TABLE 2C. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT THREE LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION REGION 1/ 2004-07 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME KS3 MD1 VA1 MEAN CARDINAL (IS-FRR 30) 5.8 5.3 6.0 5.9 WENDY JEAN (C03-RCE) 5.8 5.2 6.0 5.8 FORTITUDE (TL 53) 5.6 5.4 5.9 5.8 GARNET (PICK CRF 1-03) 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.7 DP 77-9360 5.8 5.2 5.7 5.7 EPIC (5001) 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.7 DLF-RCM 6.0 5.1 5.8 5.7 DP 77-9578 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.5 CLASS ONE (IS-FRR 29) 5.8 4.7 5.7 5.5 TL1 5.7 5.0 5.5 5.5 PST-8000 6.2 5.1 5.3 5.5 PATHFINDER 5.2 4.8 5.7 5.5 C-SMX 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.4 DP 77-9579 5.7 4.8 5.4 5.4 BMXC-S02 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.4 CELESTIAL 5.6 4.5 5.3 5.3 JASPER II 5.9 4.8 4.9 5.1 RAZOR 5.7 4.5 4.8 4.9 SPLENDOR (ASC 245) 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.9 IS-FRR 23 5.8 4.5 4.7 4.9 AUDUBON 5.1 4.2 5.0 4.9 SHADEMASTER 5.0 4.0 4.6 4.6 ORACLE 5.0 3.6 4.7 4.5 C03-4676 5.3 4.2 4.4 4.4 BOREAL 4.5 3.6 4.1 4.1 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 C.V. (%) 8.9 10.0 11.6 10.7 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.