PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 9. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL2 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 2ND MILLENNIUM 5.2 6.4 6.9 6.0 8.2 6.7 6.7 6.9 5.0 6.5 3.8 6.4 6.0 5.6 6.4 5.1 5.3 6.5 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.2 6.0 4.5 1.0 APACHE III (PST-5A1) 5.2 6.3 6.9 5.9 6.9 6.1 6.7 6.4 5.3 6.8 4.0 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.9 5.2 5.1 6.9 6.8 6.6 5.2 5.4 7.1 4.7 1.2 ATF 586 5.2 5.3 7.0 4.7 6.8 6.1 6.4 6.0 4.5 5.9 3.6 5.5 5.8 4.4 5.2 4.8 4.2 6.5 5.8 6.4 5.9 5.2 6.6 4.0 1.8 ATF 702 5.5 4.8 6.9 5.4 7.2 6.2 6.7 6.5 5.0 6.0 3.7 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.5 4.3 5.2 6.9 6.2 6.4 5.1 5.0 6.5 3.7 2.0 ATF 704 5.7 5.3 6.8 5.8 7.7 5.9 5.7 6.4 4.7 5.5 4.0 5.5 5.7 4.9 5.8 4.0 4.2 6.5 6.1 6.4 5.3 5.2 6.3 3.8 3.5 ATF 707 4.9 4.9 6.9 5.6 6.8 5.7 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 4.0 5.1 5.4 4.4 5.1 3.1 3.7 6.8 5.6 6.3 5.2 4.9 6.5 3.3 1.7 ATF 806 5.9 4.6 7.0 5.5 6.8 5.9 6.3 6.4 4.3 6.7 3.8 6.1 5.7 4.8 5.1 3.8 4.0 6.4 5.7 6.9 5.4 5.1 7.0 3.5 2.7 AVENGER (L1Z) 5.8 6.3 6.9 5.8 7.3 6.3 7.0 6.7 5.1 6.8 4.0 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.2 5.1 6.3 6.9 7.3 6.8 5.4 5.2 7.3 4.5 1.8 B-7001 5.2 5.6 6.9 5.5 7.1 5.6 6.5 5.9 4.8 5.9 3.8 5.9 5.4 4.6 5.9 4.3 4.9 6.9 6.1 6.4 5.5 5.1 6.8 4.0 1.5 BAR FA 1003 5.5 6.0 7.0 5.6 7.3 5.5 7.1 6.6 4.7 6.0 4.0 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.9 3.9 5.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 4.9 5.1 7.0 4.4 1.1 BAR FA 1005 5.6 6.4 6.9 6.1 7.4 6.1 7.0 6.8 4.9 7.2 4.2 6.1 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.5 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.5 6.6 3.9 1.2 BAR FA 1CR7 5.3 5.9 7.0 4.3 6.6 5.4 4.8 5.9 5.0 5.8 3.2 5.7 5.5 4.6 5.7 3.0 3.7 6.4 5.4 6.8 5.4 5.0 5.9 3.3 1.2 BARLEXAS 4.9 5.0 6.9 5.6 7.3 5.4 5.7 6.3 4.4 5.6 3.9 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.6 4.3 3.5 6.5 5.9 6.3 5.4 4.8 6.4 4.3 1.8 BARLEXAS II 5.5 5.7 7.0 5.4 7.1 5.4 6.2 6.2 4.8 4.5 3.8 6.3 5.8 5.2 5.6 3.7 3.8 6.8 5.8 6.4 5.1 4.8 6.5 3.9 1.2 BARRERA 5.5 5.6 7.0 5.6 6.8 5.9 6.5 6.4 4.7 3.8 4.0 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.5 3.9 3.9 6.8 5.9 6.6 4.6 5.2 5.8 3.4 1.7 BARRINGTON 5.7 5.1 7.0 5.8 7.2 5.9 6.4 6.4 4.7 5.2 3.4 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.5 4.3 3.9 6.9 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.1 6.6 3.2 1.2 BILTMORE 5.6 6.4 6.9 5.6 7.1 6.0 6.5 6.3 4.9 7.0 4.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.2 5.8 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.2 5.1 6.5 3.9 1.3 BINGO 5.6 5.7 7.0 5.6 7.0 6.1 6.9 6.4 4.5 6.1 3.4 6.2 5.1 5.6 6.1 5.4 5.3 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.3 7.1 3.9 1.0 BLACKWATCH (PICK-OD3-01) 6.0 6.2 6.9 5.8 7.7 5.8 6.5 6.7 4.9 6.5 3.4 6.0 6.2 5.3 6.2 6.3 5.5 6.8 6.5 6.4 5.6 5.1 7.4 3.8 1.1 BLADE RUNNER (ROBERTS SM4) 4.8 5.7 6.9 5.6 7.2 6.2 7.0 6.4 4.9 6.4 3.9 6.0 5.9 4.8 6.1 4.7 5.2 6.7 6.2 6.3 5.6 4.9 7.5 4.0 1.4 BONSAI 5.5 4.6 6.9 5.1 7.1 5.3 5.5 5.7 3.8 4.7 3.8 5.5 5.5 4.5 5.3 2.7 3.1 6.1 5.0 5.7 4.1 4.8 5.8 3.4 1.3 BRAVO 5.3 4.7 7.0 5.4 7.2 5.6 6.1 6.1 4.9 5.6 4.1 5.4 5.6 4.4 5.1 3.9 3.8 6.5 5.3 6.2 5.0 4.8 6.5 4.0 2.4 CAS-ED 6.4 6.4 7.0 5.8 7.4 6.4 6.3 6.4 5.2 6.0 3.9 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.1 6.8 6.4 6.6 5.6 4.9 6.2 3.9 1.4 CAYENNE 5.5 6.6 6.9 5.7 7.4 6.4 6.8 6.8 5.0 6.2 3.4 6.2 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.3 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.6 4.8 7.3 4.1 1.1 CIS-TF-77 6.0 5.4 6.9 5.7 7.7 6.3 6.6 6.6 4.8 6.9 4.1 6.1 6.1 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.2 6.6 6.8 6.6 5.5 5.3 6.5 4.8 1.8 COCHISE III (018) 5.5 6.8 7.0 5.9 7.8 6.3 6.9 6.7 5.1 7.0 4.3 5.8 6.6 5.5 6.1 5.2 5.7 6.8 6.8 6.1 5.4 5.2 6.9 4.2 1.7 CONSTITUTION (ATF-593) 5.6 5.9 7.0 5.6 7.1 6.0 6.1 6.6 5.0 6.3 3.7 5.9 5.8 4.7 6.0 5.1 4.9 6.9 6.0 6.3 5.9 5.2 7.0 3.9 1.3 CORGI (CIS-TF-64) 5.4 5.3 6.9 5.4 7.5 5.5 6.7 6.0 4.7 6.8 3.4 6.5 5.9 5.1 6.0 3.7 4.8 6.9 6.4 6.6 5.3 5.0 7.0 4.4 1.2 COVENANT (ATF 802) 6.1 5.3 7.0 5.4 7.4 5.3 6.5 6.4 4.3 6.6 3.9 6.2 6.1 5.3 5.8 4.1 4.7 6.7 6.1 5.9 6.0 4.9 7.0 3.8 2.6 COYOTE 5.1 5.9 7.0 5.8 7.2 5.4 4.6 5.8 4.7 5.3 3.7 5.8 5.3 4.1 5.4 4.4 3.6 6.8 5.2 6.4 5.1 5.1 6.7 4.3 1.0 COYOTE II (K01-8015) 5.4 5.9 6.9 5.6 7.2 5.6 6.4 6.9 4.6 7.0 3.4 6.7 5.8 4.6 5.4 5.2 5.8 6.9 6.7 8.2 6.1 4.8 6.9 3.8 2.6 DAVINCI (LTP-7801) 6.1 6.1 6.9 5.8 8.1 6.7 6.5 6.8 4.8 6.5 3.9 6.3 6.5 5.6 6.3 5.3 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.9 5.6 5.7 6.8 4.8 2.7 DAYTONA (MRF 23) 5.0 5.4 6.9 5.5 7.1 5.3 5.0 5.6 4.6 5.2 3.5 4.6 5.9 4.5 5.4 3.5 3.8 6.6 5.3 5.9 5.1 4.4 6.8 3.1 2.6 DLF-J210 5.1 5.4 7.0 5.4 7.5 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.0 6.2 3.6 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.8 4.1 4.0 6.8 5.7 6.3 5.1 5.2 6.8 3.3 1.9 DOMINION 5.3 5.8 6.4 5.4 7.2 6.0 5.8 6.3 4.7 5.9 3.9 5.0 6.1 4.9 5.8 4.4 3.9 6.7 6.1 6.2 5.2 4.9 6.4 3.9 3.4 DP 50-9082 5.5 4.7 6.9 5.5 7.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 4.5 5.2 3.2 5.2 5.8 4.4 5.1 4.0 3.6 6.7 5.6 6.1 4.5 4.3 6.7 3.6 2.1 DP 50-9226 5.3 5.1 7.0 5.3 7.3 5.9 5.5 6.0 4.4 6.0 4.1 5.1 5.8 5.0 5.4 4.0 4.6 6.5 6.2 6.3 5.0 5.0 7.1 4.4 1.1 DYNAMIC (PST-57E) 5.8 6.2 6.9 5.5 7.7 6.0 6.4 6.8 4.6 6.7 3.6 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.6 4.2 5.1 6.8 6.1 6.4 6.3 5.4 7.0 3.5 1.3 DYNASTY 5.5 5.1 6.9 5.6 7.1 5.6 7.0 6.3 5.0 7.1 3.6 6.6 6.5 5.7 6.0 4.9 5.4 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.2 6.9 4.1 2.3 EA 163 6.1 5.8 6.9 5.6 7.3 6.2 5.7 6.5 5.0 6.0 3.7 4.7 5.9 5.0 5.6 4.8 4.8 6.8 6.1 6.2 5.7 5.2 7.2 3.4 2.4 ELISA 5.0 4.2 6.9 5.5 7.1 5.1 6.7 5.6 4.2 5.0 3.4 5.0 5.4 4.3 4.7 3.6 3.6 6.4 5.2 6.4 4.9 4.5 6.7 5.4 2.6 ENDEAVOR 5.4 5.8 6.8 5.9 7.3 6.1 6.6 6.3 4.9 6.0 4.2 5.8 5.7 5.0 5.7 5.0 4.4 6.7 6.0 6.4 5.9 4.7 6.7 4.3 2.1 ESCALADE (01-ORU1) 5.6 5.7 6.9 5.7 7.8 6.5 6.8 7.3 4.9 6.0 3.3 6.8 5.9 5.4 5.8 6.2 5.6 6.6 7.2 7.0 5.4 5.3 7.0 3.9 1.0 EXPEDETION (ATF-803) 5.2 4.9 7.0 5.2 7.4 5.9 5.3 6.1 5.0 5.7 3.7 5.9 5.6 4.6 5.8 4.5 4.3 6.8 6.1 6.2 5.3 4.9 7.0 3.5 2.3 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 9. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL2 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 FALCON II 4.8 5.1 6.9 5.2 6.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 4.9 6.0 3.8 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.0 3.4 6.7 5.7 5.7 5.4 4.9 7.4 4.3 1.2 FALCON IV (F-4) 6.0 5.8 7.0 6.1 7.7 6.2 7.7 6.9 4.7 6.9 3.6 6.6 6.3 5.7 6.3 5.7 6.1 6.6 7.1 6.8 5.3 5.2 7.3 4.5 2.8 FIDELITY (PST-5T1) 5.6 6.1 6.9 6.0 7.5 6.4 6.4 6.8 5.0 6.9 4.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.3 5.4 6.8 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.1 7.4 4.4 1.8 FINELAWN ELITE (DLSD) 6.2 6.2 7.0 5.8 7.6 6.7 7.8 6.7 5.2 7.0 4.3 6.8 6.2 4.7 6.3 6.0 5.3 7.1 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.4 7.2 4.2 1.9 FINESSE II 6.0 6.1 7.0 5.4 7.7 5.3 6.1 6.3 4.8 6.3 3.8 5.9 6.0 5.0 5.6 4.5 4.9 6.7 6.1 6.4 5.1 5.4 6.4 3.4 1.2 FIREBIRD (CIS-TF-65) 5.2 6.3 6.9 5.6 8.1 6.0 6.7 6.6 5.0 6.9 3.8 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.5 4.3 5.3 6.9 6.0 6.6 5.3 5.0 7.0 3.5 1.7 FIVE POINT (MCN-RC) 5.5 6.2 6.8 5.6 7.4 5.8 6.1 6.4 4.9 6.8 4.0 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 4.3 5.2 6.5 6.1 6.4 4.9 5.3 6.9 3.6 1.8 FLORIDIAN (GO-FL3) 5.2 3.8 6.5 5.2 7.2 5.6 5.8 5.4 4.0 5.5 4.0 4.3 5.6 3.9 4.1 3.8 2.9 6.3 5.1 5.3 4.3 3.9 6.5 4.3 2.1 FOCUS 5.9 5.7 6.9 5.4 7.6 5.7 6.6 6.4 5.1 7.0 4.1 5.7 6.4 5.1 6.0 5.2 4.5 6.8 6.2 6.4 6.0 5.1 6.8 3.7 1.1 FORTE (BE-2) 5.5 5.9 7.0 6.0 7.2 5.6 6.4 6.4 4.8 6.8 4.0 5.7 6.6 5.1 6.2 4.6 5.4 6.8 6.5 6.8 5.1 5.3 6.5 3.8 1.1 GO-RD4 5.1 4.7 6.8 5.5 7.2 5.3 5.9 5.8 4.6 5.2 3.8 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.8 3.8 3.3 6.6 6.0 5.7 4.9 4.4 7.3 3.5 2.4 GO-SIU2 5.8 4.6 6.5 5.2 7.1 5.1 5.3 6.0 4.1 5.8 3.4 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.4 3.3 4.2 6.9 6.0 5.8 4.6 4.3 7.2 3.7 1.4 GRANDE II 5.9 6.1 7.0 5.5 7.9 6.3 6.2 6.5 4.7 6.6 3.8 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.4 4.3 4.9 6.9 6.4 7.0 4.9 5.8 7.2 3.7 1.8 GREENKEEPER WAF (K01-WAF) 5.2 6.3 7.0 5.6 6.8 6.5 6.8 6.7 4.4 7.1 3.6 6.6 5.9 5.6 6.1 5.5 5.0 7.0 7.1 6.6 6.1 5.1 7.0 4.4 1.9 GREMLIN (P-58) 5.7 5.5 7.0 5.6 7.3 5.9 6.3 6.7 5.1 6.1 3.7 6.2 5.8 5.4 6.0 5.3 4.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 5.9 5.4 7.4 4.1 1.4 GUARDIAN-21 (ROBERTS DOL) 5.1 5.9 6.9 5.5 7.2 5.6 7.4 7.0 4.9 6.9 3.9 6.5 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.2 5.7 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.1 5.1 6.4 3.9 1.3 HOUNDOG 6 (CIS-TF-67) 5.6 6.0 7.0 5.8 7.2 6.1 7.2 7.3 4.7 6.3 3.3 6.5 6.0 5.2 6.4 5.0 5.4 6.7 7.3 6.6 5.6 5.4 7.1 4.6 2.2 HUNTER (CIS-TF-60) 5.2 6.2 6.8 5.5 7.2 5.5 6.5 6.7 4.8 5.8 3.5 6.0 6.1 4.9 6.1 4.5 5.3 7.2 6.2 6.4 4.4 5.0 6.7 4.2 1.1 INFERNO (JT-99) 5.6 6.4 7.0 6.1 7.7 6.2 6.9 7.0 5.1 7.7 3.4 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.3 4.4 6.1 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.0 5.4 6.5 3.9 1.1 INNOVATOR (PST-5KI) 5.5 6.2 6.9 6.0 7.2 6.0 6.3 6.6 4.4 6.4 3.8 5.8 5.6 5.3 6.0 5.2 5.1 6.8 6.8 6.6 5.8 5.2 7.0 4.5 1.1 JAGUAR 3 5.6 5.5 7.0 5.6 7.5 5.9 6.5 6.6 4.6 6.8 4.2 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 6.0 4.8 6.6 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.9 6.4 4.2 1.4 JT-12 6.0 6.5 7.0 5.3 6.8 5.4 6.4 6.6 5.1 6.5 4.1 6.5 5.7 5.0 6.0 4.1 5.1 6.8 6.4 6.8 5.3 5.3 6.3 3.5 1.6 JT-13 5.4 6.1 6.9 5.5 7.2 5.7 5.6 6.4 4.8 6.1 4.0 6.5 5.4 5.3 6.4 5.0 4.9 6.8 6.2 6.7 5.3 5.4 5.5 3.6 2.0 JT-15 5.3 5.4 7.0 5.7 6.8 6.0 6.7 6.6 5.0 5.7 3.8 6.5 6.0 5.3 6.0 4.2 4.8 6.9 6.4 6.5 5.3 5.3 6.7 4.2 1.1 JT-6 5.6 6.5 7.0 5.4 7.2 5.8 6.0 6.6 4.7 6.3 3.7 6.0 5.4 5.3 6.1 4.1 5.3 6.6 6.6 6.6 5.3 5.6 6.3 3.8 1.7 JT-9 5.7 5.7 7.0 5.8 7.0 6.0 6.1 6.7 4.8 6.5 3.9 6.3 5.7 4.8 6.1 4.5 4.7 7.1 6.2 6.4 5.4 5.4 6.3 3.4 2.4 JTTFF-2000 5.1 4.4 6.9 5.3 7.5 4.9 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.8 3.4 5.3 5.2 4.3 5.2 3.4 3.2 6.8 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.4 6.2 3.3 1.1 JUSTICE (RB2-01) 5.4 6.4 6.9 5.9 7.9 6.7 7.0 7.0 5.5 7.2 3.2 6.7 6.4 5.6 6.3 5.1 6.2 6.7 7.1 6.7 5.0 5.7 7.2 4.3 2.1 K01-8007 5.5 5.8 6.9 5.3 7.0 5.8 6.6 6.6 4.5 6.4 3.4 6.3 5.9 4.7 5.5 5.3 5.0 6.6 6.4 7.7 4.1 4.8 7.0 3.5 1.1 K01-E03 5.6 5.4 7.0 5.7 7.1 5.5 6.9 6.7 4.3 5.9 3.6 6.8 5.6 5.1 5.3 4.8 5.4 6.8 6.4 8.7 5.8 5.2 6.5 3.8 1.2 K01-E09 5.6 5.4 7.0 5.6 7.3 5.8 6.1 6.3 4.6 6.0 3.9 6.3 5.6 5.5 5.5 4.4 4.8 6.9 6.9 7.4 5.5 5.1 7.3 3.9 1.6 KALAHARI 5.2 6.1 7.0 5.6 6.8 6.0 7.0 6.4 4.4 6.2 4.0 6.5 5.7 5.2 6.0 5.6 5.5 6.7 6.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 7.1 4.2 1.1 KITTY HAWK 2000 5.5 5.2 7.0 5.5 7.1 5.8 6.0 6.0 4.1 6.6 4.0 6.0 6.0 4.7 5.2 3.9 4.3 6.8 5.6 6.3 6.2 5.4 7.0 4.2 1.8 KY-31 E+ 4.3 2.8 4.7 4.7 5.4 3.7 4.2 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.1 3.6 3.0 1.6 1.2 1.1 5.8 2.9 2.9 4.0 3.0 4.4 3.4 1.1 LANCER 5.1 4.4 6.9 5.6 7.2 5.3 5.6 5.6 4.0 4.9 3.8 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.8 3.5 3.7 6.7 5.2 5.5 6.6 4.6 6.2 4.1 1.0 LARAMIE 5.1 4.7 6.9 5.5 6.8 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.0 5.7 3.6 5.0 5.7 4.7 5.1 3.6 3.7 6.8 5.6 6.6 6.1 5.2 5.3 3.5 3.1 LEGITIMATE 5.3 5.1 7.0 5.5 7.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 4.8 6.3 4.1 5.7 5.6 4.8 5.3 4.5 3.9 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.4 4.8 6.9 3.7 2.4 LEXINGTON (UT-RB3) 4.9 6.3 6.9 6.1 7.7 6.2 7.2 6.8 4.9 6.2 3.8 5.9 5.7 5.7 6.0 4.6 5.4 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.3 5.4 7.0 4.1 2.1 MA 127 5.3 6.2 7.0 5.6 7.4 6.2 6.3 6.7 5.0 6.4 3.7 5.3 5.9 5.1 5.7 4.7 5.1 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.3 6.9 3.4 1.1 MA 138 5.2 5.3 7.0 5.8 7.5 6.1 6.0 6.1 4.9 6.4 3.8 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.8 4.7 4.8 6.9 6.2 6.4 5.4 5.0 6.7 3.8 1.8 MA 158 5.7 5.7 7.0 5.7 7.3 5.4 6.0 6.5 4.9 5.8 3.4 5.5 5.4 5.2 6.1 4.3 5.2 6.8 6.7 6.4 5.8 5.1 6.5 3.7 1.9 MAGELLAN (OD-4) 4.9 6.2 7.0 5.7 7.4 6.4 7.0 7.1 4.9 6.2 3.5 6.3 6.1 5.3 5.8 4.8 5.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 5.8 5.3 6.5 4.0 1.5 MASTERPIECE 5.8 5.6 7.0 5.6 7.3 6.2 6.8 7.1 5.0 6.7 4.0 5.8 5.5 5.3 6.1 5.0 5.1 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.2 5.3 7.6 3.5 1.1 MATADOR 5.1 5.3 7.0 5.5 7.4 5.8 6.2 6.3 3.9 5.6 3.6 6.0 5.6 4.3 5.2 4.2 4.6 6.8 5.8 6.3 5.7 5.2 6.8 4.1 1.1 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 9. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL2 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 MATADOR GT (PST-5TUO) 5.2 5.6 7.0 5.6 6.9 5.6 6.2 6.6 5.1 6.3 4.0 6.0 5.6 5.3 6.0 4.8 5.2 6.7 6.3 6.4 4.9 5.5 6.9 3.8 1.0 MILLENNIUM 5.3 6.2 6.9 5.4 7.7 5.5 6.5 6.0 5.1 6.6 4.0 5.5 6.1 5.1 5.4 4.7 4.6 6.8 6.2 6.4 5.0 4.8 6.5 4.0 1.9 MRF 210 5.2 6.1 7.0 5.4 7.0 5.6 5.5 6.3 4.7 6.0 3.9 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.5 4.3 4.2 7.2 5.9 6.4 5.0 5.1 6.5 3.5 1.7 MRF 211 5.3 6.1 7.0 5.6 7.7 6.1 6.3 6.2 4.9 6.1 3.7 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.7 4.0 4.8 7.1 5.7 7.0 4.3 5.4 6.4 3.7 1.3 MRF 25 5.2 5.1 7.0 5.8 7.4 5.7 6.6 5.8 5.0 5.4 4.0 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.6 3.7 4.2 6.9 6.1 6.4 5.9 4.6 6.1 3.6 1.2 MRF 26 5.5 6.1 7.0 5.7 6.9 6.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 6.5 3.9 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.6 4.5 4.4 6.7 6.1 6.6 5.1 5.1 6.4 3.4 1.1 MRF 27 5.9 5.9 6.9 5.6 6.8 6.2 5.8 6.6 4.9 5.6 4.0 6.0 5.7 5.2 6.1 4.1 4.3 6.9 6.1 6.5 4.6 5.4 6.9 3.6 1.2 MRF 28 5.7 5.7 7.0 5.7 7.2 6.0 5.1 6.4 4.9 6.5 3.8 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.6 4.2 4.8 6.8 5.8 6.4 5.4 5.4 6.5 3.7 2.7 MRF 29 5.9 6.0 6.9 5.4 6.6 6.2 5.9 6.4 4.7 6.0 4.2 5.4 5.3 5.7 6.0 4.7 4.4 7.0 5.9 6.7 4.8 5.2 6.8 3.7 1.8 MUSTANG 3 6.0 5.4 7.0 6.0 7.4 6.2 6.8 6.7 4.7 7.3 4.0 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.2 5.8 5.5 6.5 3.8 2.6 NA-TDD 6.0 6.3 7.0 5.6 6.9 5.9 6.5 6.1 4.2 6.9 4.3 5.9 5.8 5.1 5.8 4.1 4.9 6.9 6.1 6.6 6.0 5.1 5.8 4.2 1.4 NINJA 2 (ATF-800) 5.2 5.9 7.0 5.5 7.6 5.9 5.6 6.6 4.8 6.6 3.9 6.1 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.5 6.8 6.2 6.6 5.6 5.1 7.0 3.7 1.6 OLYMPIC GOLD 5.0 5.4 7.0 6.1 7.1 5.7 6.5 6.6 4.6 6.2 4.3 5.5 6.4 5.2 5.7 5.0 4.3 6.5 5.9 6.2 5.8 4.5 6.8 3.8 1.1 PADRE (NJ4) 6.4 6.6 6.9 6.0 7.9 6.4 6.8 6.9 5.2 7.5 3.5 6.4 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.8 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.1 6.3 4.6 2.4 PENN1901 (PLANTATION) 5.8 6.4 6.9 5.5 6.9 5.5 5.9 6.3 5.2 6.3 3.9 5.8 5.9 5.0 5.5 4.7 4.6 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.0 7.0 3.7 1.2 PICASSO 5.5 6.2 6.9 5.7 7.8 6.0 6.0 6.6 5.0 6.3 4.0 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.5 4.5 4.8 6.8 6.4 6.6 6.2 5.3 7.5 4.0 1.6 PICK TF H-97 4.8 3.9 6.9 5.5 7.7 5.1 6.3 6.4 4.8 5.9 3.5 5.9 5.7 4.2 5.7 4.4 4.6 6.8 6.5 6.2 4.7 4.9 6.5 3.9 2.2 PICK ZMG 5.6 5.9 7.0 5.6 6.8 5.6 6.6 6.4 4.8 6.4 3.7 5.1 5.3 5.0 6.0 4.7 4.8 6.7 6.0 6.4 5.4 5.1 6.9 4.1 1.0 PICK-00-AFA 5.7 5.9 7.0 5.5 7.5 4.6 6.4 6.7 4.5 5.9 3.7 6.1 5.4 4.9 6.0 4.3 4.4 6.8 6.3 6.4 5.6 5.4 7.0 4.0 1.4 PROSPECT 5.7 6.0 7.0 5.7 7.3 5.7 6.1 6.3 5.0 6.2 4.0 5.0 6.0 4.9 6.0 5.0 4.3 6.5 6.0 6.4 5.3 5.4 7.0 3.8 3.2 PST-53T 5.5 5.9 6.9 5.5 6.7 5.7 6.3 6.5 4.9 6.8 3.8 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.8 5.0 4.8 6.7 6.3 6.7 5.3 5.3 6.7 3.8 1.0 PST-5BAB 5.9 6.0 7.0 5.9 7.3 5.9 6.4 6.4 5.0 6.5 3.3 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.7 6.6 6.7 6.3 5.2 5.4 7.3 3.8 2.2 PST-5BZ 6.0 5.9 7.0 5.9 7.2 6.3 6.4 6.6 4.7 6.0 3.9 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.9 4.5 5.0 6.3 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 7.2 4.0 1.4 PST-5FZD 5.7 6.2 6.9 5.8 7.6 6.5 6.9 7.0 4.9 6.8 3.9 6.6 5.9 5.6 6.0 5.0 5.4 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.4 4.9 7.3 4.3 1.9 PST-5JM 6.1 6.3 7.0 5.6 6.9 5.8 6.9 6.5 4.9 6.7 3.8 5.8 5.7 5.5 6.0 4.9 5.0 6.9 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.0 6.4 3.6 2.2 PST-5KU 5.8 6.2 6.9 5.6 6.9 5.3 6.0 6.4 4.7 6.3 3.6 6.0 5.6 5.1 5.7 4.2 4.8 7.1 6.2 6.3 6.0 5.0 7.2 3.3 1.5 PST-5LO 5.7 6.0 6.9 5.9 7.2 5.9 6.7 6.6 5.1 6.6 3.0 6.3 5.8 5.2 5.8 4.9 5.0 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.0 5.1 7.2 4.4 2.4 PST-5NAS 5.9 5.5 6.8 5.8 7.1 6.0 7.0 6.5 4.9 6.6 3.8 6.2 5.8 5.3 5.7 4.6 5.1 6.8 6.9 6.3 5.5 5.2 6.1 4.0 1.1 PST-5S12 5.7 6.2 6.9 5.8 7.3 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.2 6.5 4.1 5.9 6.0 5.1 6.0 4.7 4.6 6.8 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.2 7.0 4.4 1.1 PST-DDL 5.1 6.0 7.0 5.9 7.5 6.0 6.2 6.3 4.6 6.7 3.7 5.9 5.5 5.0 6.0 4.0 4.9 6.7 6.1 6.7 6.1 5.3 6.8 3.6 1.1 PURE GOLD 5.3 5.8 6.9 5.5 6.5 5.6 5.4 6.0 4.9 5.6 3.7 5.7 5.5 4.8 5.6 3.2 4.3 6.9 5.8 6.2 4.9 5.3 6.3 3.3 1.1 QUEST 5.7 6.5 7.0 5.8 7.7 6.0 6.1 6.6 4.8 5.9 3.6 5.5 5.3 5.2 6.1 5.2 5.1 6.6 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.3 7.0 3.6 1.6 R-4 5.6 6.6 7.0 6.1 7.6 6.5 7.0 7.3 4.9 6.8 3.6 6.0 6.2 5.4 6.4 6.6 6.2 6.7 7.3 7.0 4.7 5.4 7.1 4.0 1.7 RAPTOR (CIS-TF-33) 5.5 5.7 6.9 5.4 7.7 5.7 6.5 6.7 4.9 7.1 3.3 6.3 6.1 5.4 6.2 3.9 5.3 6.9 6.4 6.8 5.4 5.3 6.9 3.9 2.1 REBEL EXEDA 5.7 6.4 6.9 5.6 7.3 6.2 7.0 7.0 4.7 7.2 3.7 5.8 6.1 5.6 6.2 4.9 5.6 6.8 7.0 6.9 5.7 5.2 6.6 4.3 1.4 REBEL SENTRY 5.5 5.8 7.0 5.2 7.2 6.0 5.6 6.5 4.6 6.3 3.8 5.4 6.4 4.8 5.3 4.1 4.2 6.8 6.1 6.3 4.8 5.4 6.1 4.0 1.4 REGIMENT II (SRX 805) 5.3 5.4 6.9 5.7 6.9 6.0 6.0 6.7 5.2 5.8 4.3 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.9 4.2 4.8 6.9 5.8 6.7 4.6 5.3 7.3 3.9 1.3 REMBRANDT 5.8 5.6 6.9 5.7 7.6 6.2 7.1 7.0 4.8 6.5 3.9 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.3 4.8 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.8 5.1 7.1 3.4 1.2 RENDITION 5.5 6.2 6.6 5.6 7.1 6.0 6.5 6.7 4.8 6.7 3.8 6.3 6.3 4.6 5.9 4.4 4.6 6.7 6.3 6.4 5.3 5.2 6.3 3.8 1.6 RIVERSIDE (PROSEEDS 5301) 5.9 5.8 7.0 5.3 7.3 6.5 6.5 6.8 5.1 5.8 4.0 6.1 6.1 4.6 6.1 4.1 4.6 6.7 7.0 6.5 6.0 4.7 6.9 4.1 1.3 SCORPION 5.6 5.2 6.9 5.6 7.7 6.4 6.7 6.1 5.0 6.4 3.8 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.2 4.2 5.0 6.4 6.2 6.5 5.3 4.9 7.5 3.7 1.2 SCORPION II (ATF 799) 5.4 5.3 6.9 5.3 7.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 5.1 7.1 3.2 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.6 4.2 5.1 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.0 7.2 4.4 1.2 SERENGETI (GO-OD2) 5.7 5.3 6.9 5.6 7.1 6.6 6.4 6.7 5.0 6.8 4.0 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.2 5.4 5.2 6.8 6.7 6.2 5.6 5.2 7.3 4.4 1.1 SIGNIA 5.2 5.9 7.0 5.5 6.8 6.0 6.4 6.4 4.8 6.1 4.0 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.9 4.9 4.9 6.9 6.4 6.6 5.3 5.2 6.8 3.5 1.2 SILVERADO II (PST-578) 5.6 5.4 7.0 5.5 7.6 6.4 6.9 6.7 4.8 6.3 3.6 5.8 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.1 4.8 6.5 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.1 6.8 4.2 1.3 PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 9. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS GROWN IN FULL SUN AT TWENTY-FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AL2 AR1 CA3 GA1 IA1 IL1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KY1 MA1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 NJ2 NM1 PA1 SD1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 SILVERSTAR (PST-5ASR) 5.9 6.0 6.9 5.9 7.6 6.4 6.0 6.6 4.8 6.3 3.7 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.0 6.8 6.2 6.6 6.2 5.2 7.3 3.9 1.6 SOLARA (BE1) 5.0 6.6 6.9 5.9 7.2 6.0 6.9 6.9 5.3 7.1 4.0 6.1 5.9 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.2 6.9 6.6 6.5 4.3 5.4 7.2 3.6 1.1 SOUTH PAW (MRF 24) 5.2 4.6 6.8 5.4 6.9 5.8 5.5 5.6 4.5 5.5 3.9 4.4 5.6 4.2 4.9 3.2 3.5 6.7 5.3 6.4 5.3 5.1 6.1 3.6 1.3 SOUTHERN CHOICE II 5.3 5.5 6.9 5.7 7.3 5.5 5.9 5.9 4.6 4.6 4.3 5.3 6.0 4.8 5.3 4.1 4.0 6.9 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.2 7.0 3.4 2.6 SR 8250 5.4 5.8 6.8 5.4 7.0 5.2 6.0 6.8 4.7 5.8 4.6 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.8 5.1 4.6 6.7 6.3 6.6 4.9 5.4 7.2 3.6 1.6 SR 8550 (SRX 8BE4) 5.3 5.8 7.0 5.4 6.9 6.1 5.7 6.7 5.1 6.3 3.5 6.1 5.6 5.3 6.2 4.9 4.7 6.7 6.2 6.7 5.1 5.6 7.1 4.2 1.4 SR 8600 5.3 6.0 7.0 5.7 7.4 5.6 6.2 6.5 4.8 6.0 3.9 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.9 4.6 4.3 6.8 6.2 6.4 4.3 5.3 7.2 3.4 2.0 STETSON 5.4 4.5 6.9 5.4 6.9 6.1 5.7 6.1 4.4 6.0 3.8 4.9 5.9 4.6 5.1 4.1 3.5 6.3 5.2 5.6 5.9 4.4 5.4 3.9 1.8 STONEWALL (JT-18) 5.8 5.1 6.9 5.5 7.2 6.0 5.8 6.6 4.8 6.1 4.1 6.1 5.3 4.7 6.2 3.8 4.6 6.9 6.4 6.3 4.3 5.2 5.7 3.8 2.7 T991 5.3 5.7 6.9 5.5 7.2 5.9 5.2 6.0 4.3 5.5 3.6 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.1 3.3 4.4 6.8 5.8 6.2 6.4 4.9 5.3 3.8 1.6 TAHOE (CAS-157) 5.3 5.6 6.9 5.6 7.4 5.9 6.3 6.6 4.6 6.4 4.0 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.0 4.9 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.5 4.8 6.7 4.2 2.7 TAR HEEL 5.2 5.1 7.0 5.7 7.4 5.5 5.9 6.2 4.7 6.6 3.8 5.3 5.9 5.1 5.6 4.9 4.6 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.4 4.8 6.7 3.8 1.4 TAR HEEL II (PST-5TR1) 5.6 5.4 7.0 6.2 7.4 6.4 6.4 6.9 4.4 6.5 4.2 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.6 6.3 4.9 7.0 6.7 6.1 6.3 4.9 7.2 4.6 1.0 TEMPEST 5.6 5.5 6.9 5.4 7.3 6.3 5.4 5.7 4.6 5.3 3.6 5.0 5.9 4.8 5.2 4.3 4.0 6.6 5.4 5.8 4.6 5.0 6.8 3.4 1.1 TF66 5.4 5.3 6.9 5.6 7.0 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.7 4.3 3.6 5.6 5.4 4.5 5.5 4.2 3.6 6.6 5.8 6.1 5.0 4.8 6.0 4.0 1.1 TITAN LTD. 5.2 4.9 7.0 5.3 7.5 5.8 5.4 5.5 4.8 6.6 3.5 5.9 5.7 4.4 5.4 4.0 4.0 6.6 5.4 6.2 5.9 4.8 6.3 3.7 1.2 TITANIUM (SBM) 5.6 5.9 6.7 5.7 7.2 6.6 6.9 6.9 5.0 6.8 3.6 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.3 5.6 5.3 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.2 5.2 6.6 4.3 2.9 TOMAHAWK GT 5.8 5.4 6.9 5.4 7.1 5.5 5.4 6.2 4.1 4.4 3.5 5.0 5.5 4.4 5.4 4.0 3.8 6.7 5.8 6.2 4.7 4.8 6.4 3.6 1.7 TRACER 5.4 5.8 7.0 5.4 7.3 5.1 5.3 6.3 4.6 4.7 3.6 6.5 5.7 4.7 5.7 4.0 3.9 6.7 6.2 6.7 5.4 4.8 5.5 3.7 1.9 TROOPER (01-TFOR3) 5.4 5.2 6.8 5.6 7.7 5.6 6.2 6.5 5.1 6.0 4.0 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.3 5.1 4.1 6.6 5.7 6.2 5.6 5.0 7.3 3.8 1.8 TULSA II (ATF 706) 5.5 4.9 6.9 5.3 7.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 4.3 4.7 4.0 5.4 5.7 4.8 5.6 4.4 4.2 6.7 5.7 5.9 5.0 4.8 7.0 3.3 1.3 TURBO (CAS-MC1) 5.3 6.6 6.9 5.8 7.1 6.4 6.3 6.6 4.7 6.8 3.6 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.6 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.2 5.2 6.4 3.5 1.8 ULTIMATE (01-RUTOR2) 6.4 6.3 7.0 5.9 7.6 6.1 6.9 6.8 5.0 6.4 3.9 6.5 5.9 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.7 6.8 7.1 6.9 4.8 5.3 7.1 4.0 1.1 UT-155 5.6 5.1 7.0 5.7 7.5 5.8 6.3 6.2 4.5 6.4 3.7 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.8 4.6 4.8 6.7 6.3 6.5 5.8 5.3 6.6 3.7 1.7 WATCHDOG 5.2 5.3 7.0 5.5 7.3 6.0 6.0 6.6 4.9 6.8 3.4 5.5 5.9 4.9 5.5 4.8 4.8 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.8 4.8 7.6 3.4 2.2 WOLFPACK 5.9 5.7 7.0 5.7 7.3 6.1 6.8 6.8 5.3 6.9 4.0 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.7 4.8 4.6 6.5 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.0 6.2 4.3 1.6 WYATT 5.7 5.2 6.9 5.5 7.6 5.4 5.8 6.2 4.2 6.5 3.6 5.3 5.5 4.4 5.3 4.7 3.7 6.6 5.3 6.3 5.3 4.7 6.8 3.8 1.3 LSD VALUE 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.5 1.3 0.9 1.7 C.V. (%) 8.5 10.5 2.0 6.8 7.0 9.3 8.1 5.4 8.5 10.5 10.4 7.8 6.6 10.5 7.5 15.2 8.3 3.9 6.4 5.3 16.0 6.5 11.8 14.4 65.4 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.