TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (LOW MAINTENANCE) CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1991-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 1/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN BAR VB 852 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.8 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.2 MIDNIGHT 6.2 5.3 5.4 4.6 5.4 5.3 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.3 4.9 5.1 RAM-1 5.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.3 3.9 5.0 GEN-RSP 5.4 5.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 5.2 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.0 SOPHIA 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.7 3.7 4.9 COBALT 6.3 6.0 5.6 4.7 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.3 4.9 BARTITIA 6.1 5.8 5.0 4.1 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.0 4.9 ISI-21 4.6 3.7 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.3 4.9 BELMONT (798) 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.9 PST-YQ 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.9 CALIBER (J-335) 5.8 6.2 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9 UNIQUE (PST-C-76) 5.2 7.2 5.4 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.2 4.0 4.8 BAR VB 1169 6.0 6.2 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.8 MONOPOLY 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.4 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.1 4.7 3.9 4.8 NUSTAR 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.1 4.8 WASHINGTON 5.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.0 4.8 LIVINGSTON 6.2 6.8 5.1 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.8 VOYAGER 4.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 SR 2000 6.1 5.5 5.4 4.8 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.8 BARONIE (BAR VB 985) 4.9 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.8 OPAL 4.3 4.2 4.8 4.6 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.8 MERIT 4.0 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 3.7 4.8 FREEDOM 6.0 5.3 4.9 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.8 BARON 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.6 3.4 4.8 BARMAX (BAR VB 7037) 3.8 5.5 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.2 3.8 4.8 CYNTHIA 6.4 5.5 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.8 NJIC 4.9 5.5 5.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.7 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 HAGA 5.6 5.5 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.7 BARCELONA (BAR VB 1184) 6.1 5.8 5.0 4.1 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.7 PST-C-391 6.3 6.2 5.2 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.7 CREST 4.0 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.6 3.7 4.7 LIBERTY 5.9 5.7 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.7 BA 74-017 3.1 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.7 BRONCO 4.1 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.4 3.7 4.7 BARSWEET 5.6 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.3 3.6 4.7 DELLWOOD (ZPS-84-749) 4.1 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.3 3.5 4.7 EVB 13.703 5.8 6.3 5.1 4.8 5.2 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.0 4.7 NUBLUE (J-229) 5.2 5.5 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.6 GNOME 3.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.3 3.3 4.6 UNKNOWN 4.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.5 3.7 4.6 FORTUNA 3.9 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.3 3.6 4.6 PST-C-303 6.8 6.3 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.6 SUFFOLK 6.2 6.3 5.3 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 EVB 13.863 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.7 3.8 4.6 NE 80-47 5.1 5.8 4.9 4.7 5.0 4.7 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.4 3.9 4.6 J-386 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 3.9 4.6 DESTINY 5.2 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.6 AMAZON 4.2 5.0 4.5 4.4 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.5 MIRACLE 5.8 6.0 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.5 KYOSTI 3.0 4.2 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.3 4.4 CHELSEA 5.3 5.5 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.4 3.7 4.4 BARZAN 6.3 4.5 4.5 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 3.9 4.4 MERION 4.8 5.8 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.4 BANJO (H76-1034) 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.3 PST-A7-111 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 4.3 ALENE 3.4 3.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.3 3.5 4.3 KWS PP 13-2 4.6 4.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.8 3.7 4.2 PARK 2.9 3.3 4.0 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.1 4.2 KENBLUE 3.1 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 MINNFINE (MN 2405) 2.4 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.1 4.0 BA 78-376 2.3 3.2 3.5 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.9 SOUTH DAKOTA CERT. 1.9 2.2 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.9 LSD VALUE 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.2 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).