TABLE 14. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2008 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT BLACKSBURG, VA 1/ 2009 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT BROWN COVER RED PATCH PERCENT ESTABLISHMENT QUALITY RATINGS NAME SPRING THREAD WARM TEMP. 6 WEEKS 10 WEEKS APR MAY JUN JUL AUG OCT NOV MEAN PSG 50C3 90.3 9.0 8.7 51.7 73.3 5.0 8.3 9.0 8.0 8.3 7.7 8.0 7.8 MVS-FRC-101 91.3 8.7 8.3 55.0 75.0 5.7 8.0 8.0 8.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 PSG-5RM 91.0 8.7 8.3 50.0 75.0 5.0 8.7 8.3 8.3 8.3 6.7 7.7 7.6 INTRIGUE 2 89.7 7.0 7.7 56.7 75.0 5.3 8.7 7.7 8.0 7.7 7.3 7.7 7.5 IS-FRC-33 85.7 8.7 9.0 45.0 66.7 5.3 7.3 8.3 8.7 8.0 7.0 7.7 7.5 FAIRMONT (TCD) 85.0 8.7 9.0 46.7 70.0 5.7 7.7 6.3 8.7 8.3 7.7 7.0 7.4 PST-48Y7 91.7 8.0 9.0 46.7 71.7 5.0 7.7 8.3 8.3 8.3 6.0 6.7 7.2 IS-FRC-35 85.0 8.0 7.3 40.0 66.7 5.0 7.3 7.3 7.7 8.0 7.0 7.3 7.1 IS-FRR-62 89.0 7.3 7.3 50.0 71.7 5.0 7.0 7.3 7.7 8.0 7.3 7.7 7.1 LACROSSE 91.0 7.7 9.0 56.7 73.3 6.3 8.0 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.1 CASCADE 91.0 7.3 7.7 58.3 81.7 5.7 8.0 6.3 7.3 6.7 7.0 7.3 6.9 IS-FRR-51 90.7 5.7 6.0 50.0 68.3 5.3 7.3 8.3 7.7 7.3 5.7 6.0 6.8 MVS-OS-1 87.3 5.7 6.7 48.3 73.3 5.0 7.7 7.3 7.0 8.0 6.0 6.3 6.8 TREAZURE II 91.3 7.3 9.0 48.3 76.7 4.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.7 6.8 ZODIAC 91.0 7.0 9.0 45.0 76.7 5.3 8.0 6.7 6.3 7.0 6.0 6.3 6.5 PST-4CSD 90.3 7.3 8.0 45.0 70.0 4.7 7.3 6.0 7.0 6.0 6.7 7.3 6.4 EPIC 91.0 3.3 5.7 53.3 75.0 5.3 7.3 6.3 7.0 7.0 5.3 6.0 6.3 PST-4HES 92.3 9.0 8.3 50.0 71.7 2.7 6.0 6.0 6.7 8.7 7.0 7.3 6.3 SPARTAN II 95.3 8.7 9.0 51.7 76.7 3.0 6.0 5.3 5.7 8.7 7.3 7.7 6.2 Z6300 93.0 8.0 7.3 56.7 78.3 3.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 7.0 6.7 7.7 6.0 ABERDEEN 87.0 4.7 7.7 45.0 68.3 5.0 6.3 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.7 6.3 5.9 BOREAL 89.3 4.7 6.3 48.3 68.3 4.3 6.3 5.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 5.7 5.4 NC-HF1 90.7 8.0 8.0 45.0 68.3 3.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 6.7 6.0 6.7 5.4 BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 94.3 8.0 8.3 45.0 68.3 2.7 5.7 4.7 4.7 7.0 6.3 7.0 5.4 GOTHAM 88.7 5.7 9.0 51.7 73.3 3.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 7.0 5.3 5.7 5.2 LSD VALUE 14.3 3.0 4.2 14.0 24.0 1.3 1.0 1.7 2.5 5.0 3.9 4.9 1.5 C.V. (%) 5.0 22.0 19.3 12.3 10.0 17.3 9.1 14.8 18.6 20.1 19.5 19.9 11.9 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. TABLE A. 2009 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2008 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED VA1 SILTY CLAY AND CLAY 4.6-5.5 0-60 151-240 2.1-3.0 FULL SUN 0.6-1.0 ONLY DURING SEVERE STRESS