TABLE 1B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1992-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME ALI AR1 AZl CAI CA2 CA3 CA4 FL1 FL2 GAl GA2 ID2 ILI IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 M01 MS1 NE1 OH2 OKI TXl TX2 TX3 U81 UB2 VAl MEAN CAVALIER (DALZ 8507) 6.1 7.6 6.5 6.9 5.7 5.9 4.0 6.8 8.0 6.9 4.2 4.3 3.8 8.2 7.6 6.2 7.7 5.7 7.2 2.9 2.4 6.6 5.9 4.9 6.1 7.i 6.2 4.6 5.9 MARQUIS (TC 2033) 6.0 7.1 6.1 6.6 5.6 5.9 3.3 6.3 7.7 6.5 3.9 4.5 3.9 8.2 8.3 6.2 7.6 5.7 7.1 4.2 3.0 7.5 6.2 5.4 6.3 6.6 5.8 4.1 5.9 SUNBURST 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 3.3 6.3 7.7 6.4 4.5 6.9 4.5 5.9 7.3 6.7 6.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.7 4.2 6.0 6.8 6.1 5.5 5.8 TC 5018 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.4 5.4 5.5 3.0 6.2 8.0 6.0 4.1 5.4 5.1 5.3 7.9 6.8 7.0 5.5 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.8 4.6 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.8 EMERALD 6.0 7.7 6.2 7.1 5.6 5.9 3.3 6.5 6.3 6.2 3.9 4.1 3.9 7.5 8.1 5.9 7.3 5.5 7.1 4.2 2.8 6.7 6.0 5.2 6.0 6.8 6.1 4.4 5.8 OMNI (CD 2013) 6.0 7.4 6.2 6.3 5.3 5.6 2.7 6.0 7.0 6.5 3.6 3.8 4.5 8.0 8.0 5.3 7.3 5.9 6.5 5.0 3.4 7.0 5.6 4.3 5.3 6.7 5.9 5.2 5.7 OT 2004 6.0 7.2 6.1 6.6 5.3 5.6 2.3 5.8 7.0 6.3 4.2 3.9 4.1 7.9 7.6 4.7 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 3.0 6.8 5.8 3.4 5.7 6.8 6.2 4.8 5.6 DALZ 8508 6.1 7.7 5.9 6.7 5.5 5.9 3.3 6.1 5.7 6.6 3.5 4.2 3.4 8.1 7.8 4.9 7.2 5.4 7.3 3.1 2.0 6.9 5.5 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.0 3.7 5.6 PALISADES (DALZ 8514) 6.1 5.5 6.5 5.2 5.6 5.7 4.0 6.8 6.3 6.3 4.9 3.3 4.0 5.5 7.9 6.1 6.8 5.4 6.0 3.6 4.2 6.4 5.9 4.9 6.8 5.8 4.9 6.1 5.6 ROYAL (DALZ 9006) 6.0 7.5 6.0 6.8 5.5 5.8 3.7 6.3 5.3 6.4 3.5 4.3 3.3 8.1 7.5 5.5 6.5 5.4 6.8 2.8 2.3 6.5 6.1 5.1 7.1 6.7 6.2 3.4 5.6 CROWNE (DALZ 8512) 6.1 5.5 6.5 5.3 6.0 5.8 3.3 7.3 7.3 6.3 4.7 3.3 4.9 4.5 7.7 5.9 6.6 5.2 6.2 3.3 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.0 5.6 5.7 4.7 6.6 5.6 EL TORO 6.0 5.4 6.4 5.0 5.9 5.8 4.0 6.8 7.0 6.1 4.2 2.8 4.6 5.0 7.7 5.7 7.1 5.3 6.0 3.1 4.6 5.6 6.0 4.7 6.4 5.5 4.8 6.3 5.5 CD 259-13 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.3 3.0 5.7 4.3 6.4 3.2 5.2 5.1 5.8 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.5 5.6 5.7 3.9 5.6 5.2 2.9 6.1 6.5 6.0 6.3 5.4 MEYER 5.2 6.7 6.1 5.8 5.1 5.4 2.3 4.8 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.0 7.3 8.0 5.0 7.1 6.0 6.2 6.3 3.7 6.5 5.5 3.2 6.1 5.6 6.2 4.2 5.4 QT 2047 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.7 4.8 3.0 5.5 7.7 5.7 3.3 5.8 4.8 5.5 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 4.7 5.4 5.4 3.3 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.3 BELAIR 5.1 6.6 5.4 5.2 4.7 5.0 2.3 5.7 3.3 6.0 3.8 3.3 4.7 4.6 7.8 6.2 6.5 6.1 4.9 6.4 4.4 6.1 5.2 4.0 5.9 5.4 5.7 4.1 5.2 DALZ 8516 5.8 7.0 6.0 6.3 4.8 5.6 2.3 5.4 3.3 6.2 4.1 4.9 2.5 5.4 7.9 3.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 2.3 1.5 6.7 5.0 5.6 6.2 4.8 5.1 1.8 4.9 DIAMOND (DALZ 8502) 5.9 6.1 5.9 6.4 5.6 5.8 3.3 5.4 3.0 5.4 3.4 3.7 1.7 6.4 7.3 2.4 1.8 3.0 6.3 1.4 1.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.2 4.1 3.0 1.3 4.4 DALZ 8501 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.0 4.9 3.7 6.3 7.3 5.5 2.6 3.8 2.4 7.1 6.4 1.8 1.6 2.3 5.8 1.0 1.0 5.4 5.3 4.3 5.7 3.8 3.5 1.1 4.3 DALZ 8701 5.7 5.1 5.8 4.2 5.8 5.7 3.3 6.3 5.3 5.5 3.0 2.7 1.9 4.6 5.8 1.8 1.1 1.4 5.3 1.0 1.0 5.4 5.1 4.5 5.4 2.4 1.8 1.0 3.8 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.7 3.0 0.6 1.5 0.6 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.2