PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 OK1 PA1 TX1 TX3 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 01-ORU1 5.5 4.5 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.0 5.3 4.8 5.2 7.3 6.0 6.1 4.6 6.3 8.2 5.7 5.6 6.8 7.0 7.3 5.7 5.2 6.9 5.7 4.3 4.9 01-RUTOR2 5.5 4.4 6.4 7.1 5.4 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.8 6.6 5.7 6.5 4.3 5.7 8.5 5.5 4.9 6.8 6.8 7.5 5.4 5.2 6.7 5.8 3.9 5.0 01-TFOR3 5.3 4.2 6.1 6.6 5.8 5.5 5.7 4.6 4.9 6.0 5.6 5.4 4.0 6.3 7.2 4.1 4.0 6.5 6.8 6.9 5.6 5.1 6.5 5.7 4.7 4.8 2ND MILLENNIUM 5.2 5.5 6.8 6.9 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.9 6.5 5.9 6.0 4.8 6.8 8.3 5.8 5.6 7.0 6.5 7.5 6.1 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.0 5.4 ATF 586 5.4 4.4 6.3 6.6 4.6 5.0 5.6 5.1 4.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.3 4.1 7.0 6.8 6.9 5.9 5.2 6.5 5.9 4.8 5.1 ATF 702 4.8 5.1 6.5 6.8 5.3 5.0 5.5 4.9 5.0 6.3 5.8 5.9 4.5 6.8 6.8 4.4 4.8 6.8 6.8 7.3 5.6 5.1 5.8 6.0 4.6 5.0 ATF 704 4.8 4.9 6.3 7.0 6.3 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.1 6.5 5.7 5.4 4.8 5.8 8.5 3.6 3.8 6.5 6.4 7.4 5.8 5.4 6.5 6.1 4.9 5.1 TULSA II (ATF 706) 5.4 4.5 6.5 6.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.8 5.4 5.4 4.2 5.4 6.5 4.0 4.0 7.0 6.7 7.1 5.7 5.2 6.5 5.8 4.5 5.1 ATF 707 4.8 4.0 6.4 6.8 4.9 5.5 5.6 4.8 5.0 6.3 5.1 5.2 4.4 5.2 7.3 4.0 3.3 6.7 6.9 6.9 5.7 4.8 6.0 6.2 4.6 5.0 ATF 799 5.3 4.5 6.3 7.0 5.1 5.3 6.1 4.8 5.0 6.0 5.5 6.2 4.6 6.3 7.8 4.3 4.8 6.7 6.7 6.9 5.9 4.8 6.8 6.2 4.8 4.9 ATF 802 5.2 4.1 6.7 6.7 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 6.0 5.5 5.8 4.5 5.9 7.0 4.7 4.2 6.8 6.4 7.1 5.9 5.2 6.2 6.0 4.8 5.0 ATF 806 5.1 4.2 6.4 6.6 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.1 5.9 7.7 4.4 4.1 6.8 6.7 6.9 5.8 5.0 6.6 6.1 4.4 5.2 ATF-593 5.2 5.0 6.5 7.0 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.0 7.1 5.7 5.9 4.7 6.2 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.8 6.8 7.7 5.9 5.4 6.9 5.9 4.6 5.2 ATF-800 5.3 5.1 6.6 6.8 6.3 5.6 4.8 4.5 5.1 6.4 5.4 6.0 4.6 5.9 7.5 4.2 3.9 7.0 6.2 7.5 6.0 5.4 6.6 5.7 4.3 5.1 ATF-803 5.1 4.8 6.6 6.8 5.7 5.5 4.8 4.7 5.3 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.4 5.8 8.2 4.5 4.1 6.7 6.7 7.1 5.6 5.0 7.1 5.9 4.4 5.3 B-7001 5.1 4.8 6.7 7.4 5.3 5.2 5.6 5.0 4.8 6.1 5.9 6.0 4.5 6.6 8.2 4.6 5.2 6.7 6.8 7.5 5.9 4.9 6.7 5.8 4.8 5.0 BAR FA 1003 4.9 5.0 6.6 7.0 5.6 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6.0 5.6 5.9 4.8 6.2 7.2 4.2 4.2 6.3 6.8 7.5 5.4 5.3 6.7 6.1 4.8 4.9 BAR FA 1005 5.5 5.4 6.6 7.2 6.0 4.8 5.7 5.0 4.7 6.1 5.9 6.0 4.9 7.0 7.5 5.5 5.4 6.5 6.9 7.8 5.6 5.0 5.5 6.0 4.2 5.0 BAR FA 1CR7 5.1 5.6 6.7 6.4 4.8 5.4 5.4 4.8 5.0 6.3 5.3 5.8 4.4 6.0 7.8 4.1 4.2 6.7 6.8 6.9 5.9 4.9 6.4 5.8 3.8 5.1 BARLEXAS 5.1 4.5 6.0 6.9 6.0 5.4 5.5 5.0 4.8 6.5 5.5 5.4 4.6 6.0 7.2 4.4 4.1 7.0 5.9 7.3 5.7 4.8 5.8 6.1 5.0 5.2 BARLEXAS II 5.0 4.6 6.3 6.7 5.6 5.3 6.3 5.1 5.3 6.8 4.9 5.7 4.4 5.9 8.3 4.8 5.1 6.8 6.7 7.4 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.8 4.9 5.2 BARRERA 5.3 5.1 6.5 6.9 5.3 5.0 6.5 5.3 4.9 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.4 6.2 8.0 4.6 5.2 6.5 6.6 7.6 5.7 4.9 5.6 6.0 4.5 5.2 BARRINGTON 5.4 4.4 6.5 7.2 5.6 5.4 6.1 4.8 4.9 6.9 5.5 5.6 4.4 6.0 7.5 5.0 4.8 6.8 6.6 7.6 5.9 4.8 5.4 5.9 4.6 5.3 BE1 5.2 5.0 6.7 7.1 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.0 5.0 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.4 8.7 5.6 5.3 7.2 6.9 7.2 5.5 5.1 7.1 6.1 4.8 5.3 BILTMORE 5.2 4.9 6.4 6.9 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.1 6.8 5.8 6.0 4.8 6.8 6.8 6.1 6.1 6.8 6.5 6.9 5.9 4.6 6.6 5.8 5.0 5.3 BINGO 6.0 4.9 6.6 7.0 5.7 5.2 5.7 4.9 4.9 6.6 6.4 6.0 4.4 7.3 7.7 6.0 5.5 6.8 6.8 7.7 6.0 5.2 6.2 6.1 4.9 5.1 BONSAI 4.3 3.1 6.2 6.5 5.9 5.2 4.3 4.5 4.6 5.5 5.0 4.8 4.2 4.9 8.3 3.4 3.0 6.5 5.8 6.7 5.1 5.1 6.0 5.1 4.2 4.8 BRAVO 5.3 4.8 6.4 7.0 5.7 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.2 6.5 5.5 6.0 4.4 5.9 7.0 4.9 4.3 6.7 6.8 6.9 5.2 5.2 6.2 5.8 5.1 5.1 CAS-157 5.4 4.5 6.7 7.1 5.3 5.4 6.2 4.9 4.9 6.8 5.6 5.6 5.0 6.3 8.2 5.0 5.3 6.7 6.5 7.7 5.8 5.2 6.5 5.9 4.2 5.0 CAS-ED 5.2 5.1 6.4 6.8 5.7 5.7 5.6 4.7 5.5 6.2 4.9 6.0 4.6 5.9 8.0 4.7 4.8 6.8 6.8 7.3 5.9 4.9 6.4 5.8 4.4 5.0 CAS-MC1 5.3 4.9 6.8 7.0 5.0 6.2 5.9 5.0 5.2 7.0 6.0 6.2 4.9 6.4 7.8 5.4 5.5 7.0 6.5 7.7 5.6 5.3 6.7 6.1 4.5 5.0 CAYENNE 5.6 4.9 6.5 6.7 5.3 5.4 6.0 5.2 5.0 7.6 5.8 6.4 4.8 6.4 6.0 5.8 5.3 6.8 6.8 8.1 6.3 5.2 6.9 6.3 4.4 5.0 CIS-TF-60 4.9 5.6 6.5 6.9 5.2 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.6 6.5 5.9 6.5 4.6 7.1 7.2 5.6 4.1 6.5 6.7 7.9 5.4 4.5 6.3 6.3 4.8 5.0 CIS-TF-64 5.1 4.8 6.3 6.6 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.3 6.7 5.9 5.8 4.8 6.4 8.3 5.1 4.8 6.3 6.8 7.7 5.6 4.8 5.4 5.8 4.2 5.2 CIS-TF-65 5.2 5.1 6.5 6.9 6.3 5.3 6.6 5.0 4.8 6.2 5.9 5.8 4.6 6.9 7.8 5.3 4.8 6.5 6.8 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.8 6.3 4.4 5.1 CIS-TF-67 5.8 5.4 6.5 6.5 5.2 5.5 6.1 5.3 5.1 6.5 5.8 5.4 5.1 7.0 7.0 5.5 5.3 6.5 6.9 7.9 5.8 4.9 6.3 6.3 4.8 5.3 CIS-TF-77 5.5 4.5 6.5 6.9 5.4 5.0 6.3 4.7 5.1 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.1 6.7 6.3 5.2 5.1 6.8 6.8 7.5 5.4 5.0 6.3 5.8 4.8 5.2 COCHISE III (018) 5.4 5.2 6.6 7.0 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.0 6.5 6.1 6.7 4.9 6.8 7.5 6.0 6.4 7.2 6.5 7.5 6.0 4.8 6.5 5.8 4.6 5.3 COYOTE 5.3 5.3 6.6 7.0 5.4 5.1 4.7 4.8 5.5 6.2 6.0 6.1 4.3 6.3 7.5 4.2 4.6 6.3 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.3 6.1 5.8 4.5 4.9 DAYTONA (MRF 23) 5.0 5.0 6.4 6.8 5.3 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.6 5.6 5.6 4.5 5.9 8.5 4.0 4.0 6.2 6.7 6.9 5.6 5.2 6.4 6.2 4.8 5.0 DLF-J210 5.0 4.8 6.4 7.0 5.9 5.3 6.1 4.6 5.1 5.8 5.1 5.3 4.1 6.1 8.7 3.5 3.9 7.0 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.2 6.3 5.9 4.5 5.1 DLSD 5.5 5.3 6.3 7.0 5.7 5.6 6.7 5.2 5.4 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.0 6.8 8.5 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.5 7.5 6.0 4.9 7.1 6.1 4.2 5.1 DOMINION 5.1 4.6 6.4 6.9 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.6 4.7 5.6 8.0 4.3 3.8 7.0 6.7 7.1 5.7 5.0 5.9 5.4 4.8 5.1 DP 50-9082 5.0 3.7 5.9 7.0 5.6 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.6 5.0 5.3 4.2 5.3 7.5 3.5 2.7 6.5 6.5 6.9 5.3 4.9 6.0 4.8 3.8 5.0 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 OK1 PA1 TX1 TX3 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 DP 50-9226 5.0 4.4 6.4 7.0 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.2 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.6 4.5 6.3 8.3 4.3 3.9 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.4 5.2 6.6 5.8 4.1 5.0 DYNASTY 5.8 4.6 6.1 7.0 4.9 5.0 5.9 5.0 5.7 6.5 5.4 5.0 4.9 6.3 6.3 5.4 5.3 6.7 6.1 7.1 6.0 5.3 5.5 6.1 4.3 5.2 EA 163 4.7 4.9 6.1 6.9 5.4 6.0 5.8 4.8 5.3 6.5 5.6 6.4 4.5 5.9 7.7 4.8 4.7 7.0 6.7 7.8 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.9 4.5 4.9 ELISA 4.7 3.8 6.1 6.8 5.4 5.2 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.8 7.0 4.7 3.6 6.3 6.8 7.4 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.4 5.3 ENDEAVOR 5.1 4.8 6.5 6.9 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.8 4.9 6.2 5.6 5.8 5.0 5.9 6.7 4.4 4.2 6.5 6.8 7.1 5.9 4.9 7.0 6.3 4.9 5.2 F-4 5.8 4.9 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.3 6.4 5.1 5.2 7.1 5.9 5.9 5.2 6.6 6.5 7.1 6.6 7.3 6.5 7.9 5.9 5.1 6.7 6.3 5.0 5.5 FALCON II 4.8 4.8 6.1 6.7 5.6 5.6 5.9 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.4 4.2 5.8 7.3 3.7 3.6 6.8 6.6 7.4 5.8 5.2 6.5 5.7 5.2 5.0 FINESSE II 5.4 5.0 6.0 7.0 5.9 4.9 5.4 4.6 4.9 6.2 5.7 5.3 4.9 6.5 7.0 5.1 4.7 6.8 6.7 6.9 5.3 5.2 6.0 6.8 3.6 5.0 FOCUS 5.5 4.9 6.5 7.2 6.6 5.0 6.6 4.6 4.9 6.5 6.0 5.7 4.6 6.3 7.3 4.9 4.8 6.5 6.8 7.1 5.9 5.0 6.0 6.3 4.8 5.1 FORTE (BE-2) 5.5 5.4 6.4 7.1 5.4 5.4 6.4 5.1 4.8 6.3 5.9 6.0 5.0 6.8 6.8 5.5 5.7 7.0 6.8 7.3 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.8 4.3 5.3 GO-FL3 5.1 3.5 5.6 6.9 5.6 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.4 5.0 8.2 3.8 3.3 6.3 6.3 6.7 5.4 4.6 5.0 4.8 5.2 5.1 GO-OD2 5.4 4.7 6.2 7.2 4.8 5.7 5.8 4.7 5.2 6.1 5.7 6.1 4.7 6.8 7.7 4.8 5.0 6.3 6.7 7.5 5.8 5.0 6.9 5.9 4.8 5.0 GO-RD4 5.0 4.4 6.3 7.0 5.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.4 5.8 8.2 3.4 3.3 6.5 6.3 7.1 5.4 5.1 6.4 5.8 4.6 5.0 GO-SIU2 5.2 3.8 6.3 7.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.2 5.7 8.3 3.2 3.3 6.7 6.5 7.0 5.3 5.1 6.6 5.0 4.6 5.0 GRANDE II 5.8 5.1 6.5 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.3 6.7 5.8 6.1 4.7 6.4 8.5 5.2 4.8 7.0 6.8 7.7 5.4 5.1 6.5 6.1 4.5 5.2 JAGUAR 3 5.1 4.6 6.7 7.0 6.2 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.3 4.6 6.1 7.2 4.4 4.4 6.7 6.7 7.8 5.6 5.1 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.1 JT-12 4.8 5.0 6.6 6.9 5.0 5.2 5.8 4.6 4.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 4.8 6.3 8.0 5.0 4.7 6.3 6.8 7.1 5.2 5.0 5.6 6.2 3.8 4.9 JT-13 4.8 5.2 6.4 6.8 5.1 5.3 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.7 5.6 5.8 4.5 6.5 7.8 5.0 4.5 6.7 6.3 7.4 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.9 4.4 5.3 JT-15 5.0 4.7 6.2 6.9 4.9 5.7 5.7 4.8 4.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 4.6 6.1 8.2 5.4 4.9 6.3 6.8 7.5 5.2 5.0 5.8 6.2 4.3 4.9 JT-18 5.2 4.9 6.7 6.2 5.3 5.5 4.6 4.7 5.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.7 6.2 7.8 4.3 4.1 6.8 6.5 7.5 5.2 4.9 5.5 6.3 3.9 5.2 JT-6 5.4 5.1 6.6 7.0 5.3 5.9 6.1 4.7 4.5 5.7 5.4 5.6 4.8 6.6 7.7 4.8 4.7 6.7 6.3 7.4 5.2 4.8 6.2 6.3 5.0 4.8 JT-9 5.4 4.6 6.3 7.0 5.1 5.3 4.6 4.8 5.7 6.7 5.4 5.9 4.5 6.6 8.3 4.5 4.5 6.5 6.8 6.9 5.2 5.1 4.8 6.2 4.4 5.2 JT-99 5.4 5.6 6.4 7.0 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.5 4.8 6.7 6.4 6.3 4.9 6.3 7.8 7.0 6.9 7.2 6.1 7.9 6.2 5.1 6.0 6.3 4.6 5.2 JTTFF-2000 5.4 3.9 6.5 6.9 5.9 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.6 4.8 4.0 5.2 8.3 3.9 3.8 6.3 6.7 7.1 5.5 4.8 6.0 6.0 4.6 5.1 JUSTICE (RB2-01) 5.6 5.2 6.7 7.0 5.5 5.7 6.0 5.1 5.8 7.0 6.4 5.9 4.9 6.8 6.8 6.3 7.0 7.3 6.6 7.8 5.8 5.3 6.8 6.3 4.8 5.2 K01-8007 5.1 4.5 6.4 6.9 5.2 5.7 5.4 4.6 4.2 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.8 5.8 7.8 5.7 4.3 6.8 6.7 6.9 5.0 4.6 6.0 5.8 4.0 5.3 K01-8015 6.2 4.7 6.7 7.0 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.5 7.1 6.1 5.9 4.8 6.3 7.7 7.0 5.3 6.7 6.7 7.7 5.8 5.3 5.9 6.0 4.4 5.5 K01-E03 5.2 4.5 6.3 7.1 4.9 5.2 6.0 4.7 5.0 6.3 5.9 5.6 4.6 6.4 8.8 5.5 4.8 6.5 6.4 6.9 6.0 5.6 6.8 5.8 4.3 5.0 K01-E09 5.0 4.5 6.3 6.8 5.9 5.4 5.3 4.8 5.0 6.3 5.2 5.4 4.8 7.0 8.2 5.1 4.4 6.7 6.7 7.7 5.5 5.0 6.5 5.8 4.4 5.0 K01-WAF 5.8 5.6 6.8 6.9 5.1 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.0 7.1 6.1 6.3 5.2 6.9 7.2 5.8 5.9 6.7 6.7 7.6 6.2 4.9 6.6 5.7 4.9 5.3 KALAHARI 5.4 5.0 6.7 6.8 4.9 4.9 6.4 5.2 4.7 7.0 6.0 5.9 4.7 5.9 7.8 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.9 5.7 4.9 7.2 6.1 4.5 5.0 KITTY HAWK 2000 5.0 4.3 6.5 6.9 5.2 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.9 6.0 6.1 5.7 4.7 6.3 7.3 4.5 4.1 6.7 6.5 6.9 6.2 5.0 6.2 6.0 4.8 5.4 KY-31 E+ 3.9 3.0 4.8 6.0 4.2 4.5 6.0 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.4 3.6 4.5 6.8 1.2 1.1 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.3 5.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.9 L1Z 6.1 5.4 6.7 6.9 5.3 5.6 4.8 5.2 5.5 6.7 6.3 6.1 5.0 6.1 7.2 6.5 7.0 6.8 6.7 7.9 5.9 5.5 6.2 5.9 4.8 5.6 LANCER 5.0 4.5 6.3 6.5 5.5 5.0 5.2 4.7 4.6 6.1 5.0 5.2 4.6 5.4 6.0 3.9 4.1 6.3 6.9 6.5 6.0 4.8 5.1 5.8 5.1 5.0 LARAMIE 5.4 4.5 6.5 6.8 4.8 5.3 4.7 4.8 5.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 4.5 5.7 8.0 4.0 4.7 6.5 6.4 7.4 6.0 5.1 5.4 6.2 4.7 5.1 LEGITIMATE 5.2 4.6 6.4 7.1 6.3 5.7 6.0 4.4 4.8 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.3 6.0 7.5 4.1 3.6 6.5 6.5 7.4 5.7 5.0 6.0 6.0 4.5 5.1 DAVINCI (LTP-7801) 5.4 5.0 6.5 7.4 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 7.0 6.3 5.8 5.2 7.3 6.3 5.9 6.5 6.7 6.3 7.7 6.1 5.1 6.4 6.3 4.4 5.1 MA 127 5.2 4.8 6.4 6.8 5.8 5.5 6.0 4.7 5.2 6.7 5.7 5.8 4.5 6.3 8.0 5.0 4.8 6.5 6.8 8.0 5.9 4.9 6.4 5.9 4.4 5.2 MA 138 5.1 5.0 6.2 7.0 5.7 5.4 6.0 4.6 5.0 6.5 6.0 6.0 4.5 6.3 8.5 4.6 4.5 6.7 6.6 7.0 5.7 5.5 6.9 6.2 4.9 5.0 MA 158 5.2 3.9 6.8 6.5 5.6 5.3 5.7 4.5 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.5 4.6 6.2 7.5 4.5 5.1 6.8 6.8 7.1 5.6 5.2 6.2 6.0 4.7 5.0 MAGELLAN (OD-4) 5.8 4.9 6.6 6.8 5.3 5.4 6.3 5.0 5.0 7.2 5.6 6.6 5.3 6.7 7.3 5.3 4.7 6.5 6.8 7.5 6.1 4.7 6.1 6.3 4.6 5.3 MASTERPIECE 5.4 5.0 6.6 7.1 5.3 5.8 6.4 4.8 5.1 5.8 5.7 6.0 4.8 6.2 8.3 5.2 4.7 7.0 6.7 7.6 5.8 5.3 7.0 5.8 4.7 5.2 MATADOR 5.2 4.6 6.6 6.8 5.5 5.6 5.3 4.9 5.0 6.3 5.8 5.4 4.6 5.9 8.2 5.7 5.3 7.0 6.7 7.0 5.7 5.2 6.5 6.0 4.7 5.3 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 OK1 PA1 TX1 TX3 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 MCN-RC 5.0 4.9 6.4 7.3 5.5 5.2 5.7 5.1 5.1 6.5 5.9 6.2 4.3 6.6 7.2 5.5 5.8 7.0 6.9 7.8 5.4 5.2 6.6 5.8 4.8 5.2 MILLENNIUM 5.5 5.2 6.6 7.0 6.8 5.2 5.9 5.0 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.6 4.7 6.2 7.2 4.7 4.6 6.3 6.7 7.2 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.9 4.7 5.5 MRF 210 5.4 5.3 6.1 6.8 5.5 5.7 4.2 4.5 5.4 6.3 5.4 5.9 4.7 6.0 8.2 4.5 4.3 6.8 6.9 6.7 5.7 4.8 6.4 6.2 4.5 5.0 MRF 211 5.0 4.6 6.5 6.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 4.5 4.0 6.3 5.8 5.7 4.6 6.8 8.5 4.8 4.1 6.5 6.7 6.8 5.3 5.1 6.2 6.2 4.3 5.2 MRF 24 4.8 4.8 6.6 6.7 4.9 5.3 5.9 4.7 4.9 6.0 5.6 5.8 4.4 6.0 8.3 3.7 3.7 6.7 6.8 6.9 5.5 5.1 6.8 5.9 4.1 5.1 MRF 25 5.4 4.8 6.5 7.0 5.4 5.9 6.5 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.9 4.5 6.4 7.3 4.8 4.1 6.8 6.8 7.5 5.8 4.9 6.7 6.2 5.0 5.0 MRF 26 5.4 5.2 6.4 6.9 5.1 6.0 4.9 4.8 5.5 6.3 5.1 5.6 4.5 6.4 7.0 4.3 4.0 6.7 6.8 7.3 5.7 5.1 6.5 6.3 4.8 5.0 MRF 27 5.1 4.6 6.4 7.3 4.7 5.9 5.1 4.8 5.2 6.8 5.6 5.6 4.7 6.9 7.7 4.9 4.6 6.8 6.8 6.9 5.4 5.2 6.4 6.0 4.8 5.0 MRF 28 5.3 5.0 6.7 7.3 5.4 5.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 5.9 5.6 6.0 4.6 6.1 8.2 4.5 4.3 6.8 6.4 6.9 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.3 4.2 5.3 MRF 29 5.7 5.1 6.3 6.8 5.0 5.9 5.3 4.6 4.5 6.6 5.7 6.2 4.8 6.5 7.8 4.5 4.7 6.5 6.6 6.8 5.8 4.8 6.0 6.0 4.3 4.9 MUSTANG 3 5.5 5.1 6.8 7.0 5.4 5.3 6.2 4.7 4.2 5.5 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.2 6.7 6.4 7.5 5.8 4.8 5.1 6.3 4.6 5.4 NA-TDD 5.3 4.9 6.3 7.0 4.9 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.0 6.2 5.7 5.9 4.5 6.5 7.2 4.9 4.1 6.8 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.0 OLYMPIC GOLD 5.3 4.8 6.3 7.1 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.7 6.1 6.2 6.3 4.8 5.9 8.5 5.0 5.2 7.0 6.5 7.3 6.0 4.8 7.0 5.8 4.9 5.1 P-58 5.5 4.3 6.2 6.9 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.2 6.0 5.3 6.0 4.7 5.9 6.7 5.1 5.3 6.3 6.4 8.1 5.6 4.9 6.8 6.1 3.9 5.0 PADRE (NJ4) 5.4 4.9 6.6 6.8 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.0 6.9 6.0 6.8 5.3 6.4 7.0 5.9 5.6 6.5 6.7 7.5 5.9 5.0 5.5 6.1 5.1 5.1 PICASSO 5.5 4.9 6.6 7.1 6.0 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.4 6.9 5.7 5.6 4.5 6.4 7.2 5.2 5.2 6.8 6.9 8.0 5.8 5.3 6.5 6.2 5.1 5.2 PICK TF H-97 5.3 3.8 6.6 7.1 6.1 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 6.6 5.6 5.4 4.5 5.4 6.8 4.8 4.8 6.8 6.8 7.5 5.7 5.1 6.3 6.2 3.8 5.0 PICK ZMG 5.6 4.9 6.7 6.4 5.3 5.5 5.7 4.8 5.0 6.3 5.5 6.0 4.5 6.1 7.7 4.9 4.5 6.5 6.3 7.4 5.9 5.0 5.8 6.3 4.8 5.1 PICK-00-AFA 5.5 4.8 6.4 7.0 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.5 6.1 6.0 6.0 4.5 6.2 6.8 5.4 4.8 6.7 6.9 7.9 5.9 5.7 6.7 6.7 4.3 5.1 PICK-OD3-01 5.7 5.0 6.8 7.1 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.0 7.0 7.7 5.9 6.4 7.2 6.7 7.3 6.1 5.1 6.5 6.3 4.6 5.3 PLANTATION 5.2 5.2 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.1 6.7 5.5 5.6 4.5 6.7 6.3 4.8 5.6 6.7 6.1 7.9 6.0 5.1 6.5 6.2 4.9 5.2 PROSEEDS 5301 5.5 5.0 6.4 6.3 5.5 6.1 5.9 4.9 5.4 6.2 6.0 6.1 4.7 6.2 8.0 5.1 5.6 6.2 6.9 7.5 5.8 5.1 6.5 6.3 4.7 5.0 PROSPECT 5.4 4.3 6.7 6.9 5.2 5.2 5.9 4.8 5.3 6.3 5.6 5.5 4.8 6.5 7.5 4.8 4.7 6.8 6.7 7.3 5.5 5.2 5.9 6.4 5.0 5.1 PST-53T 5.3 5.3 6.5 7.0 4.7 4.9 5.3 4.9 4.8 6.5 5.9 6.0 4.9 6.6 7.8 5.2 4.9 6.5 6.7 7.5 5.6 5.0 6.2 5.8 4.4 5.2 PST-57E 5.2 5.0 6.5 7.0 5.4 5.5 6.0 5.0 5.0 7.1 5.9 6.0 5.0 5.7 8.3 5.6 6.1 6.3 6.8 7.4 6.1 4.7 6.3 6.3 5.2 5.1 PST-5A1 5.7 5.3 6.4 6.9 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.4 6.2 5.6 6.6 4.6 6.6 8.7 5.4 5.2 6.7 6.7 7.4 5.7 5.2 6.8 5.9 4.0 5.1 PST-5BAB 5.3 4.2 6.4 6.7 6.1 5.3 5.2 4.7 5.2 7.0 5.4 6.2 4.8 6.5 7.0 4.8 4.7 7.0 6.5 7.4 5.7 5.2 7.1 6.3 4.7 5.0 PST-5BZ 4.9 4.9 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 5.4 6.3 4.5 6.1 7.3 5.3 5.3 6.8 6.8 7.3 5.7 5.1 6.3 6.1 4.7 5.0 PST-5FZD 5.9 4.8 6.4 7.1 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.6 6.1 6.0 4.6 6.6 7.2 5.5 5.2 6.5 6.4 7.1 5.7 5.3 7.0 5.9 4.3 5.3 PST-5JM 5.3 4.8 6.5 7.1 5.3 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.6 5.6 6.1 5.7 4.8 6.7 7.8 5.4 5.0 6.7 6.9 7.1 5.8 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.1 PST-5KI 5.4 4.7 6.2 7.0 5.2 5.1 5.7 4.9 3.9 5.6 5.4 6.0 4.6 6.2 8.5 5.2 5.0 6.7 6.4 7.3 6.2 4.9 6.8 6.2 4.3 5.2 PST-5KU 5.0 4.9 6.6 7.3 5.4 4.9 5.3 4.4 5.3 6.1 5.4 6.0 4.3 6.4 7.7 4.7 5.0 6.5 6.6 6.8 5.5 4.9 6.5 5.8 4.6 5.0 PST-5LO 5.3 5.1 6.4 6.7 5.5 5.3 5.8 4.9 5.0 6.0 5.8 6.3 4.6 6.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 6.7 6.8 7.2 5.7 5.4 6.8 5.9 4.3 5.3 PST-5NAS 5.5 4.7 6.5 7.1 5.3 4.8 6.2 4.8 5.0 5.8 5.5 6.2 4.5 6.4 8.5 5.3 4.8 6.5 6.6 7.6 5.6 5.1 5.8 5.8 4.2 5.1 PST-5S12 5.4 4.9 6.3 6.6 5.4 5.7 6.3 4.6 4.8 6.6 5.7 6.0 4.4 6.7 8.3 4.8 5.2 6.8 6.6 7.3 6.0 4.8 6.4 6.0 4.7 5.2 PST-5T1 5.5 5.1 6.4 7.3 5.5 5.3 5.9 5.0 5.1 6.9 5.9 6.1 4.8 6.7 7.3 5.6 5.1 6.3 6.7 7.1 5.6 5.3 6.7 5.8 3.9 5.0 PST-5TUO 5.2 4.6 6.4 6.9 4.9 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.0 6.5 5.1 5.8 4.3 6.8 7.7 5.0 4.7 6.8 6.9 7.1 5.3 4.9 6.4 6.0 4.7 5.0 PST-DDL 4.9 4.9 6.3 6.7 5.3 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.7 6.2 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.5 7.7 6.1 5.8 6.5 6.9 7.0 5.6 4.9 6.1 6.7 4.2 5.1 PURE GOLD 5.3 4.0 5.9 7.0 4.8 5.5 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.1 4.7 5.7 7.8 4.5 5.5 6.5 6.4 7.0 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.8 4.4 5.1 QUEST 5.1 4.9 6.4 7.0 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.3 4.9 7.3 5.6 5.9 4.5 6.3 7.8 5.4 5.3 6.5 6.7 7.3 5.7 5.5 6.0 6.2 4.7 5.2 R-4 5.5 5.2 6.6 7.0 6.2 5.5 6.1 5.4 5.0 7.4 6.4 6.3 4.9 6.6 8.0 6.8 6.4 7.0 6.8 8.1 5.3 4.9 5.9 6.2 4.6 5.4 RAPTOR (CIS-TF-33) 5.5 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.0 4.7 6.7 6.0 6.1 4.8 6.2 7.7 5.5 5.8 7.2 6.7 8.0 5.8 5.4 6.4 6.3 4.8 5.4 REBEL EXEDA 6.0 5.4 6.4 7.3 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.2 4.4 6.3 6.0 6.3 5.1 6.7 7.3 5.3 6.5 6.7 6.3 7.7 5.7 5.1 6.4 6.3 5.0 5.6 REBEL SENTRY 5.5 5.0 6.5 7.1 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.4 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.9 6.6 7.5 5.1 5.6 6.8 6.9 7.5 5.7 5.8 5.6 6.0 4.9 5.0 REMBRANDT 5.5 4.9 6.2 6.6 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.4 6.2 5.6 6.1 5.1 6.1 8.0 5.6 5.1 6.7 6.9 7.7 5.8 5.4 7.1 5.8 5.0 5.0 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL1 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MD1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NY1 OK1 PA1 TX1 TX3 VA1 WA1 WA3 WI1 RENDITION 5.3 4.8 6.7 6.7 5.1 5.8 5.7 5.2 4.9 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.0 6.4 7.2 5.7 5.9 7.0 6.5 7.7 5.9 4.9 7.0 6.1 4.5 5.3 ROBERTS DOL 6.0 4.7 6.6 6.6 5.0 5.5 6.4 5.0 4.6 6.8 6.0 5.6 5.2 6.5 7.7 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.5 7.7 5.9 4.9 5.7 6.3 4.7 5.3 ROBERTS SM4 5.5 4.8 6.6 7.3 5.4 5.0 6.3 4.9 4.9 6.6 5.4 6.0 4.7 6.5 8.5 4.6 5.1 6.8 6.5 7.9 5.6 4.9 6.7 6.3 4.7 5.0 SBM 5.7 4.8 6.7 6.4 5.6 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.1 7.0 6.0 6.4 4.7 6.6 6.8 5.7 5.5 6.7 6.5 7.4 6.1 5.0 7.0 6.3 4.6 5.1 SCORPION 5.3 4.4 6.4 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.1 6.3 6.0 5.6 4.9 6.3 8.2 5.2 4.5 7.0 6.8 7.2 5.7 4.8 6.4 5.8 4.9 5.2 SIGNIA 5.1 5.0 6.4 7.0 4.9 5.1 5.2 4.6 5.0 5.9 5.2 5.2 4.4 6.5 6.7 5.1 4.5 6.5 6.2 7.8 5.7 4.8 6.3 5.9 4.6 5.0 SILVERADO II (PST-578) 5.3 5.1 6.5 7.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.0 4.9 7.0 5.6 6.2 4.8 6.8 8.0 5.4 4.9 6.7 6.5 7.2 5.7 4.9 6.5 5.8 4.4 5.3 SILVERSTAR (PST-5ASR) 5.5 5.1 6.3 7.4 5.6 5.3 5.7 4.9 4.7 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.3 6.4 8.3 5.0 4.9 6.7 6.9 7.1 6.0 5.1 6.9 6.3 4.9 5.2 SOUTHERN CHOICE II 5.0 4.9 6.8 6.9 5.7 5.9 6.4 4.8 4.9 6.1 5.4 5.2 4.5 6.1 8.2 3.8 4.1 6.3 6.6 7.0 5.7 5.3 6.7 6.1 4.3 5.0 SR 8250 5.5 5.1 6.3 6.6 5.7 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.8 6.5 5.8 6.0 4.5 5.9 6.8 4.6 5.2 6.8 6.7 7.3 5.6 5.2 6.2 5.6 4.5 5.3 SR 8600 5.8 4.9 6.6 7.0 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.4 6.8 5.9 5.6 4.5 6.6 7.5 4.8 5.4 7.0 6.7 7.7 5.4 4.9 6.5 6.0 4.8 5.1 SRX 805 5.3 4.8 6.8 6.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 4.5 4.0 6.3 6.0 5.4 4.4 6.5 7.7 4.2 4.6 6.8 6.8 6.9 5.5 5.1 6.3 6.3 4.4 5.0 SR 8550 (SRX 8BE4) 5.5 4.6 6.6 6.7 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.9 6.7 6.1 6.1 4.5 6.3 8.5 5.4 5.9 6.5 6.5 7.6 5.6 4.9 5.9 6.3 4.8 5.2 STETSON 5.3 4.0 6.2 6.7 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.7 5.4 5.9 5.3 5.5 4.5 5.8 7.0 3.6 3.7 6.5 6.3 6.9 5.9 4.9 4.9 5.3 4.9 5.0 T991 5.0 4.9 6.5 7.1 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.8 4.1 5.3 5.2 5.3 4.2 6.6 8.5 4.3 4.4 6.5 6.8 6.9 5.9 5.0 5.0 6.3 4.5 4.9 TAR HEEL 5.2 4.8 6.5 6.8 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.4 5.2 6.3 5.9 5.7 4.8 6.0 8.5 4.5 4.5 7.3 6.7 7.3 5.5 5.3 6.8 5.8 4.8 5.2 TAR HEEL II (PST-5TR1) 5.2 5.1 6.6 7.2 5.4 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.7 6.5 6.0 6.2 4.7 6.9 7.5 5.6 4.9 6.5 6.9 7.1 5.7 5.1 6.4 5.5 4.6 5.1 TEMPEST 5.3 4.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.6 4.9 4.8 5.0 6.4 6.0 5.4 4.5 6.3 7.5 4.3 3.9 7.0 6.7 6.9 5.6 4.9 6.8 6.0 4.7 5.0 TF66 5.3 4.7 6.3 6.9 5.0 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.6 6.4 5.4 4.9 4.3 6.3 7.2 4.4 4.3 6.5 6.7 7.3 5.8 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.4 5.0 TITAN LTD. 5.4 3.7 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.3 6.4 5.1 5.1 4.8 5.3 7.0 4.5 4.5 7.0 6.5 6.9 5.9 5.1 6.1 5.4 5.2 5.1 TOMAHAWK RT 5.1 4.8 6.5 6.6 5.8 5.7 6.1 4.5 4.6 6.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 5.6 7.8 4.3 4.5 6.7 6.9 7.2 5.9 4.9 6.2 5.7 4.7 5.1 TRACER 5.3 4.9 6.4 6.9 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.2 6.3 6.0 5.8 4.1 5.9 7.0 4.8 5.0 6.7 6.6 7.6 5.8 5.1 5.4 5.8 4.9 5.2 UT-155 5.3 4.2 6.7 7.0 5.9 5.2 5.7 4.6 4.3 6.7 5.5 5.9 4.8 6.5 8.3 5.0 5.1 6.8 6.4 7.7 6.1 5.4 6.6 6.3 4.1 5.1 UT-RB3 5.4 5.1 6.5 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.9 5.0 4.9 7.3 6.1 5.8 4.7 6.6 7.8 5.2 5.0 6.5 7.0 7.3 5.6 5.0 7.1 5.8 4.5 5.3 WATCHDOG 5.4 4.5 6.6 7.2 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.6 6.1 5.8 5.6 4.5 5.9 7.3 4.9 4.8 6.7 6.5 7.5 6.1 5.2 6.5 5.8 4.2 5.6 WOLFPACK 5.1 5.0 6.7 6.9 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.5 6.4 5.7 5.6 4.8 6.0 8.7 4.8 5.1 7.0 6.7 7.4 6.2 5.1 6.8 5.7 4.6 5.2 WYATT 5.1 4.6 6.3 7.0 6.2 5.5 4.6 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.4 5.7 4.4 5.7 8.3 4.8 4.5 6.7 6.7 6.9 5.8 5.5 6.2 5.4 4.8 5.2 LSD VALUE 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.7 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.3 C.V. (%) 6.6 12.6 7.7 6.6 12.1 17.7 18.8 7.8 12.3 9.4 7.3 8.6 8.5 6.7 5.7 10.2 9.3 6.3 5.0 8.0 7.6 7.6 14.0 7.2 9.6 4.0 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.