TABLE 8. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS USING 3.1-4.0 LBS OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1/ 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 VA1 MEAN BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42) 4.8 7.1 5.6 7.3 5.9 5.2 6.2 5.4 8.4 7.1 7.7 7.2 5.9 7.3 5.8 6.5 UNIQUE 4.2 6.9 6.0 7.7 6.0 4.3 6.4 5.4 8.2 6.5 7.4 7.3 5.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 APOLLO (PST-B3-180) 4.0 6.7 5.5 7.1 6.0 4.6 6.0 5.3 8.6 7.8 7.4 7.0 6.1 6.9 5.6 6.3 AWARD 4.0 6.6 3.3 7.8 6.3 5.0 6.4 6.0 8.7 7.1 5.9 7.6 7.2 6.7 5.7 6.3 SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141) 4.4 6.6 5.6 7.6 5.5 4.5 5.9 5.2 8.7 7.2 6.9 7.5 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 AMERICA 4.4 7.0 5.5 7.8 5.5 4.3 6.1 5.6 8.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 5.5 6.5 5.7 6.3 BLACKSTONE (PST-638) 4.6 5.7 4.6 6.4 6.5 5.7 6.0 5.7 8.1 7.6 6.1 7.5 7.0 5.1 6.9 6.2 LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572) 4.0 5.9 3.9 7.1 6.0 5.5 6.8 6.2 8.8 7.6 5.4 7.3 6.1 6.5 6.1 6.2 MIDNIGHT 4.3 6.3 3.8 7.8 6.3 5.2 5.8 6.3 8.8 6.8 5.1 7.6 6.9 6.4 5.5 6.2 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 4.4 6.1 3.5 8.2 6.8 5.0 6.6 6.1 8.6 6.7 5.1 7.4 5.7 6.8 5.1 6.1 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 4.4 6.0 3.4 7.3 6.3 5.2 6.1 5.5 8.5 7.4 5.5 7.4 6.5 6.9 5.3 6.1 RUGBY II (MED-18) 4.6 5.9 3.6 7.5 6.4 4.0 6.7 4.9 8.8 7.7 4.9 7.6 6.5 6.5 5.5 6.1 MOONLIGHT (PST-A418) 4.2 5.5 3.3 6.9 6.1 4.5 5.8 6.1 8.0 7.2 6.4 8.0 6.5 5.8 6.9 6.1 IMPACT (J-1576) 4.4 6.0 3.7 7.2 6.2 4.6 6.7 5.6 8.7 6.7 5.4 7.4 6.2 6.8 5.5 6.1 NUGLADE 5.2 6.0 3.3 7.5 5.8 4.9 6.4 6.0 8.5 6.7 5.1 7.4 5.6 6.7 5.6 6.1 JEFFERSON 4.6 6.0 4.1 7.3 5.7 4.8 5.8 6.3 8.1 7.7 6.4 6.8 6.6 5.0 5.4 6.0 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 5.7 6.2 3.6 6.2 5.8 4.9 5.5 4.7 7.9 7.4 8.3 7.1 7.8 5.0 4.0 6.0 PRINCETON 105 5.4 6.1 3.5 6.1 6.2 5.1 5.8 5.8 8.3 7.4 6.9 7.3 6.5 5.5 4.1 6.0 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 4.0 5.6 3.9 7.5 6.3 4.4 6.2 5.5 8.8 7.5 5.3 7.8 6.1 6.3 4.9 6.0 BLACKSBURG 3.6 6.2 3.9 6.5 6.5 4.6 6.6 5.9 7.8 6.1 7.2 7.4 6.7 5.3 5.3 6.0 CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621) 4.2 6.0 4.1 7.0 6.0 4.6 5.8 4.8 7.9 8.0 5.8 7.3 5.8 5.3 6.4 5.9 PICK 8 4.6 5.8 4.7 7.0 5.8 4.1 6.1 5.4 7.8 7.1 6.7 7.0 6.2 5.1 5.3 5.9 LKB-95 4.8 5.4 4.0 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 7.6 8.3 7.1 7.1 5.7 5.1 5.5 5.9 ARCADIA (J-1936) 3.6 5.3 4.2 7.1 6.3 5.3 6.1 4.5 8.3 7.2 5.2 7.3 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.9 SERENE (PST-A7-245A) 4.8 6.0 3.7 7.0 6.2 4.5 6.2 4.7 8.4 7.9 6.7 6.9 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.9 WILDWOOD 4.8 5.8 4.4 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.3 8.1 6.9 7.7 7.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 5.9 SR 2109 4.7 6.4 4.7 5.0 5.7 4.1 5.7 6.4 8.0 6.7 8.3 6.8 5.9 4.7 5.1 5.9 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 4.8 5.2 3.9 6.6 5.8 5.1 6.0 5.1 8.0 7.8 5.9 7.3 5.3 6.5 4.7 5.9 GLADE 4.9 5.5 3.8 7.1 6.3 4.9 5.2 4.5 8.2 6.6 6.3 7.0 6.7 6.0 5.1 5.9 ECLIPSE 5.0 6.3 3.4 7.0 6.0 4.6 5.4 4.8 8.2 7.5 6.3 6.8 5.3 5.8 5.4 5.9 NJ-GD 4.0 6.5 3.6 6.5 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.6 8.1 7.3 6.6 7.0 5.9 3.7 5.4 5.8 CHATEAU 4.0 5.8 4.2 6.0 6.0 4.9 5.9 5.6 8.5 8.3 5.9 7.2 6.0 4.8 4.6 5.8 RAMBO (J-2579) 4.3 6.3 3.1 6.3 6.1 4.3 6.6 5.1 7.9 6.8 7.1 6.7 5.2 7.1 4.7 5.8 NUSTAR 4.7 6.3 3.2 6.5 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.0 8.0 7.7 6.3 7.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.8 LIVINGSTON 4.6 6.4 4.2 6.1 5.9 4.3 5.2 5.6 8.0 7.9 5.4 7.0 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.8 ZPS-2183 3.8 5.4 4.4 5.8 5.7 4.1 5.7 5.7 8.2 6.8 6.6 7.0 6.9 5.0 5.7 5.8 BAR VB 3115B 4.8 5.9 3.7 6.3 6.0 4.1 5.7 4.8 7.9 7.8 6.7 6.5 5.0 6.1 5.3 5.8 CHICAGO (J-2582) 4.2 5.6 3.5 6.3 6.0 4.3 5.9 5.1 8.5 7.2 5.3 7.1 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.8 PLATINI 3.4 5.8 4.2 5.9 5.7 4.7 6.4 5.4 7.8 7.4 5.3 7.1 6.9 6.0 4.2 5.7 NJ 1190 3.6 6.3 3.5 4.8 5.3 4.6 7.5 5.8 7.9 6.8 7.4 6.8 6.3 4.8 4.7 5.7 CALIBER 4.3 5.5 3.7 6.5 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.0 7.8 7.6 5.3 7.1 5.8 6.0 4.5 5.7 LIMOUSINE 4.0 6.3 3.8 5.3 5.5 4.6 6.4 4.5 7.9 7.8 6.3 6.8 5.1 7.5 3.8 5.7 BAR VB 5649 3.4 5.9 4.1 5.5 5.8 4.4 6.1 5.7 8.1 7.8 5.1 7.2 5.8 6.3 4.6 5.7 CONNI 4.3 6.1 3.2 4.8 4.5 4.0 6.0 5.7 8.3 7.4 7.8 6.5 6.5 6.2 4.2 5.7 TABLE 8. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS USING 3.1-4.0 LBS OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 VA1 MEAN ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 4.5 6.5 3.0 6.1 5.7 4.7 6.3 4.5 8.3 7.0 5.6 7.3 5.3 5.9 4.9 5.7 SHAMROCK 4.6 6.7 3.6 6.0 5.4 4.3 5.9 5.2 8.0 8.0 6.1 7.3 5.2 4.0 5.3 5.7 COVENTRY 3.8 6.3 3.6 6.1 5.7 4.4 5.6 4.5 8.3 7.7 6.2 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.1 5.7 ALLURE 4.7 5.2 3.0 6.7 6.1 4.8 5.9 4.9 8.3 7.7 6.0 6.9 5.8 4.7 4.7 5.7 SR 2000 5.3 4.7 4.3 7.1 5.4 4.8 5.5 3.6 8.3 7.6 5.4 6.9 5.6 5.1 5.5 5.7 ASP200 (HV 130) 3.8 6.4 4.9 5.9 6.1 4.3 5.8 3.8 8.0 6.2 5.5 7.2 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.7 PST-BO-165 3.5 5.8 4.1 6.7 6.1 4.6 5.7 4.6 8.3 7.6 5.8 6.8 5.5 4.8 4.8 5.6 BA 81-058 4.1 6.0 3.6 7.7 6.2 4.8 5.2 5.6 8.1 6.8 4.5 7.3 4.7 4.6 5.1 5.6 BA 81-270 4.4 6.2 3.5 5.8 5.5 4.4 6.2 5.3 8.3 7.7 6.0 6.8 5.2 4.5 4.3 5.6 PST-P46 4.0 6.1 3.6 5.9 5.5 4.6 5.3 4.9 8.5 6.6 7.3 7.5 5.5 4.3 4.7 5.6 BARONIE 4.2 6.0 3.9 6.3 6.0 5.0 5.4 5.0 8.2 7.4 5.1 6.5 4.6 4.7 5.3 5.6 MARQUIS 4.3 5.9 4.0 6.5 5.6 4.6 5.0 3.6 8.3 7.6 5.8 6.9 5.4 4.8 5.5 5.6 JEWEL (BA 81-227) 4.6 5.9 4.2 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.5 4.2 8.4 6.9 6.2 6.9 5.3 4.0 4.8 5.6 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 4.3 5.7 3.3 6.8 6.3 3.9 5.0 5.1 8.8 6.9 6.3 7.3 5.1 4.0 4.5 5.6 CHALLENGER 4.0 6.0 4.1 6.6 5.8 4.8 5.8 4.9 8.1 7.5 4.7 7.3 3.9 4.8 5.0 5.5 FORTUNA 3.8 5.8 3.8 6.8 6.0 4.8 4.9 3.5 8.5 7.6 5.7 7.3 4.4 5.7 4.7 5.5 ASCOT 3.3 5.6 3.4 5.9 6.0 4.1 5.5 5.3 8.2 6.9 6.3 7.3 5.5 5.2 4.8 5.5 BA 76-197 3.5 5.8 3.9 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.6 8.1 7.0 5.6 6.7 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.5 NJ-54 4.0 5.8 3.8 6.0 5.8 4.1 5.6 4.7 8.1 7.7 4.8 6.8 6.0 4.3 5.5 5.5 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 3.9 5.7 4.6 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.1 2.8 8.5 7.3 5.2 7.0 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.5 ENVICTA (BA 75-173) 4.3 5.8 4.3 7.0 5.3 4.6 5.1 3.6 8.2 7.7 5.0 6.9 5.2 3.8 5.8 5.5 CLASSIC 4.1 5.9 3.5 6.5 5.7 4.7 5.4 5.3 8.2 6.7 5.1 6.9 4.6 4.6 5.4 5.5 BARTITIA 3.5 6.4 3.6 3.7 6.2 4.4 6.1 4.8 7.9 8.0 6.4 7.2 4.9 5.6 3.8 5.5 CARDIFF 3.7 5.4 2.6 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.7 5.4 8.1 7.4 7.1 7.0 4.9 5.2 4.2 5.5 BAR VB 233 3.4 5.9 3.9 5.9 5.3 4.5 5.8 5.0 7.5 7.6 4.5 7.1 5.9 5.8 4.2 5.5 RAVEN 5.1 5.5 3.3 6.8 5.8 4.5 4.9 3.6 8.3 6.8 5.5 6.8 5.8 3.8 5.6 5.5 BA 70-060 4.4 5.8 3.8 6.8 5.8 5.1 4.6 3.8 8.1 7.2 5.2 6.6 5.0 4.0 5.6 5.5 BA 73-373 3.6 6.0 3.5 6.8 5.3 5.2 5.3 3.9 8.3 6.8 5.7 7.0 5.1 3.5 5.7 5.4 SR 2100 5.0 4.9 3.8 6.2 5.8 4.3 5.0 3.5 8.2 7.6 5.5 7.5 5.4 3.6 5.3 5.4 BA 77-702 4.2 5.9 3.6 6.8 5.3 4.3 5.0 3.4 8.6 7.7 5.4 6.9 4.9 3.8 5.6 5.4 MED-1580 3.7 5.1 3.3 6.8 5.4 4.4 5.3 4.0 7.9 7.4 5.7 7.3 5.6 4.9 4.5 5.4 ABBEY 4.1 5.8 3.8 6.7 5.5 4.2 5.0 4.3 8.1 7.3 5.2 7.0 4.9 3.6 5.8 5.4 HAGA 4.4 4.2 3.5 6.6 5.3 4.4 5.5 5.2 7.6 6.7 5.6 6.9 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.4 BA 75-490 3.3 5.8 3.8 6.3 5.7 4.0 5.9 4.5 8.3 7.0 5.6 7.2 5.3 3.3 5.1 5.4 ZPS-309 3.3 5.1 3.6 6.0 5.8 4.4 5.3 5.0 7.8 8.1 4.6 6.9 5.1 5.3 4.8 5.4 BA 81-220 4.2 5.7 3.9 6.9 5.5 3.7 5.1 3.6 8.4 7.7 5.8 7.0 5.4 2.8 5.1 5.4 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 4.0 4.6 3.6 6.4 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.9 8.1 7.0 5.6 7.1 5.7 2.9 5.4 5.4 MISTY (BA 76-372) 4.0 5.9 3.7 5.7 5.7 4.4 5.6 4.8 8.0 7.4 5.7 7.1 6.1 2.7 3.8 5.4 BARON 3.9 5.6 3.4 6.0 5.6 4.5 5.0 3.3 8.2 8.1 5.6 6.9 4.8 4.8 4.6 5.3 PICK-855 4.0 5.3 3.4 6.0 5.5 4.8 5.8 4.9 7.6 7.4 6.4 6.9 4.6 3.3 4.0 5.3 A88-744 3.7 4.9 3.3 6.8 5.0 4.6 5.0 3.9 7.7 7.3 5.4 7.3 4.9 4.6 5.2 5.3 NIMBUS 4.0 5.7 3.6 6.0 5.6 4.5 5.5 3.8 8.0 7.7 5.3 6.7 5.4 3.0 4.9 5.3 BA 75-163 3.4 4.8 3.7 7.3 5.1 4.4 5.3 4.2 8.1 7.6 5.2 7.7 4.9 3.1 4.8 5.3 LTP-620 4.2 5.1 3.5 5.7 5.8 5.0 5.1 4.0 8.0 7.4 5.3 6.7 3.9 4.5 5.0 5.3 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 3.9 5.4 3.1 6.0 5.8 4.5 5.2 3.3 8.1 6.0 5.4 7.1 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.3 TABLE 8. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS USING 3.1-4.0 LBS OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IL1 IN1 KS1 KY1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 VA1 MEAN VB 16015 3.8 4.5 2.4 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.4 4.6 8.3 7.5 5.4 7.5 4.0 3.9 4.4 5.2 J-1555 3.9 2.8 3.5 6.5 5.7 4.7 5.5 3.6 8.3 6.3 4.8 7.2 5.0 5.7 4.6 5.2 SIDEKICK 3.9 4.5 3.0 7.1 5.0 4.5 4.3 4.6 7.9 7.6 4.5 6.8 4.7 3.7 5.9 5.2 HV 242 3.1 5.9 3.6 5.3 5.3 4.0 5.9 4.4 7.9 7.1 2.7 7.0 5.6 6.0 3.8 5.2 BA 81-113 3.2 5.0 3.8 6.5 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.0 8.1 6.7 4.8 6.9 4.9 3.0 5.2 5.1 SRX 2205 3.2 5.5 4.4 4.5 5.4 4.0 5.1 4.7 8.1 6.6 5.8 6.5 5.0 3.2 4.8 5.1 H86-690 4.0 4.9 3.7 4.9 4.9 4.6 5.3 3.9 8.1 6.7 5.9 7.2 4.6 3.5 4.4 5.1 BAR VB 6820 3.4 5.5 2.9 3.7 5.0 4.1 5.2 6.0 8.0 7.9 2.9 7.5 4.2 6.0 3.0 5.0 COMPACT 3.9 3.2 3.5 5.3 5.4 4.3 4.9 3.2 7.7 6.6 5.9 6.5 5.0 4.9 4.5 5.0 SODNET 3.7 4.9 2.9 3.8 5.3 3.9 5.5 4.3 8.0 6.8 5.0 7.6 3.4 3.8 3.7 4.8 LIPOA 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.5 5.3 4.1 5.1 3.6 8.1 6.7 4.3 7.0 4.3 5.4 3.1 4.7 BARUZO 2.7 3.5 2.1 4.0 4.3 4.9 3.9 4.0 7.8 7.9 5.7 6.9 4.9 2.4 3.8 4.6 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 3.0 4.9 2.5 2.9 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.7 8.1 7.7 3.2 7.2 3.2 4.4 3.4 4.5 KENBLUE 3.5 3.1 3.1 5.8 4.7 4.8 4.1 3.3 6.8 5.7 4.9 6.9 4.2 2.2 3.8 4.4 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.2 0.5 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.2 C.V. (%) 13.7 9.6 18.7 9.0 9.4 16.5 7.7 15.8 3.5 10.9 9.7 4.4 8.9 15.0 12.6 10.6 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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.