TABLE 12. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT 3.1-4.0 LBS OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1/ 1996 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MO1 NE1 NJ1 OK1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 VA1 MEAN MIDNIGHT 6.6 6.3 7.0 7.5 4.4 6.3 6.7 6.5 5.5 6.3 7.8 6.3 6.8 4.4 6.3 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 7.3 5.5 6.7 8.0 4.1 6.3 5.1 6.2 4.5 6.7 7.8 6.6 7.3 4.1 6.2 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 6.8 5.3 6.4 7.5 4.8 6.8 4.8 5.9 5.3 7.0 7.5 6.6 7.0 4.7 6.2 ZPS-2572 7.2 5.4 6.8 7.3 4.5 6.5 5.2 6.5 4.9 6.3 7.4 6.3 6.9 4.2 6.1 J-1576 6.9 5.2 6.3 7.8 4.4 6.0 4.7 7.0 4.8 6.2 7.6 6.8 7.1 4.7 6.1 UNIQUE 6.2 6.1 5.8 7.4 5.0 6.5 5.3 6.9 5.1 6.6 7.6 5.3 5.8 5.9 6.1 GLADE 5.6 6.2 6.2 7.5 4.8 6.0 5.5 6.0 5.3 7.4 7.4 6.6 6.0 4.7 6.1 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 7.3 6.1 5.7 6.6 5.0 5.5 5.0 6.4 5.5 7.2 7.8 6.1 6.4 4.4 6.1 AMERICA 6.9 6.5 5.8 7.0 4.4 7.0 5.6 5.9 4.7 6.2 7.3 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.1 JEFFERSON 5.7 6.2 6.0 7.6 4.8 5.8 5.5 6.2 5.3 6.9 7.8 6.1 5.3 5.5 6.1 AWARD 6.9 5.5 6.4 7.3 4.4 6.2 4.5 6.5 4.7 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.3 4.5 6.0 BLACKSBURG 6.3 6.2 6.7 6.0 5.6 5.5 4.9 5.8 5.2 7.8 7.8 6.2 5.5 5.1 6.0 PST-B2-42 6.7 6.5 6.3 7.3 4.5 7.0 4.5 5.9 5.1 6.0 7.8 5.7 6.0 5.2 6.0 RUGBY II (MED-18) 7.0 5.6 6.2 7.0 4.2 6.0 5.1 6.5 5.0 6.7 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.0 6.0 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 7.4 5.6 6.3 7.2 3.9 5.3 4.8 6.8 5.4 6.5 7.4 6.2 6.8 4.8 6.0 PST-B3-180 6.8 6.0 7.0 7.2 4.7 5.2 5.0 6.4 5.3 6.1 7.4 6.5 5.7 5.1 6.0 PST-BO-141 7.3 6.0 6.1 7.1 4.3 6.5 4.4 6.4 4.8 6.2 7.9 6.0 5.3 5.8 6.0 NUGLADE 6.5 5.3 6.4 7.3 4.5 5.3 4.5 7.3 4.9 6.8 7.3 6.5 7.0 4.0 6.0 CONNI 6.5 5.8 5.6 6.4 6.1 6.8 4.6 5.7 5.3 7.1 7.8 6.2 4.7 4.6 5.9 CLASSIC 5.6 6.3 5.7 7.3 5.3 5.7 4.9 6.6 5.8 6.7 7.9 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.9 HAGA 5.7 6.3 5.7 7.2 4.7 5.7 4.9 6.8 6.4 6.3 7.3 5.2 5.1 5.8 5.9 LIMOUSINE 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.5 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.7 7.3 5.4 6.8 4.4 5.9 PRINCETON 105 6.3 5.8 5.6 6.3 4.2 6.5 5.9 6.0 4.7 6.8 7.6 6.2 5.6 5.3 5.9 PST-P46 6.7 6.0 6.9 6.7 4.6 5.7 4.8 5.6 5.2 7.6 7.7 5.8 5.3 4.2 5.9 BA 81-058 5.9 5.8 6.1 7.1 4.0 6.5 5.1 6.5 5.4 6.6 7.5 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.9 PST-A7-60 6.8 5.9 5.6 6.5 5.3 6.5 5.8 5.5 5.3 6.4 7.2 7.1 5.0 3.8 5.9 BARONIE 5.3 6.3 5.8 7.4 5.5 6.3 4.8 6.7 5.7 5.8 7.1 5.5 4.5 5.8 5.9 PLATINI 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.3 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.8 6.9 7.8 5.7 5.9 4.2 5.9 PST-638 6.7 5.6 6.2 5.8 4.4 6.2 5.8 6.1 4.8 6.6 7.6 6.6 5.6 4.7 5.9 CHICAGO (J-2582) 6.3 5.6 5.9 7.0 4.6 5.8 4.6 6.2 5.3 6.8 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.9 5.9 BARTITIA 6.5 6.6 6.0 5.1 5.4 6.2 5.2 6.2 5.7 7.1 7.7 6.3 5.5 3.2 5.9 SR 2000 6.5 6.0 6.2 6.8 4.3 5.7 6.2 6.8 5.1 5.5 7.7 6.0 5.3 4.5 5.9 ALLURE 6.1 6.3 5.7 7.3 5.3 6.5 4.4 5.8 5.0 6.8 7.4 5.9 4.9 5.0 5.9 RAMBO (J-2579) 6.3 5.6 5.4 7.0 5.1 6.2 4.1 6.8 5.3 7.2 7.7 5.8 6.0 3.5 5.9 CHATEAU 5.9 6.0 5.1 6.8 5.4 6.3 4.3 6.8 5.2 6.8 7.7 5.6 4.4 5.6 5.9 WILDWOOD 6.5 5.8 6.3 6.4 5.0 6.3 4.9 6.4 4.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 5.6 4.1 5.9 LTP-621 6.3 5.5 6.0 6.0 4.0 7.0 5.1 5.8 5.6 6.2 7.8 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.9 ARCADIA (J-1936) 6.4 5.4 6.1 6.8 4.1 6.3 4.5 6.3 5.3 6.6 7.4 6.5 6.3 3.8 5.8 PICK 8 6.1 5.3 5.7 6.6 4.6 6.0 5.1 6.5 5.6 5.9 7.7 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.8 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 6.6 5.6 5.5 7.1 5.2 5.7 4.1 6.2 5.1 6.4 7.6 5.9 6.3 4.3 5.8 COVENTRY 5.9 6.2 5.8 6.5 4.9 6.3 4.1 6.3 5.0 7.2 7.6 6.0 5.1 4.6 5.8 ECLIPSE 6.0 5.7 5.1 7.5 4.3 6.0 5.3 6.5 5.3 6.6 7.7 5.7 5.5 4.0 5.8 SR 2109 6.4 5.9 5.7 6.4 3.3 6.3 5.1 5.9 4.7 7.8 7.4 6.0 5.7 4.6 5.8 BAR VB 5649 6.3 5.5 5.0 6.0 5.2 7.0 4.5 6.4 5.6 6.8 7.6 5.5 5.1 4.4 5.8 BAR VB 233 6.5 6.3 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.7 5.0 6.2 5.6 7.0 7.7 5.8 4.9 4.3 5.8 NUSTAR 5.5 6.4 5.5 6.7 5.0 5.5 5.3 6.3 5.4 6.8 7.3 5.9 5.0 4.5 5.8 HV 130 6.3 6.1 5.5 6.0 4.5 6.3 4.6 6.3 5.3 7.3 7.6 5.8 5.1 4.2 5.8 PST-A418 7.2 5.1 5.8 6.0 4.5 6.2 6.1 6.2 4.8 5.9 7.1 6.2 5.1 4.8 5.8 LIVINGSTON 5.7 6.0 5.5 6.9 4.9 6.3 5.0 6.2 4.7 6.2 7.4 6.1 4.3 5.8 5.8 NJ-GD 6.3 5.8 5.4 5.8 4.1 6.2 5.5 6.4 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.1 5.2 5.3 5.8 MED-1580 6.1 5.8 5.5 6.3 5.3 6.2 4.4 5.9 5.9 7.1 7.8 5.9 4.1 4.6 5.8 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 6.3 6.1 5.2 7.1 4.7 5.4 4.6 6.0 5.7 6.7 7.6 6.1 5.5 3.6 5.8 BA 81-270 5.8 6.4 5.4 6.5 4.9 6.5 4.5 6.0 5.7 5.9 7.1 6.0 4.6 4.9 5.7 NIMBUS 5.6 6.4 5.2 6.7 5.1 5.8 4.0 5.9 5.8 7.1 7.4 5.4 4.3 5.4 5.7 CHALLENGER 6.4 5.9 5.6 6.7 4.8 6.5 5.1 6.0 4.9 6.1 7.7 5.1 5.0 3.9 5.7 SR 2100 5.7 5.9 5.3 6.0 4.6 6.0 5.3 6.3 5.3 6.2 7.2 6.5 4.5 4.9 5.7 BAR VB 3115B 6.0 6.3 5.1 5.4 5.0 6.0 4.7 6.0 4.6 7.3 7.9 5.9 4.8 4.6 5.7 ZPS-309 6.3 5.4 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.8 5.0 6.4 5.5 6.3 7.3 5.4 4.8 4.7 5.7 CALIBER 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.0 5.8 4.8 6.0 4.9 6.2 7.4 5.9 5.5 4.5 5.7 BA 73-373 5.5 6.1 5.8 7.0 4.4 5.5 4.7 6.0 5.6 6.7 7.1 5.5 4.7 4.5 5.7 FORTUNA 5.9 6.1 5.7 7.5 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.6 4.9 6.2 7.1 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.6 LKB-95 6.1 5.4 5.4 6.4 5.0 6.3 3.9 5.5 6.2 6.9 7.7 5.6 5.0 3.4 5.6 MARQUIS 5.9 6.1 5.3 7.0 4.8 5.2 4.5 5.4 5.1 5.8 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.6 BA 75-173 5.5 5.8 5.5 6.9 4.6 5.5 4.6 6.0 5.5 6.4 7.8 5.5 4.2 4.8 5.6 RAVEN 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.8 4.7 5.0 4.4 5.7 5.2 6.8 7.2 5.6 4.5 5.6 5.6 NJ 1190 6.7 5.2 5.8 5.3 4.6 6.5 3.6 5.4 5.4 7.1 7.3 5.8 5.2 4.4 5.6 PST-A7-245A 6.3 5.5 4.8 6.6 5.0 6.5 3.9 6.1 4.7 5.7 7.3 5.8 5.1 4.7 5.6 SRX 2205 5.7 5.8 5.5 6.3 5.3 6.3 3.9 5.7 5.2 7.4 7.2 5.3 4.0 4.4 5.6 PST-BO-165 6.3 5.1 5.3 6.8 5.4 7.0 3.4 5.8 5.4 6.0 7.7 4.8 4.9 4.1 5.6 BA 81-220 5.0 6.3 5.2 6.7 4.7 5.2 4.4 5.5 4.9 6.9 7.4 5.5 4.4 5.5 5.6 HV 242 6.0 6.1 5.2 4.8 5.0 6.0 4.4 5.6 5.2 6.6 7.5 5.4 5.5 4.1 5.5 J-1555 5.9 6.0 5.7 6.9 4.1 5.3 3.2 6.5 5.0 6.1 7.6 5.9 5.4 3.9 5.5 BA 70-060 5.3 6.0 5.3 7.0 4.2 4.5 4.7 5.7 5.5 6.1 7.6 5.8 4.1 5.4 5.5 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 5.7 5.5 5.3 6.9 4.8 5.7 4.6 6.1 5.5 5.7 7.6 5.6 3.3 4.8 5.5 BA 81-227 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.9 4.3 6.7 4.3 6.1 5.2 5.6 7.8 5.8 4.5 4.3 5.5 SHAMROCK 6.2 6.0 5.5 5.7 4.2 5.8 4.9 5.5 4.6 6.2 7.5 6.2 4.6 4.1 5.5 BA 77-702 5.2 5.4 5.0 6.6 4.4 5.2 4.2 5.6 5.5 6.4 7.5 5.2 4.7 5.7 5.5 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 6.0 5.3 4.5 6.8 4.1 5.3 3.7 6.2 5.1 6.3 7.4 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.5 ASCOT 6.1 5.3 5.7 6.1 4.3 5.3 5.3 5.5 4.5 6.2 7.6 5.6 5.6 3.3 5.5 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 5.3 6.0 5.5 6.8 4.9 5.0 4.7 5.5 5.5 5.5 7.6 5.5 4.3 4.4 5.5 ABBEY 5.5 6.0 5.6 6.4 4.4 5.5 4.4 5.5 5.1 6.3 7.1 5.4 3.8 5.1 5.4 BARON 5.0 5.4 5.6 6.7 4.6 5.3 4.2 5.5 5.0 5.9 7.4 5.4 4.5 5.0 5.4 VB 16015 6.3 5.4 6.2 7.6 4.6 5.5 3.3 5.9 4.5 5.9 7.5 5.3 4.9 2.8 5.4 BA 81-113 5.2 5.8 4.5 7.0 4.4 5.0 3.6 6.0 5.3 5.2 7.4 5.6 4.1 5.8 5.4 COMPACT 5.7 5.1 5.4 4.7 4.3 6.2 3.9 5.5 5.1 6.2 7.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.4 ZPS-2183 6.3 5.1 5.8 5.3 4.7 3.5 4.1 6.0 5.0 6.7 7.3 5.8 5.0 4.0 5.3 MISTY (BA 76-372) 6.1 5.2 4.0 6.2 3.6 6.3 3.7 6.6 4.9 5.8 7.7 5.7 5.3 3.5 5.3 BA 75-490 4.3 5.7 6.1 5.3 4.2 6.7 3.0 6.7 5.1 5.6 7.9 5.4 3.0 4.9 5.3 BAR VB 6820 6.8 5.6 3.3 5.0 3.8 5.8 4.2 5.6 4.5 6.3 7.2 6.1 5.0 4.2 5.3 LIPOA 6.4 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.8 4.3 2.9 6.0 5.2 5.6 7.0 5.5 6.3 3.4 5.3 PICK-855 6.0 6.0 5.2 5.9 3.9 5.7 4.0 5.7 4.7 6.6 6.9 5.0 3.5 4.5 5.3 H86-690 5.9 5.1 5.7 5.8 3.9 6.2 3.2 5.4 5.1 6.3 7.6 5.6 4.1 3.5 5.2 A88-744 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.9 3.7 5.3 5.1 6.0 4.2 4.7 7.7 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 CARDIFF 6.4 6.0 5.4 5.1 4.0 5.3 2.9 5.4 4.7 5.6 7.9 5.0 5.7 3.7 5.2 BA 75-163 5.9 5.4 5.4 6.5 3.2 6.2 3.8 6.0 4.7 5.5 7.5 4.9 4.0 3.8 5.2 NJ-54 4.9 5.5 4.9 6.2 5.3 5.2 2.7 5.8 4.9 5.0 8.0 5.9 3.6 4.2 5.2 BA 76-197 5.1 5.2 4.4 5.9 4.0 5.2 3.9 5.4 5.1 5.7 7.6 4.6 4.3 4.8 5.1 SIDEKICK 4.6 5.3 5.0 6.8 3.6 5.5 3.1 5.7 4.9 4.4 7.7 5.3 3.4 5.1 5.0 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 7.4 5.8 3.9 3.9 4.7 5.5 3.1 5.7 4.0 5.6 7.7 5.8 3.9 3.4 5.0 BARUZO 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.3 4.4 4.8 3.0 5.5 4.9 6.0 7.9 5.7 3.8 3.8 5.0 SODNET 5.7 4.6 4.2 5.5 4.1 4.8 1.9 5.3 5.3 6.0 7.8 5.5 5.6 3.5 5.0 LTP-620 5.7 3.8 5.1 5.8 3.3 5.3 3.9 5.7 4.5 5.1 7.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 5.0 KENBLUE 4.3 4.2 5.0 4.7 4.8 5.7 2.1 5.8 5.2 4.1 7.3 5.7 1.9 4.6 4.7 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.2 C.V. (%) 7.2 8.3 10.1 8.3 13.7 10.7 12.2 9.1 10.4 9.6 4.2 9.0 13.0 12.9 9.7 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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.