TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME IAl ILl IN1 KS2 KYI MAl MB1 MD1 MIl MO1 M02 NJl OH1 PAl RIl UB1 VA8 WAl WA3 MEAN * CATO 7.3 6.3 4.8 8.3 6.8 5.8 7.1 6.2 5.3 6.5 7.3 7.2 7.9 6.8 5.2 6.1 4.8 7.6 5.1 6.4 * PROVIDENCE 7.2 5.9 4.9 8.1 7.4 5.7 7.3 6.2 5.3 6.4 7.2 6.7 7.9 6.6 5.3 6.0 5.6 6.9 5.6 6.4 * PENN G-2 (G-2) 6.7 5.5 3.4 8.4 7.4 5.6 7.3 7.1 5.3 5.9 6.9 6.7 7.8 6.7 5.1 5.9 4.5 7.4 5.7 6.3 * PENNEAGLE 7.2 5.7 5.1 7.5 7.4 5.3 6.9 6.1 6.1 6.8 7.2 6.3 7.8 6.7 5.4 5.3 5.1 6.4 4.9 6.3 * SOUTHSHORE 7.7 6.2 4.0 7.7 7.5 5.1 6.8 6.1 5.7 6.3 7.0 6.1 7.9 6.0 6.0 5.3 4.6 6.7 5.3 6.2 * PENN G-6 (G-6) 6.7 6.5 4.1 8.0 7.3 5.0 6.7 6.5 5.3 6.4 7.0 6.5 8.0 6.6 3.5 6.1 4.4 6.5 5.3 6.1 * SEASIDE II (DF-1) 6.1 6.0 4.1 7.6 7.1 4.6 6.4 6.2 5.7 6.2 7.0 5.6 7.7 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.2 6.5 4.7 6.0 * CRENSHAW 7.3 5.7 3.6 8.0 6.9 4.9 7.1 6.3 5.5 6.7 7.0 5.0 7.5 6.0 5.6 4.4 4.7 7.1 5.1 6.0 BAR WS 42102 6.9 6.0 3.7 7.7 7.0 5.0 6.8 6.3 5.4 6.8 7.1 5.3 7.7 6.1 5.3 5.0 4.2 6.7 5.2 6.0 * PRO/CUP 6.7 5.6 4.1 7.6 7.2 5.1 7.2 6.0 5.3 6.7 7.0 4.5 7.6 5.4 6.4 4.5 4.8 6.6 5.2 6.0 * TRUELINE 6.4 5.9 4.5 7.4 7.0 4.9 6.9 6.2 5.3 6.5 7.1 5.1 7.3 5.8 6.1 5.1 4.8 6.3 4.9 6.0 * LOPEZ 5.8 5.1 5.0 7.0 7.4 5.2 6.9 5.9 5.4 6.6 7.0 5.0 6.7 6.2 4.7 4.9 4.3 6.9 5.0 5.8 * PENNCROSS 6.1 5.2 5.4 7.4 7.7 4.7 6.9 6.0 5.5 6.4 6.9 4.7 6.9 5.3 3.9 4.5 5.4 6.1 4.8 5.8 ISI-AT-90162 4.9 5.3 3.1 5.1 7.5 5.4 6.8 5.7 4.9 5.8 6.6 5.1 6.1 6.3 5.9 6.3 3.5 6.5 5.8 5.6 * 18TH GREEN 6.1 5.1 2.8 8.2 4.8 4.8 8.0 6.0 4.4 5.3 7.2 3.7 7.6 5.4 4.7 3.8 3.7 6.7 4.6 5.4 BAR AS 492 4.8 4.6 3.9 6.4 6.1 4.5 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.8 4.6 6.6 5.6 5.8 5.9 3.5 6.2 5.6 5.4 * SR 7100 4.9 4.6 2.2 5.4 6.6 5.4 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.0 6.2 6.1 5.1 5.6 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 OM-AT-90163 4.9 4.4 3.0 5.2 7.0 4.8 6.7 5.1 5.4 5.9 6.3 4.3 6.6 5.2 6.0 5.6 3.2 5.9 5.3 5.3 * TENDENZ 4.1 3.8 2.5 4.9 6.5 5.1 6.8 4.8 4.8 5.7 6.0 3.8 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.8 3.4 5.6 4.6 5.0 * EXETER 3.6 4.0 2.3 5.3 6.0 3.6 5.4 5.0 4.7 5.1 6.2 4.0 5.2 4.3 5.3 3.5 3.5 5.9 4.2 4.6 * SEASIDE 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.8 3.6 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.6 2.1 6.5 3.4 4.7 3.2 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.5 LSD VALUE 1.1 0.7 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1996 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).