TABLE 1E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD 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 WARWICK . 6.6 . . . . 6.1 5.3 . . . 6.7 6.5 6.3 . 5.6 5.6 . . 4.5 . 6.1 6.3 6.0 SR 3100 (SRX 89-31) 5.8 7.0 5.4 3.9 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.0 5.7 6.6 6.9 6.3 7.3 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.9 5.6 4.9 5.1 6.8 6.5 5.8 DISCOVERY (PST-4HD) 5.5 6.6 4.9 3.3 4.7 5.7 6.4 5.2 5.0 5.3 6.3 7.0 6.6 6.9 5.9 6.6 5.8 6.8 5.7 5.1 4.4 6.5 6.2 5.8 SR 3000 5.3 6.5 6.3 3.3 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.4 4.5 5.0 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.1 6.4 4.7 5.5 6.6 5.6 4.7 5.0 6.5 6.6 5.5 RELIANT-W/ ENDOPHYTE 5.2 6.4 5.7 3.5 4.8 5.6 5.8 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.8 6.5 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.3 6.6 5.5 4.5 4.4 5.7 6.2 5.5 BRIGADE (MELODY) 5.1 6.6 5.5 3.8 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.1 4.8 5.3 4.5 6.3 6.2 5.5 6.3 5.5 4.7 6.9 5.4 4.7 4.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 AURORA W/ENDO. (PST-AUE) 5.1 6.4 5.8 3.1 4.5 5.5 5.9 5.1 5.1 5.7 5.3 6.1 6.4 5.4 6.5 5.9 5.3 6.2 5.4 4.7 4.4 5.7 6.1 5.5 AURORA 5.2 6.4 5.3 3.0 5.1 5.1 6.1 5.2 4.9 5.7 5.0 5.6 6.1 5.4 6.3 5.5 5.5 6.7 5.7 4.4 4.7 6.1 6.3 5.4 PST-4AG 5.1 6.4 5.6 3.2 4.8 5.6 5.9 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.8 5.4 6.8 4.8 5.9 5.1 5.5 6.7 5.5 4.7 4.5 6.0 5.8 5.4 RELIANT-NO ENDOPHYTE 5.3 6.4 6.3 3.3 4.6 5.5 6.1 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.7 6.3 6.1 4.8 6.2 4.5 5.3 6.4 5.3 4.5 4.9 5.4 6.2 5.4 BILJART 4.9 6.5 5.7 2.8 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.5 5.1 6.0 4.9 5.9 5.0 5.2 6.4 5.5 4.5 4.8 6.0 6.3 5.3 EUREKA 5.3 6.2 6.1 3.6 4.5 5.4 5.5 4.6 4.9 4.7 5.1 5.6 6.0 4.6 6.3 4.5 4.7 6.4 5.4 4.9 4.9 6.1 6.4 5.3 SILVANA 5.0 6.2 5.9 3.5 4.6 5.5 5.0 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.6 5.5 6.0 5.2 5.9 4.7 5.1 6.3 5.4 4.8 4.8 6.1 6.1 5.3 ATTILA 5.0 7.0 5.9 2.9 4.3 5.4 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.9 5.3 5.7 4.9 5.2 6.7 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.8 6.7 5.3 SERRA 5.0 6.1 6.2 2.2 3.5 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.6 5.3 6.7 5.6 6.2 5.4 5.9 4.7 4.7 6.5 5.3 4.5 4.7 6.4 5.9 5.3 VALDA 4.6 5.9 5.9 3.3 4.6 5.2 3.9 4.9 5.5 4.7 4.8 5.7 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.2 6.6 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.9 6.5 5.3 SCALDIS 4.7 6.1 5.2 2.4 3.1 5.5 5.1 5.5 4.8 6.0 5.1 5.8 6.4 5.6 5.8 4.9 5.2 6.4 5.2 4.2 4.7 6.2 6.2 5.2 BARDUR (BAR FO 9A2) 5.1 6.6 5.7 2.3 3.5 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.5 4.8 5.9 4.6 5.9 4.7 5.3 6.3 5.6 4.3 4.5 5.5 6.2 5.1 BARREPPO 4.5 5.4 5.3 2.3 4.5 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.0 5.5 3.9 5.5 4.3 5.4 3.9 5.1 5.1 4.1 3.5 4.4 5.1 5.7 4.6 LSD VALUE 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2