TABLE 9. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2008 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST AT ADELPHIA, NJ 1/ 2010 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT GENETIC COVER DOLLAR PINK QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR FALL SPOT PATCH APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN PSG 50C3 6.3 81.7 8.7 5.7 4.7 5.3 5.3 4.0 7.0 6.7 7.3 5.8 PSG-5RM 7.0 81.7 9.0 6.7 5.3 5.7 4.7 5.7 6.7 5.7 6.7 5.8 IS-FRC-33 7.0 83.3 8.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 5.7 SWORD (NC-HF1) 6.7 75.0 8.0 5.7 4.3 5.0 5.7 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.7 5.6 BEACON (Z6300) 6.3 73.3 7.3 6.3 4.0 4.3 5.7 6.7 6.3 5.3 5.7 5.4 IS-FRC-35 6.7 90.0 9.0 6.0 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.7 7.0 6.7 6.0 5.4 PST-4HES 6.3 76.7 7.7 5.3 5.0 4.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.4 RADAR (MVS-FRC-101) 7.7 68.3 7.7 6.3 5.0 4.3 5.0 4.7 6.3 5.7 7.0 5.4 SPARTAN II 6.0 68.3 7.7 6.0 4.3 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.7 5.4 ZODIAC 6.7 80.0 8.7 6.0 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.3 6.7 5.7 7.7 5.4 FAIRMONT (TCD) 6.7 66.7 7.7 5.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.0 6.7 5.3 6.7 5.3 TREAZURE II 6.7 83.3 8.3 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.7 7.0 5.7 6.7 5.3 GOTHAM 7.3 68.3 7.0 7.0 4.3 4.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 INTRIGUE 2 6.7 82.7 8.7 5.3 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.7 6.7 5.7 6.3 5.1 PST-4CSD 6.7 73.3 9.0 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.0 6.3 5.3 5.0 4.9 NAVIGATOR II (MVS-OS-1) 7.3 71.7 5.7 5.7 4.7 5.7 4.3 3.7 4.3 5.0 6.0 4.8 LACROSSE 7.0 76.7 6.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 4.3 4.0 5.3 4.7 6.0 4.5 IS-FRR-62 6.7 81.0 3.7 5.3 4.0 5.7 6.0 3.3 3.0 3.7 4.3 4.3 SHADEMASTER III (PST-48Y7) 6.7 55.0 7.3 6.3 4.0 5.0 3.7 4.0 4.7 4.0 5.0 4.3 CASCADE 7.3 73.3 8.7 5.0 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.3 4.0 4.0 5.7 4.0 BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 6.3 63.3 5.0 6.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.3 4.0 3.7 IS-FRR-51 6.3 60.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 5.3 4.7 2.7 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.7 ABERDEEN 7.0 63.3 2.3 5.3 3.7 4.3 3.3 2.0 2.3 3.0 3.3 3.1 BOREAL 6.3 78.3 5.3 6.0 3.0 2.3 3.0 3.7 2.0 2.7 3.3 2.9 EPIC 7.3 61.7 1.7 6.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 3.3 2.9 LSD VALUE 3.5 28.7 1.5 4.9 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.5 C.V. (%) 13.7 16.2 14.8 25.4 13.5 10.9 15.2 22.9 14.7 12.9 13.2 7.2 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 TABLE A. 2010 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 NJ2 SANDY LOAM 6.6-7.0 271-450 151-240 0.0-1.0 FULL SUN 1.1-1.5 TO PREVENT STRESS