TABLE 1B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1990-1993 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AL1 IA1 ID2 IL1 IL2 IN1 KY1 MD1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NJ3 OH2 OR2 OR9 PA1 PA2 RI1 SK1 UB1 WA1 MEAN PST-43F 4.3 7.4 5.8 3.1 5.3 4.6 5.7 5.3 5.4 4.3 5.6 5.5 3.9 4.2 5.2 5.9 6.0 5.3 3.9 5.3 5.1 4.2 6.1 5.1 PST-4R3 4.4 7.2 5.5 4.2 5.8 4.7 6.0 4.5 5.2 3.7 5.5 5.6 4.6 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.8 4.9 3.6 4.7 4.8 4.7 5.8 5.1 JASPER 4.3 7.0 6.4 3.4 5.4 4.4 4.7 4.6 5.5 4.0 6.2 4.5 3.8 4.4 5.3 5.9 5.8 5.2 3.9 5.1 5.3 4.4 6.0 5.0 PST-4C8 4.6 7.1 6.3 3.4 5.6 4.5 5.2 4.7 5.5 4.7 5.5 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.6 6.0 6.1 4.9 4.0 4.8 4.8 4.1 5.9 5.0 SALEM 4.5 6.7 6.0 3.3 5.5 4.7 6.2 5.1 5.7 3.7 5.4 4.5 4.1 4.1 5.1 5.7 5.6 4.8 3.9 4.8 5.0 4.3 6.1 5.0 CINDY 4.1 7.2 5.6 3.6 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.8 5.7 5.3 5.7 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.5 6.1 6.0 4.9 4.2 5.3 5.8 3.7 6.3 5.0 HERALD 4.2 7.2 6.3 3.6 5.7 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.8 4.7 5.4 4.3 3.7 3.8 4.5 6.0 5.5 5.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 4.0 5.8 4.9 VISTA 4.4 6.8 5.0 4.0 5.4 4.7 5.8 4.6 5.1 4.3 5.3 4.8 4.0 3.8 5.2 5.9 5.4 4.6 3.9 4.6 4.7 4.3 5.9 4.9 PST-4NI 4.0 7.0 4.9 3.7 5.5 4.4 5.8 4.6 5.6 4.0 5.4 4.5 4.1 3.8 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.2 3.7 5.0 4.6 4.3 6.0 4.9 SHADEMASTER 3.9 6.7 5.9 3.5 5.4 4.5 5.5 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 4.8 3.7 4.0 5.2 5.6 5.5 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 5.5 4.9 FLYER 4.2 6.6 5.3 3.4 4.9 4.6 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.7 5.2 4.4 3.9 3.9 5.1 5.1 5.6 4.8 4.0 4.6 4.7 4.1 6.0 4.8 BELVEDERE 4.1 6.5 4.6 2.9 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.3 4.7 3.7 5.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.8 4.0 4.9 5.1 3.7 4.7 5.1 4.3 5.1 4.5 WW RS 138 3.6 6.5 5.5 2.6 4.3 4.0 4.9 5.1 4.9 3.7 5.5 3.9 4.2 3.5 4.1 5.4 5.5 4.8 3.8 4.4 5.1 3.7 5.6 4.5 REVERE (NK 88001) 4.6 6.4 5.4 2.7 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.3 5.1 3.7 3.1 3.4 4.3 5.0 5.1 5.1 . 4.3 4.9 3.8 5.7 4.5 TALUS (LD 3438) 4.2 6.4 5.4 2.4 4.0 4.2 3.6 4.4 4.8 4.7 5.1 4.0 3.6 3.6 4.4 5.7 5.1 5.0 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.2 5.9 4.5 COLLO (LD 3414) 4.0 6.4 5.5 3.0 4.8 4.1 4.1 4.6 4.7 3.7 5.1 4.1 3.6 3.5 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 3.8 4.1 4.6 3.8 5.7 4.5 CLAUDIA 4.0 6.3 5.6 2.8 4.4 3.9 4.9 4.6 5.2 4.0 5.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.7 4.5 5.2 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.5 3.3 5.4 4.4 BARGENA II (BAR FR8RC3) 3.9 6.1 5.5 2.7 5.0 4.2 4.9 4.1 4.8 3.3 5.0 3.7 3.5 3.3 4.4 4.9 5.2 4.5 3.6 4.2 4.6 3.3 5.5 4.4 WW RS 143 3.2 6.5 5.9 2.6 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.2 5.3 3.0 4.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 4.3 4.5 5.3 4.7 3.7 4.0 4.9 3.6 5.5 4.3 ENSYLVA 4.0 6.2 5.6 3.3 5.0 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.9 2.7 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.3 4.6 4.0 5.1 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.5 5.5 4.3 SYLVIA (WW RS 130) 3.5 6.5 5.2 2.6 4.6 4.3 3.6 4.5 5.0 3.7 4.8 3.9 3.3 3.4 4.4 4.9 5.3 4.6 3.3 4.2 4.8 3.2 5.9 4.3 SUNSET (ZW 42-158) 3.6 6.4 5.6 2.8 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.3 5.0 2.7 4.8 3.7 3.0 3.2 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.7 3.9 4.2 4.8 3.4 5.3 4.3 ELANOR 4.0 6.0 6.4 2.7 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.4 4.3 4.3 4.8 3.6 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.4 5.1 4.8 3.7 4.0 4.6 3.4 5.9 4.3 BOREAL 3.7 6.4 5.6 2.7 4.3 4.0 4.8 4.5 5.0 3.0 4.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.3 3.5 4.3 4.5 3.2 5.6 4.3 BARGENA 4.0 6.4 5.5 3.3 5.1 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.4 2.0 4.8 3.6 3.3 3.0 4.3 4.1 4.9 4.3 3.6 4.3 4.3 3.5 5.3 4.2 SYLVESTER 3.8 5.9 5.4 2.5 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.3 5.0 5.0 4.6 2.9 3.1 3.3 4.3 4.7 5.1 4.2 3.2 3.7 4.6 2.9 5.6 4.2 FRANKLIN 3.6 6.4 5.2 2.3 3.8 4.1 4.6 4.8 5.0 3.0 4.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.2 3.4 3.6 4.4 2.8 5.7 4.1 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.4 1.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.2