TABLE 6C.             MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF VELVET BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                   GROWN ON A GREEN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA  1/
                                                                         2005 DATA
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                        GENETIC    SPRING      WEAR                             QUALITY RATINGS
                    NAME                 COLOR     GREENUP   TOLERANCE    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN

                    VESPER                7.0        7.7        7.0       4.7    5.7    7.7    7.7    7.3    7.3    6.7    6.3     6.7
                    LEGENDARY             7.0        7.7        7.3       4.3    6.7    7.3    7.7    6.7    7.7    7.0    5.7     6.6
                    VENUS (EFD)           7.0        7.3        7.3       4.0    6.3    7.0    7.3    7.7    7.3    7.0    6.3     6.6
                    VILLA (IS-AC 1)       6.7        7.7        7.7       4.3    6.7    7.0    7.7    7.0    7.7    7.0    5.3     6.6
                    GREENWICH             7.0        7.3        8.0       4.7    6.3    7.0    7.0    7.0    7.3    7.0    5.7     6.5
                    SR 7200               7.0        7.0        5.3       3.7    6.0    7.0    6.3    6.3    6.7    6.3    5.3     6.0

                    LSD VALUE             0.6        1.2        1.0       2.0    1.1    1.3    1.3    1.5    1.3    0.7    1.0     0.6
                    C.V. (%)              3.4        6.8        7.6      18.9    8.1    7.6    8.6    9.4    7.5    4.6    8.2     4.6

                    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.