TABLE 5B.                                    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                          AT HOBE SOUND, FL (THE JUPITER ISLAND CLUB)  1/
                                                                           2001 DATA                        

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

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               DENSITY    DENSITY    WINTER   THATCH     COLOR      COLOR      COLOR       COUNTS  STIMPMETER                 QUALITY RATINGS                
  NAME         SPRING      FALL      COLOR             SEPTEMBER   NOVEMBER   DECEMBER     APRIL    READINGS  JAN   FEB   MAR   MAY   SEP    NOV   DEC   MEAN

  MINI-VERDE     7.7        8.0        8.0       4.0       9.0        8.0        8.0       337.0     107.3    9.0   8.3   8.7   7.3   8.7    7.7   7.7    8.2
  TIFEAGLE       7.7        8.0        7.7       4.0       8.0        8.0        7.7       401.0     112.7    9.0   8.7   8.7   8.0   8.0    7.7   7.3    8.2
  TIFDWARF       7.3        8.3        5.3       4.0       8.3        8.3        5.3       258.0     113.7    7.3   7.7   7.3   7.3   8.7    8.3   6.3    7.6
  CHAMPION       7.7        7.0        7.7       4.0       7.7        7.7        7.7       434.0     113.7    8.3   8.3   8.0   6.7   7.3    6.7   7.3    7.5
  FLORADWARF     7.7        7.3        7.0       4.0       7.7        7.7        7.0       382.0     120.3    8.0   8.0   7.7   7.0   7.3    7.0   7.0    7.4
  MS-SUPREME     7.3        5.3        5.7       4.0       7.0        6.3        6.0       366.7     113.7    7.3   7.7   7.3   7.7   7.3    5.3   6.0    7.0
  TIFGREEN       5.3        5.0        3.3       3.3       6.3        6.0        3.0       292.7     117.0    5.7   6.0   6.3   6.7   6.7    5.3   3.3    5.7

  LSD VALUE      1.0        1.0        0.8       0.4       0.8        0.8        0.5       103.9       6.7    0.8   1.1   1.1   1.4   0.9    1.2   0.7    0.5
  C.V. (%)       8.0        8.2        7.4       5.6       6.1        6.0        5.2        15.2       3.0    5.9   7.7   7.5   8.6   6.6   10.1   7.1    4.1


  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.

  3/  A TWO INCH DIAMETER CORE WAS TAKEN FROM EACH PLOT AND COUNTED ALL SHOOTS WITHIN THAT AREA.