TABLE 16. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1/ 1996 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IA2 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN MIDNIGHT 6.5 5.7 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.7 7.2 8.0 5.5 6.3 7.8 6.3 6.5 BLACKSBURG 7.3 6.9 6.3 6.2 5.5 6.4 6.5 6.2 5.5 4.9 5.4 8.0 5.2 7.8 7.8 6.2 6.4 ZPS-2572 7.3 6.1 7.2 5.4 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.5 5.2 6.8 7.6 4.9 6.3 7.4 6.3 6.4 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 6.2 6.4 7.3 5.5 6.3 6.6 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.1 7.3 7.3 4.5 6.7 7.8 6.6 6.4 PST-B2-42 7.2 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.0 6.6 7.1 6.0 7.0 4.5 5.3 7.9 5.1 6.0 7.8 5.7 6.4 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 6.9 5.9 7.3 6.1 5.1 6.4 6.7 6.2 5.5 5.0 5.8 7.9 5.5 7.2 7.8 6.1 6.4 AWARD 7.1 6.0 6.9 5.5 5.5 6.4 6.6 5.8 6.2 4.5 6.9 8.0 4.7 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.4 PST-BO-141 6.7 7.0 7.3 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.5 4.4 5.4 8.0 4.8 6.2 7.9 6.0 6.3 AMERICA 5.7 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.3 7.0 6.3 6.0 7.0 5.6 5.3 7.7 4.7 6.2 7.3 6.3 6.3 NJ 1190 5.9 7.3 6.7 5.2 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.7 6.5 3.6 5.9 8.3 5.4 7.1 7.3 5.8 6.3 UNIQUE 6.8 6.8 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.5 5.3 5.3 7.8 5.1 6.6 7.6 5.3 6.3 PRINCETON 105 5.8 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.3 6.8 6.0 6.5 5.9 6.0 8.3 4.7 6.8 7.6 6.2 6.3 LIMOUSINE 6.9 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.9 6.4 6.4 6.2 5.0 5.5 4.8 8.3 5.9 6.7 7.3 5.4 6.3 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 6.3 5.7 6.8 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.3 5.8 6.8 4.8 7.1 7.7 5.3 7.0 7.5 6.6 6.3 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 5.7 6.8 7.4 5.6 5.9 6.7 6.6 5.4 5.3 4.8 6.8 8.1 5.4 6.5 7.4 6.2 6.3 PST-638 5.9 6.0 6.7 5.6 5.0 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.6 7.3 4.8 6.6 7.6 6.6 6.3 BARTITIA 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 4.0 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.2 5.4 8.1 5.7 7.1 7.7 6.3 6.2 RUGBY II (MED-18) 5.6 6.3 7.0 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.1 6.5 7.6 5.0 6.7 7.3 6.5 6.2 PLATINI 6.0 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.3 5.4 4.8 8.0 5.8 6.9 7.8 5.7 6.2 HV 130 5.6 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.0 4.8 6.8 6.9 6.3 4.6 5.7 7.7 5.3 7.3 7.6 5.8 6.2 ARCADIA (J-1936) 6.1 6.0 6.4 5.4 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.3 4.5 6.5 7.8 5.3 6.6 7.4 6.5 6.2 NUGLADE 6.0 6.6 6.5 5.3 6.3 6.8 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.5 6.7 8.1 4.9 6.8 7.3 6.5 6.2 BA 81-058 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.4 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.5 5.1 5.7 7.1 5.4 6.6 7.5 5.8 6.2 ALLURE 5.3 7.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.7 6.5 4.4 4.9 7.9 5.0 6.8 7.4 5.9 6.2 PST-A418 4.3 5.8 7.2 5.1 6.6 6.7 6.1 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.8 7.6 4.8 5.9 7.1 6.2 6.2 COVENTRY 6.3 6.8 5.9 6.2 5.6 6.4 6.8 5.9 6.3 4.1 4.6 8.0 5.0 7.2 7.6 6.0 6.2 PST-P46 5.3 6.5 6.7 6.0 4.6 5.8 6.6 6.5 5.7 4.8 5.8 8.2 5.2 7.6 7.7 5.8 6.2 CONNI 5.1 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.9 5.2 6.3 5.6 6.8 4.6 5.0 7.9 5.3 7.1 7.8 6.2 6.1 HAGA 6.7 6.7 5.7 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.8 5.8 5.7 4.9 5.0 7.9 6.4 6.3 7.3 5.2 6.1 CHALLENGER 6.5 6.7 6.4 5.9 5.4 5.6 6.3 5.9 6.5 5.1 6.4 7.8 4.9 6.1 7.7 5.1 6.1 GLADE 5.5 5.5 5.6 6.2 5.8 5.2 6.3 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.5 7.9 5.3 7.4 7.4 6.6 6.1 WILDWOOD 5.6 6.3 6.5 5.8 4.8 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.3 4.9 5.8 7.8 4.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 6.1 BAR VB 3115B 6.8 5.8 6.0 6.3 5.4 5.9 6.8 6.0 6.0 4.7 4.8 7.9 4.6 7.3 7.9 5.9 6.1 JEFFERSON 6.1 6.2 5.7 6.2 5.5 5.3 6.7 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.3 7.8 5.3 6.9 7.8 6.1 6.1 PST-A7-60 5.7 6.7 6.8 5.9 5.3 3.4 6.4 5.7 6.5 5.8 5.9 7.8 5.3 6.4 7.2 7.1 6.1 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 5.9 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.8 6.4 6.0 5.4 4.6 5.6 7.9 5.7 6.7 7.6 6.1 6.1 BAR VB 233 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.3 5.0 6.0 6.8 5.8 5.7 5.0 4.9 7.1 5.6 7.0 7.7 5.8 6.1 J-1576 5.8 5.7 6.9 5.2 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.8 6.0 4.7 6.7 7.5 4.8 6.2 7.6 6.8 6.1 RAMBO (J-2579) 5.8 5.7 6.3 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.8 6.0 6.2 4.1 5.1 8.2 5.3 7.2 7.7 5.8 6.1 CLASSIC 6.4 7.2 5.6 6.3 4.9 6.1 6.5 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.7 7.9 5.8 6.7 7.9 5.4 6.1 CHATEAU 5.9 7.5 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.8 6.6 6.5 6.3 4.3 4.6 7.6 5.2 6.8 7.7 5.6 6.1 PST-B3-180 5.7 6.2 6.8 6.0 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.2 5.0 5.3 8.1 5.3 6.1 7.4 6.5 6.1 BA 81-270 6.2 7.4 5.8 6.4 4.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.5 4.5 4.7 7.9 5.7 5.9 7.1 6.0 6.1 SR 2109 4.8 5.9 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.2 6.8 6.0 6.3 5.1 5.8 7.8 4.7 7.8 7.4 6.0 6.1 SHAMROCK 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.0 5.0 6.6 6.5 6.0 5.8 4.9 4.8 8.2 4.6 6.2 7.5 6.2 6.1 LTP-621 5.4 6.4 6.3 5.5 5.4 6.3 6.6 5.8 7.0 5.1 5.0 7.3 5.6 6.2 7.8 5.7 6.1 NJ-GD 5.5 6.4 6.3 5.8 5.0 5.9 6.9 5.9 6.2 5.5 5.4 7.6 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.1 6.1 LKB-95 6.4 6.8 6.1 5.4 5.2 6.1 6.9 5.4 6.3 3.9 4.2 7.6 6.2 6.9 7.7 5.6 6.0 PICK 8 6.1 6.3 6.1 5.3 5.1 5.4 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.1 5.9 7.9 5.6 5.9 7.7 5.8 6.0 MED-1580 5.9 5.9 6.1 5.8 4.4 5.1 6.7 5.9 6.2 4.4 5.3 8.1 5.9 7.1 7.8 5.9 6.0 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 5.6 6.3 6.6 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.7 5.8 5.7 4.1 4.9 7.7 5.1 6.4 7.6 5.9 6.0 BARONIE 6.6 6.6 5.3 6.3 5.1 6.1 6.7 5.7 6.3 4.8 4.4 8.2 5.7 5.8 7.1 5.5 6.0 CHICAGO (J-2582) 5.6 6.7 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.4 5.6 5.8 4.6 4.7 7.9 5.3 6.8 7.1 6.2 6.0 ECLIPSE 5.1 6.6 6.0 5.7 4.6 5.8 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.2 8.0 5.3 6.6 7.7 5.7 6.0 SR 2000 5.4 6.0 6.5 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.2 4.8 7.4 5.1 5.5 7.7 6.0 6.0 NIMBUS 6.1 7.0 5.6 6.4 5.4 5.1 6.5 5.6 5.8 4.0 4.5 8.0 5.8 7.1 7.4 5.4 6.0 ZPS-309 5.8 6.3 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.9 6.5 6.0 5.8 5.0 4.9 7.8 5.5 6.3 7.3 5.4 6.0 NUSTAR 6.2 6.9 5.5 6.4 5.3 4.7 6.7 5.6 5.5 5.3 4.8 6.7 5.4 6.8 7.3 5.9 5.9 BAR VB 5649 5.4 5.7 6.3 5.5 5.1 5.1 6.6 5.5 7.0 4.5 5.0 7.6 5.6 6.8 7.6 5.5 5.9 CALIBER 6.4 5.9 6.1 5.8 4.8 5.8 6.7 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.5 7.8 4.9 6.2 7.4 5.9 5.9 LIVINGSTON 5.6 6.4 5.7 6.0 4.9 5.5 6.4 5.9 6.3 5.0 5.2 7.7 4.7 6.2 7.4 6.1 5.9 SR 2100 5.6 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.1 5.7 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.3 4.1 7.3 5.3 6.2 7.2 6.5 5.9 PST-A7-245A 5.7 7.1 6.3 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.6 5.7 6.5 3.9 4.7 7.2 4.7 5.7 7.3 5.8 5.9 HV 242 5.2 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.2 6.4 5.5 6.0 4.4 4.7 7.8 5.2 6.6 7.5 5.4 5.9 SRX 2205 5.8 6.6 5.7 5.8 4.7 5.0 6.7 5.6 6.3 3.9 5.0 7.8 5.2 7.4 7.2 5.3 5.9 BA 73-373 6.4 6.7 5.5 6.1 5.2 4.6 6.1 6.1 5.5 4.7 4.2 8.1 5.6 6.7 7.1 5.5 5.9 ZPS-2183 6.2 6.1 6.3 5.1 5.5 6.0 6.7 5.9 3.5 4.1 5.0 8.3 5.0 6.7 7.3 5.8 5.8 RAVEN 6.2 7.2 6.0 5.7 4.9 4.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 4.4 4.3 7.9 5.2 6.8 7.2 5.6 5.8 ASCOT 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.3 5.0 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.4 4.5 6.2 7.6 5.6 5.8 BA 75-173 5.2 6.6 5.5 5.8 4.4 5.3 6.4 6.2 5.5 4.6 4.3 7.2 5.5 6.4 7.8 5.5 5.8 BA 70-060 6.1 6.5 5.3 6.0 4.9 4.6 6.7 5.7 4.5 4.7 4.0 7.9 5.5 6.1 7.6 5.8 5.7 J-1555 5.1 6.4 5.9 6.0 5.3 5.6 6.2 5.4 5.3 3.2 4.3 8.1 5.0 6.1 7.6 5.9 5.7 MARQUIS 5.8 6.5 5.9 6.1 4.3 4.4 6.4 6.0 5.2 4.5 4.3 8.1 5.1 5.8 7.2 5.9 5.7 FORTUNA 5.4 6.9 5.9 6.1 4.7 5.8 6.1 5.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 7.0 4.9 6.2 7.1 5.5 5.7 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 5.9 5.9 5.3 6.0 4.6 4.9 6.4 6.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 7.8 5.5 5.5 7.6 5.5 5.7 PST-BO-165 5.6 7.1 6.3 5.1 5.0 5.2 6.4 5.2 7.0 3.4 4.5 6.4 5.4 6.0 7.7 4.8 5.7 BA 81-227 5.2 6.2 5.7 5.6 4.1 5.4 6.6 5.9 6.7 4.3 3.8 7.3 5.2 5.6 7.8 5.8 5.7 H86-690 7.3 5.6 5.9 5.1 3.7 5.0 6.8 6.0 6.2 3.2 4.2 7.4 5.1 6.3 7.6 5.6 5.7 BAR VB 6820 5.9 5.3 6.8 5.6 4.6 5.7 6.2 5.0 5.8 4.2 5.1 6.6 4.5 6.3 7.2 6.1 5.7 ABBEY 6.1 6.4 5.5 6.0 5.0 4.5 6.2 5.7 5.5 4.4 4.0 7.6 5.1 6.3 7.1 5.4 5.7 MISTY (BA 76-372) 5.1 6.2 6.1 5.2 4.3 5.3 6.3 5.6 6.3 3.7 5.0 7.1 4.9 5.8 7.7 5.7 5.6 BA 75-490 5.7 7.7 4.3 5.7 3.6 5.0 6.3 5.6 6.7 3.0 4.6 7.8 5.1 5.6 7.9 5.4 5.6 BA 81-220 6.2 5.8 5.0 6.3 4.6 4.1 6.0 5.6 5.2 4.4 4.3 7.7 4.9 6.9 7.4 5.5 5.6 VB 16015 4.9 6.0 6.3 5.4 4.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.5 3.3 4.9 7.4 4.5 5.9 7.5 5.3 5.6 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 4.4 6.6 5.7 5.5 4.1 4.9 6.6 5.7 5.7 4.6 4.2 7.3 5.5 5.7 7.6 5.6 5.6 BA 77-702 4.8 6.8 5.2 5.4 4.6 4.6 6.9 5.8 5.2 4.2 3.8 7.3 5.5 6.4 7.5 5.2 5.6 PICK-855 4.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.4 5.0 6.3 6.0 5.7 4.0 4.0 7.5 4.7 6.6 6.9 5.0 5.6 A88-744 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.1 5.9 6.5 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.2 7.1 4.2 4.7 7.7 4.6 5.6 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 6.1 6.5 6.0 5.3 4.9 4.6 6.0 5.0 5.3 3.7 4.6 6.4 5.1 6.3 7.4 5.4 5.5 BARON 6.7 6.4 5.0 5.4 4.1 4.2 6.2 5.7 5.3 4.2 4.0 7.4 5.0 5.9 7.4 5.4 5.5 CARDIFF 5.0 4.7 6.4 6.0 5.2 5.3 6.6 5.5 5.3 2.9 5.2 7.2 4.7 5.6 7.9 5.0 5.5 BA 75-163 4.6 5.6 5.9 5.4 4.6 5.3 6.3 5.9 6.2 3.8 4.2 7.9 4.7 5.5 7.5 4.9 5.5 BA 81-113 5.9 6.4 5.2 5.8 4.7 4.9 6.1 5.9 5.0 3.6 3.5 7.4 5.3 5.2 7.4 5.6 5.5 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 4.6 5.4 7.4 5.8 5.0 4.7 6.2 5.5 5.5 3.1 3.6 7.2 4.0 5.6 7.7 5.8 5.4 COMPACT 4.9 6.2 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.8 6.4 5.0 6.2 3.9 3.1 7.3 5.1 6.2 7.7 5.3 5.4 NJ-54 5.8 6.4 4.9 5.5 3.7 3.8 6.6 6.3 5.2 2.7 2.8 7.7 4.9 5.0 8.0 5.9 5.3 LIPOA 4.8 5.8 6.4 5.7 4.4 3.9 6.1 5.6 4.3 2.9 4.5 7.2 5.2 5.6 7.0 5.5 5.3 BA 76-197 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.2 4.6 4.5 6.6 5.4 5.2 3.9 3.3 7.2 5.1 5.7 7.6 4.6 5.3 SODNET 5.5 6.0 5.7 4.6 3.9 4.6 6.0 5.6 4.8 1.9 4.3 7.2 5.3 6.0 7.8 5.5 5.3 BARUZO 5.4 5.9 4.7 4.9 3.5 3.1 6.6 5.4 4.8 3.0 3.8 7.0 4.9 6.0 7.9 5.7 5.2 LTP-620 4.5 5.5 5.7 3.8 4.2 4.9 6.6 5.0 5.3 3.9 3.5 7.1 4.5 5.1 7.4 5.1 5.1 SIDEKICK 5.4 5.5 4.6 5.3 4.6 3.7 5.9 5.7 5.5 3.1 2.8 6.6 4.9 4.4 7.7 5.3 5.1 KENBLUE 5.8 5.9 4.3 4.2 2.6 4.0 6.4 4.7 5.7 2.1 2.5 7.5 5.2 4.1 7.3 5.7 4.9 LSD VALUE 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 C.V. (%) 17.2 11.3 7.2 8.3 11.3 17.7 5.5 6.7 10.7 12.2 12.2 5.8 10.4 9.6 4.2 9.0 10.2 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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.