TABLE 17. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1/ 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42) 7.2 4.8 7.1 7.3 7.7 5.1 6.2 6.2 5.3 5.4 8.4 7.1 7.7 7.2 5.9 6.6 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 6.7 5.7 6.2 5.7 7.4 6.0 6.7 5.5 5.2 4.7 7.9 7.4 8.3 7.1 7.8 6.6 PRINCETON 105 6.4 5.4 6.1 6.1 7.3 5.2 6.7 5.8 7.0 5.8 8.3 7.4 6.9 7.3 6.5 6.5 AMERICA 6.8 4.4 7.0 7.2 7.4 5.6 6.1 6.1 5.1 5.6 8.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 5.5 6.5 NJ 1190 7.1 3.6 6.3 7.1 7.4 6.2 6.8 7.5 3.6 5.8 7.9 6.8 7.4 6.8 6.3 6.4 APOLLO (PST-B3-180) 6.3 4.0 6.7 7.0 7.8 5.0 6.5 6.0 4.9 5.3 8.6 7.8 7.4 7.0 6.1 6.4 LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572) 7.5 4.0 5.9 5.2 7.8 5.0 6.5 6.8 6.3 6.2 8.8 7.6 5.4 7.3 6.1 6.4 AWARD 7.5 4.0 6.6 4.5 7.3 5.1 6.6 6.4 5.8 6.0 8.7 7.1 5.9 7.6 7.2 6.4 MIDNIGHT 7.1 4.3 6.3 5.1 7.7 4.8 6.6 5.8 6.3 6.3 8.8 6.8 5.1 7.6 6.9 6.4 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 6.9 4.4 6.0 5.4 8.2 5.2 6.0 6.1 6.4 5.5 8.5 7.4 5.5 7.4 6.5 6.4 SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141) 7.3 4.4 6.6 6.7 7.0 5.2 5.5 5.9 5.0 5.2 8.7 7.2 6.9 7.5 6.0 6.3 NUGLADE 6.8 5.2 6.0 5.5 7.7 5.1 6.6 6.4 5.7 6.0 8.5 6.7 5.1 7.4 5.6 6.3 CONNI 6.5 4.3 6.1 6.8 6.8 5.0 6.0 6.0 4.2 5.7 8.3 7.4 7.8 6.5 6.5 6.3 UNIQUE 7.1 4.2 6.9 6.3 7.3 5.0 6.0 6.4 4.6 5.4 8.2 6.5 7.4 7.3 5.3 6.3 IMPACT (J-1576) 7.1 4.4 6.0 5.5 7.7 5.5 6.1 6.7 5.1 5.6 8.7 6.7 5.4 7.4 6.2 6.3 JEFFERSON 6.7 4.6 6.0 5.5 6.6 5.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 6.3 8.1 7.7 6.4 6.8 6.6 6.2 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 7.1 4.4 6.1 5.6 8.0 4.7 6.4 6.6 5.1 6.1 8.6 6.7 5.1 7.4 5.7 6.2 RUGBY II (MED-18) 6.7 4.6 5.9 5.0 7.5 5.0 6.3 6.7 5.3 4.9 8.8 7.7 4.9 7.6 6.5 6.2 MOONLIGHT (PST-A418) 6.1 4.2 5.5 4.5 7.8 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.1 8.0 7.2 6.4 8.0 6.5 6.2 WILDWOOD 6.8 4.8 5.8 4.7 8.2 5.8 6.8 5.6 4.1 5.3 8.1 6.9 7.7 7.2 5.7 6.2 SR 2109 6.6 4.7 6.4 4.7 7.0 5.3 6.2 5.7 4.4 6.4 8.0 6.7 8.3 6.8 5.9 6.2 BLACKSTONE (PST-638) 6.6 4.6 5.7 4.2 7.4 4.5 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.7 8.1 7.6 6.1 7.5 7.0 6.2 LIMOUSINE 6.5 4.0 6.3 7.8 7.9 4.0 6.2 6.4 5.0 4.5 7.9 7.8 6.3 6.8 5.1 6.2 BAR VB 3115B 7.4 4.8 5.9 6.2 7.3 5.2 6.0 5.7 5.1 4.8 7.9 7.8 6.7 6.5 5.0 6.1 ZPS-2183 7.0 3.8 5.4 5.4 6.8 5.0 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 8.2 6.8 6.6 7.0 6.9 6.1 BLACKSBURG 7.2 3.6 6.2 4.4 7.0 4.3 6.6 6.6 5.4 5.9 7.8 6.1 7.2 7.4 6.7 6.1 PICK 8 6.8 4.6 5.8 4.5 7.1 5.0 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.4 7.8 7.1 6.7 7.0 6.2 6.1 SERENE (PST-A7-245A) 7.0 4.8 6.0 5.7 7.1 5.3 5.8 6.2 4.4 4.7 8.4 7.9 6.7 6.9 5.2 6.1 RAMBO (J-2579) 6.7 4.3 6.3 7.3 7.4 4.8 5.9 6.6 3.9 5.1 7.9 6.8 7.1 6.7 5.2 6.1 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 7.2 4.0 5.6 4.9 7.4 5.0 5.9 6.2 4.6 5.5 8.8 7.5 5.3 7.8 6.1 6.1 SHAMROCK 7.0 4.6 6.7 4.7 7.4 4.9 6.3 5.9 4.2 5.2 8.0 8.0 6.1 7.3 5.2 6.1 NJ-GD 7.0 4.0 6.5 4.0 6.9 5.7 6.3 6.0 4.1 5.6 8.1 7.3 6.6 7.0 5.9 6.1 LKB-95 7.2 4.8 5.4 5.5 6.8 4.9 6.0 5.6 3.6 5.5 7.6 8.3 7.1 7.1 5.7 6.1 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 7.1 4.5 6.5 4.4 7.8 5.1 6.8 6.3 4.1 4.5 8.3 7.0 5.6 7.3 5.3 6.0 ECLIPSE 6.3 5.0 6.3 4.5 7.1 5.5 6.0 5.4 5.2 4.8 8.2 7.5 6.3 6.8 5.3 6.0 NUSTAR 6.7 4.7 6.3 4.1 6.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 4.9 5.0 8.0 7.7 6.3 7.2 5.3 6.0 CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621) 6.3 4.2 6.0 4.6 6.9 5.6 6.0 5.8 4.9 4.8 7.9 8.0 5.8 7.3 5.8 6.0 PST-P46 6.4 4.0 6.1 3.9 7.6 5.3 6.6 5.3 4.5 4.9 8.5 6.6 7.3 7.5 5.5 6.0 BA 81-270 7.0 4.4 6.2 4.1 6.9 5.3 6.4 6.2 4.0 5.3 8.3 7.7 6.0 6.8 5.2 6.0 GLADE 6.4 4.9 5.5 5.2 6.5 5.5 6.0 5.2 5.1 4.5 8.2 6.6 6.3 7.0 6.7 6.0 CHATEAU 6.7 4.0 5.8 4.9 6.5 4.7 5.8 5.9 3.8 5.6 8.5 8.3 5.9 7.2 6.0 6.0 COVENTRY 7.1 3.8 6.3 5.1 6.9 5.2 6.1 5.6 3.9 4.5 8.3 7.7 6.2 6.8 6.0 6.0 ARCADIA (J-1936) 6.8 3.6 5.3 5.5 7.2 5.4 6.0 6.1 4.5 4.5 8.3 7.2 5.2 7.3 6.3 5.9 LIVINGSTON 6.6 4.6 6.4 5.2 6.2 4.9 5.9 5.2 4.6 5.6 8.0 7.9 5.4 7.0 5.6 5.9 TABLE 17. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IA1 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN PLATINI 5.9 3.4 5.8 5.5 7.3 3.7 5.6 6.4 5.6 5.4 7.8 7.4 5.3 7.1 6.9 5.9 ALLURE 6.7 4.7 5.2 4.9 6.8 5.4 5.7 5.9 4.0 4.9 8.3 7.7 6.0 6.9 5.8 5.9 CHICAGO (J-2582) 6.4 4.2 5.6 5.3 7.1 5.7 6.0 5.9 3.8 5.1 8.5 7.2 5.3 7.1 5.7 5.9 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 6.7 4.8 5.2 5.0 7.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 4.0 5.1 8.0 7.8 5.9 7.3 5.3 5.9 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 6.8 4.3 5.7 3.9 7.9 5.5 6.4 5.0 3.3 5.1 8.8 6.9 6.3 7.3 5.1 5.9 BAR VB 5649 6.2 3.4 5.9 4.9 6.6 4.7 5.7 6.1 4.9 5.7 8.1 7.8 5.1 7.2 5.8 5.9 ASP200 (HV 130) 6.4 3.8 6.4 6.7 6.9 5.1 6.1 5.8 3.8 3.8 8.0 6.2 5.5 7.2 6.1 5.9 BARTITIA 6.9 3.5 6.4 4.8 7.4 4.4 6.3 6.1 2.7 4.8 7.9 8.0 6.4 7.2 4.9 5.9 CALIBER 6.9 4.3 5.5 5.2 7.2 4.6 5.2 5.7 4.3 5.0 7.8 7.6 5.3 7.1 5.8 5.8 SR 2000 6.6 5.3 4.7 5.4 6.7 5.1 6.0 5.5 4.6 3.6 8.3 7.6 5.4 6.9 5.6 5.8 BARONIE 6.8 4.2 6.0 4.7 6.7 5.2 6.0 5.4 5.1 5.0 8.2 7.4 5.1 6.5 4.6 5.8 BA 81-058 7.1 4.1 6.0 4.7 7.1 5.5 5.6 5.2 4.5 5.6 8.1 6.8 4.5 7.3 4.7 5.8 ASCOT 6.7 3.3 5.6 3.8 7.3 5.4 6.2 5.5 3.2 5.3 8.2 6.9 6.3 7.3 5.5 5.8 CLASSIC 6.9 4.1 5.9 4.4 6.9 5.0 5.9 5.4 4.9 5.3 8.2 6.7 5.1 6.9 4.6 5.7 JEWEL (BA 81-227) 6.6 4.6 5.9 3.7 6.9 4.9 5.7 5.5 4.4 4.2 8.4 6.9 6.2 6.9 5.3 5.7 BA 75-490 6.6 3.3 5.8 3.7 6.9 5.2 6.2 5.9 4.5 4.5 8.3 7.0 5.6 7.2 5.3 5.7 PST-BO-165 6.8 3.5 5.8 5.2 6.4 4.9 5.6 5.7 3.4 4.6 8.3 7.6 5.8 6.8 5.5 5.7 CARDIFF 6.6 3.7 5.4 5.1 7.1 5.6 4.9 5.7 2.0 5.4 8.1 7.4 7.1 7.0 4.9 5.7 RAVEN 6.6 5.1 5.5 4.3 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.9 4.1 3.6 8.3 6.8 5.5 6.8 5.8 5.7 MISTY (BA 76-372) 6.2 4.0 5.9 2.8 6.9 5.4 6.7 5.6 3.0 4.8 8.0 7.4 5.7 7.1 6.1 5.7 CHALLENGER 6.9 4.0 6.0 4.2 7.3 5.0 6.0 5.8 3.7 4.9 8.1 7.5 4.7 7.3 3.9 5.7 MARQUIS 6.7 4.3 5.9 3.7 6.8 4.9 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.6 8.3 7.6 5.8 6.9 5.4 5.7 BA 81-220 6.3 4.2 5.7 3.5 6.8 5.1 6.0 5.1 3.9 3.6 8.4 7.7 5.8 7.0 5.4 5.6 BA 73-373 7.0 3.6 6.0 4.1 6.8 5.6 5.7 5.3 3.6 3.9 8.3 6.8 5.7 7.0 5.1 5.6 ABBEY 7.0 4.1 5.8 4.1 6.6 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.0 4.3 8.1 7.3 5.2 7.0 4.9 5.6 BA 77-702 6.0 4.2 5.9 4.0 6.7 5.2 5.9 5.0 4.5 3.4 8.6 7.7 5.4 6.9 4.9 5.6 BAR VB 233 5.6 3.4 5.9 4.9 7.6 3.6 5.3 5.8 4.8 5.0 7.5 7.6 4.5 7.1 5.9 5.6 NJ-54 6.6 4.0 5.8 3.9 6.2 5.0 5.7 5.6 3.7 4.7 8.1 7.7 4.8 6.8 6.0 5.6 SR 2100 6.5 5.0 4.9 3.5 6.0 5.1 5.7 5.0 4.9 3.5 8.2 7.6 5.5 7.5 5.4 5.6 HAGA 7.2 4.4 4.2 5.0 6.3 4.9 5.5 5.5 4.1 5.2 7.6 6.7 5.6 6.9 5.1 5.6 NIMBUS 6.6 4.0 5.7 4.1 6.8 5.1 5.5 5.5 3.6 3.8 8.0 7.7 5.3 6.7 5.4 5.6 BARON 7.0 3.9 5.6 3.4 7.0 5.4 5.8 5.0 3.9 3.3 8.2 8.1 5.6 6.9 4.8 5.6 ZPS-309 6.3 3.3 5.1 4.9 7.6 4.1 4.9 5.3 4.6 5.0 7.8 8.1 4.6 6.9 5.1 5.6 PICK-855 6.3 4.0 5.3 3.9 6.7 4.8 5.6 5.8 3.2 4.9 7.6 7.4 6.4 6.9 4.6 5.6 BAR VB 6820 5.7 3.4 5.5 4.2 8.1 4.8 5.5 5.2 4.4 6.0 8.0 7.9 2.9 7.5 4.2 5.6 BA 76-197 6.5 3.5 5.8 4.9 6.8 5.5 5.8 5.0 2.5 4.6 8.1 7.0 5.6 6.7 5.1 5.5 MED-1580 6.6 3.7 5.1 3.4 6.6 5.2 5.5 5.3 3.6 4.0 7.9 7.4 5.7 7.3 5.6 5.5 BA 70-060 6.4 4.4 5.8 4.2 6.7 5.5 5.5 4.6 3.9 3.8 8.1 7.2 5.2 6.6 5.0 5.5 ENVICTA (BA 75-173) 6.2 4.3 5.8 3.9 6.7 5.2 5.5 5.1 3.5 3.6 8.2 7.7 5.0 6.9 5.2 5.5 FORTUNA 6.0 3.8 5.8 3.9 7.0 5.2 5.8 4.9 3.4 3.5 8.5 7.6 5.7 7.3 4.4 5.5 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 6.5 4.0 4.6 3.1 6.2 5.0 5.6 5.0 4.2 4.9 8.1 7.0 5.6 7.1 5.7 5.5 A88-744 6.6 3.7 4.9 4.1 6.9 5.5 5.1 5.0 3.9 3.9 7.7 7.3 5.4 7.3 4.9 5.5 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 6.7 3.9 5.4 4.3 6.9 5.2 5.7 5.2 3.6 3.3 8.1 6.0 5.4 7.1 4.9 5.4 VB 16015 6.3 3.8 4.5 3.6 6.8 5.0 5.5 5.4 3.2 4.6 8.3 7.5 5.4 7.5 4.0 5.4 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 6.7 3.9 5.7 3.1 6.9 5.0 5.4 5.1 3.4 2.8 8.5 7.3 5.2 7.0 4.7 5.4 TABLE 17. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE COOL-HUMID ZONE 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IA1 IL1 IN1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MN1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 OH1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 MEAN HV 242 5.4 3.1 5.9 5.9 6.6 3.7 5.2 5.9 4.0 4.4 7.9 7.1 2.7 7.0 5.6 5.4 H86-690 7.1 4.0 4.9 3.0 6.4 5.0 5.5 5.3 2.6 3.9 8.1 6.7 5.9 7.2 4.6 5.3 BA 75-163 6.2 3.4 4.8 3.2 6.7 5.7 4.6 5.3 2.5 4.2 8.1 7.6 5.2 7.7 4.9 5.3 LTP-620 6.0 4.2 5.1 3.2 6.6 5.1 5.7 5.1 3.3 4.0 8.0 7.4 5.3 6.7 3.9 5.3 SODNET 6.7 3.7 4.9 3.2 7.3 5.0 5.6 5.5 2.2 4.3 8.0 6.8 5.0 7.6 3.4 5.3 SIDEKICK 6.3 3.9 4.5 3.0 6.5 5.3 5.6 4.3 3.7 4.6 7.9 7.6 4.5 6.8 4.7 5.3 SRX 2205 6.6 3.2 5.5 3.2 5.5 4.6 5.4 5.1 3.3 4.7 8.1 6.6 5.8 6.5 5.0 5.3 J-1555 6.6 3.9 2.8 4.3 6.9 4.6 5.7 5.5 2.7 3.6 8.3 6.3 4.8 7.2 5.0 5.2 BA 81-113 6.5 3.2 5.0 3.8 6.6 5.0 5.3 4.7 2.3 4.0 8.1 6.7 4.8 6.9 4.9 5.2 LIPOA 6.4 3.5 3.4 4.0 6.4 4.1 6.0 5.1 2.0 3.6 8.1 6.7 4.3 7.0 4.3 5.0 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 6.2 3.0 4.9 4.9 5.8 4.2 5.0 4.3 2.5 4.7 8.1 7.7 3.2 7.2 3.2 5.0 COMPACT 5.9 3.9 3.2 3.1 6.0 4.3 4.4 4.9 2.8 3.2 7.7 6.6 5.9 6.5 5.0 4.9 BARUZO 6.2 2.7 3.5 3.1 6.2 4.3 3.3 3.9 1.8 4.0 7.8 7.9 5.7 6.9 4.9 4.8 KENBLUE 6.3 3.5 3.1 2.7 5.4 4.7 4.9 4.1 2.4 3.3 6.8 5.7 4.9 6.9 4.2 4.6 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.2 0.5 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.2 C.V. (%) 7.4 13.7 9.6 15.2 7.3 11.2 7.2 7.7 16.6 15.8 3.5 10.9 9.7 4.4 8.9 9.6 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.