TABLE 3. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON GREEN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1997 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME AZ1 IA1 IL1 IL2 KY1 MA1 MI1 MN1 NJ1 OK1 QE1 RI1 TX1 WA1 WI1 WI2 MEAN PENN A-1 (A-1) 2.0 5.0 5.5 3.0 2.5 14.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 10.5 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 1 LOFTS L-93 (L-93) 4.0 10.5 5.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 7.5 1.0 4.0 6.0 1.0 15.0 9.0 5.0 1.0 2 PENN A-4 (A-4) 1.0 1.0 11.0 12.5 2.5 18.0 3.0 1.0 4.5 3.0 23.5 5.0 11.0 1.0 4.0 7.0 3 PENN G-2 (G-2) 6.0 3.0 1.0 18.0 8.0 4.0 6.5 4.5 3.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 18.5 21.0 2.0 2.0 4 PENN G-6 (G-6) 9.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 9.5 11.5 3.0 4.5 2.0 14.0 4.0 4.0 12.5 1.0 4.5 5 CATO 3.0 10.5 15.0 4.0 11.0 12.0 5.0 4.5 6.0 14.0 1.0 9.0 23.5 10.5 9.5 6.0 6 PROVIDENCE 7.0 16.5 3.0 12.5 9.5 5.5 6.5 22.5 8.0 11.5 19.5 7.5 11.0 4.0 6.0 4.5 7 SOUTHSHORE 13.0 24.0 11.0 15.5 14.5 11.0 13.0 7.5 7.0 9.0 4.5 10.0 1.5 14.0 7.0 10.5 8 IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5) 10.0 4.0 24.0 15.5 7.0 2.0 11.5 10.0 9.0 11.5 10.5 13.0 17.0 23.0 17.0 19.0 9 SR 1020 5.0 8.5 7.0 6.5 14.5 19.0 14.0 12.0 19.0 16.5 10.5 20.0 11.0 15.5 11.0 16.5 10 CENTURY (SYN 92-1) 11.5 2.0 8.5 6.5 23.0 9.5 20.0 19.0 10.5 16.5 21.5 15.0 11.0 17.5 13.5 14.0 11 REGENT 11.5 14.5 22.0 2.0 17.5 7.5 15.0 19.0 13.0 22.0 15.5 19.0 1.5 7.5 8.0 9.0 12 BAR WS 42102 16.0 12.0 11.0 20.0 12.5 3.0 8.0 13.5 10.5 18.0 13.0 14.0 20.0 3.0 13.5 15.0 13 PENNLINKS 18.0 13.0 2.0 23.0 12.5 13.0 4.0 15.5 15.0 11.5 26.0 7.5 23.5 22.0 9.5 8.0 14 CRENSHAW 8.0 6.0 18.0 9.5 19.0 15.0 26.0 7.5 14.0 5.0 17.5 25.0 25.0 6.0 21.5 10.5 15 ISI-AP-89150 17.0 21.0 19.0 12.5 5.0 16.5 10.0 15.5 17.0 21.0 15.5 11.0 7.0 17.5 17.0 21.0 16 DG-P 22.0 18.0 23.0 8.0 4.0 7.5 25.0 22.5 18.0 20.0 17.5 6.0 18.5 7.5 13.5 16.5 17 MSUEB 21.0 25.0 17.0 19.0 9.5 5.5 9.0 17.0 12.0 19.0 7.0 12.0 26.0 20.0 13.5 13.0 18 BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2) 14.0 8.5 20.0 9.5 16.0 21.0 17.0 13.5 16.0 15.0 8.0 16.0 28.0 25.5 23.0 25.5 19 TRUELINE 23.0 20.0 15.0 17.0 24.0 16.5 17.0 7.5 21.0 11.5 3.0 17.5 21.5 12.5 17.0 19.0 20 PRO/CUP 19.5 16.5 8.5 12.5 17.5 22.0 19.0 19.0 20.0 7.5 28.0 21.0 8.0 10.5 21.5 12.0 21 LOPEZ 15.0 19.0 13.0 26.0 22.0 23.0 21.0 11.0 22.0 7.5 25.0 17.5 14.0 5.0 19.5 22.0 22 MARINER (SYN-1-88) 19.5 22.0 21.0 22.0 20.5 20.0 22.0 24.5 23.0 23.0 2.0 23.0 5.5 24.0 25.5 24.0 23 PENNCROSS 26.0 23.0 15.0 24.0 20.5 25.0 17.0 24.5 25.0 25.0 23.5 24.0 27.0 19.0 19.5 19.0 24 18TH GREEN 24.0 14.5 26.0 25.0 25.0 24.0 27.0 27.0 24.0 24.0 10.5 27.0 5.5 15.5 25.5 25.5 25 BAR AS 492 27.0 26.0 25.0 27.0 26.0 27.0 24.0 21.0 26.0 . 19.5 22.0 21.5 25.5 24.0 23.0 26 TENDENZ 25.0 28.0 28.0 21.0 28.0 28.0 23.0 . 28.0 . 21.5 26.0 11.0 27.0 27.0 28.0 27 SEASIDE 28.0 27.0 27.0 28.0 27.0 26.0 28.0 26.0 27.0 26.0 27.0 28.0 16.0 28.0 28.0 27.0 28 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 1. 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".