3 5.3 7.4 5.3 5.8 PST-BO-165 6.6 7.0 4.4 5.5 4.7 6.3 5.9 5.4 6.4 3.4 4.6 7.6 6.9 5.2 7.2 5.0 5.8 MED-1580 6.3 6.2 4.5 5.5 3.7 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.7 3.8 4.6 7.9 6.8 6.1 7.3 5.5 5.8 RAVEN 6.5 6.6 5.2 5.4 4.3 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 4.2 3.7 8.0 6.4 5.6 7.0 5.6 5.7 ZPS-309 5.8 6.6 4.5 5.1 4.7 7.3 5.5 5.2 5.6 4.8 5.1 7.6 6.9 4.7 7.1 5.2 5.7 NIMBUS 6.5 7.0 4.4 5.8 4.3 6.5 6.2 5.6 5.7 3.5 3.9 7.9 7.0 5.4 7.1 4.8 5.7 BA 73-373 7.0 6.5 4.3 5.9 4.3 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.6 3.9 3.7 8.0 6.7 5.8 7.2 5.1 5.7 PICK-855 6.3 6.4 4.8 5.4 3.9 6.8 5.8 5.8 6.0 3.6 4.6 7.6 6.5 6.2 6.9 4.7 5.7 MARQUIS 6.3 6.4 4.7 5.9 3.7 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.4 4.0 3.9 8.0 6.8 5.4 7.1 5.5 5.7 BAR VB 6820 6.0 5.9 4.6 5.9 4.0 7.7 5.8 5.1 5.5 4.2 5.6 7.4 6.7 4.2 7.2 5.2 5.7 BA 70-060 6.6 6.5 4.6 5.8 4.2 6.2 6.0 5.4 5.0 4.2 3.8 8.0 6.8 5.4 7.2 5.4 5.7 FORTUNA 6.4 6.5 4.6 5.7 3.9 6.8 5.9 5.6 5.3 3.9 3.6 7.8 6.9 5.6 7.2 4.9 5.7 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 6.3 6.3 4.6 5.0 3.5 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.3 4.4 4.6 7.8 6.7 5.4 7.2 5.8 5.7 NJ-54 6.5 6.5 4.2 5.8 3.7 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.7 3.6 4.3 7.8 6.8 4.7 7.2 5.8 5.6 ABBEY 6.8 6.3 4.6 5.8 4.2 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.4 4.0 3.8 7.8 6.5 5.4 7.0 5.1 5.6 CARDIFF 6.3 5.5 4.6 5.1 4.8 6.8 6.2 5.2 5.6 2.2 5.0 7.7 6.4 6.3 7.4 5.0 5.6 BA 77-702 6.2 6.5 4.6 5.6 3.9 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.0 3.6 7.9 6.9 5.5 7.1 5.4 5.6 BA 81-220 6.6 5.7 4.5 5.9 3.9 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.0 3.7 8.0 6.7 5.8 7.2 5.4 5.6 ENVICTA (BA 75-173) 6.1 6.2 4.8 5.7 3.8 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.6 3.7 3.6 7.7 6.8 5.3 7.2 5.4 5.6 A88-744 6.7 6.0 4.4 4.7 4.2 7.0 6.2 5.3 5.3 4.7 3.7 7.7 6.2 5.1 7.5 5.0 5.6 HV 242 5.6 5.6 4.2 5.8 5.2 6.7 5.2 5.3 6.2 4.3 4.6 7.7 6.4 4.0 7.2 5.4 5.6 SRX 2205 6.5 6.5 4.0 5.6 3.8 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.6 3.5 4.9 7.7 6.4 5.5 6.8 5.1 5.6 VB 16015 6.2 6.1 4.7 4.5 3.9 6.8 6.1 5.8 5.6 3.2 4.6 7.9 6.6 5.3 7.5 4.6 5.6 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 6.6 5.8 4.6 5.5 3.7 6.6 5.7 5.3 5.5 3.9 3.8 8.1 6.6 5.3 7.2 5.0 5.6 BARON 6.7 6.2 4.3 5.4 3.5 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 3.9 3.5 7.9 6.7 5.3 7.1 5.2 5.5 TABLE 18. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IA1 IA2 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 6.5 6.4 4.6 5.5 4.3 6.3 5.7 5.2 5.6 3.5 3.8 7.5 6.0 5.4 7.2 5.2 5.5 H86-690 7.2 5.7 4.7 4.7 3.3 6.4 6.2 5.4 5.5 2.6 4.2 7.7 6.4 5.7 7.3 5.3 5.5 J-1555 6.1 6.3 4.7 3.9 4.3 6.7 5.5 5.5 5.7 3.1 4.1 7.9 6.0 5.4 7.3 5.3 5.5 BA 76-197 6.3 5.4 4.1 5.8 4.3 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.4 2.8 4.2 7.5 6.5 5.2 7.0 4.7 5.4 SODNET 6.7 6.1 4.2 5.0 3.5 7.1 5.6 5.7 5.6 2.1 4.4 7.7 6.3 5.0 7.5 4.7 5.4 BA 75-163 6.3 6.1 4.2 4.9 3.6 6.2 5.9 4.8 5.7 2.9 4.2 8.0 6.7 4.9 7.5 5.0 5.4 BA 81-113 6.6 6.1 4.0 5.2 4.0 6.2 5.7 5.2 5.0 2.6 3.4 7.7 6.5 4.9 7.1 5.3 5.4 LTP-620 6.0 5.9 4.7 4.4 3.7 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.5 3.4 4.1 7.5 6.3 5.0 7.1 4.5 5.3 SIDEKICK 6.4 5.9 4.3 4.6 3.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.0 3.5 3.8 7.3 6.4 4.3 7.1 5.0 5.2 LIPOA 6.4 6.0 4.4 4.1 3.9 6.3 5.4 5.6 5.3 2.3 3.4 7.7 6.4 4.1 6.9 5.0 5.2 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 6.1 5.7 4.4 5.1 4.4 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.8 2.4 3.9 7.6 6.4 3.9 7.3 4.0 5.1 COMPACT 5.8 5.9 4.5 3.7 3.7 5.6 5.7 4.4 5.6 2.9 3.2 7.4 6.2 5.4 6.9 4.9 5.1 BARUZO 6.0 5.9 3.4 3.9 3.2 5.9 5.7 3.9 4.3 2.3 3.7 7.5 6.6 5.1 7.1 5.0 5.0 KENBLUE 6.1 5.5 3.9 3.2 2.6 5.0 5.6 4.8 4.8 2.4 3.1 6.9 5.9 4.3 6.9 5.0 4.7 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.2 C.V. (%) 14.5 9.7 23.6 11.9 19.4 15.9 13.6 9.1 11.8 19.6 14.7 5.9 17.0 16.9 7.0 11.4 13.8 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.