TABLE 5B.      MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF CREEPING BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                         
                                              GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA  1/                                           
                                                                         2015 DATA                                                                        
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                 PERCENT
                                               ESTABLISH-      WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                  QUALITY RATINGS
                          NAME                    MENT      SEPTEMBER    OCTOBER    NOVEMBER    AUG     SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN     
                                                                                                                                                          
                          NIGHTLIFE               45.0         7.3         5.7         6.3      5.7     7.0    6.7    5.7     6.3                         
                          BARRACUDA               45.0         5.0         4.0         5.3      5.7     6.7    6.0    6.0     6.1                         
                          PST-DCV6                40.0         5.0         5.0         5.3      5.3     6.0    7.0    5.7     6.0                         
                          ARMOR                   43.3         6.3         5.0         5.7      5.7     6.0    6.3    5.0     5.8                         
                          CHINOOK (H10G-OP)       45.0         5.0         4.0         5.0      5.0     5.7    6.3    6.0     5.8                         
                          PIRANHA (DC-1)          40.0         5.7         5.0         5.7      5.3     6.3    6.3    5.3     5.8                         
                          007                     45.0         5.7         5.0         6.0      5.7     5.7    6.0    5.3     5.7                         
                          KINGDOM                 43.3         6.7         6.0         5.3      5.3     6.3    6.0    5.0     5.7                         
                          SHARK                   43.3         5.3         5.3         5.7      5.0     6.0    6.3    5.3     5.7                         
                          L-93XD                  40.0         5.0         4.7         5.3      5.7     6.3    5.3    4.7     5.5                         
                          V-8                     46.7         5.0         4.7         5.0      5.0     6.0    6.0    5.0     5.5                         
                          PST-ORBS                43.3         5.0         4.3         4.3      5.0     5.7    6.0    4.7     5.3                         
                          CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS      40.0         5.0         4.7         4.3      5.0     5.3    5.0    4.7     5.0                         
                          PENNCROSS               45.0         4.0         4.0         4.0      4.3     4.7    5.3    4.7     4.8                         

                          LSD VALUE                6.0         0.6         0.8         1.0      1.0     1.2    0.8    0.7     0.5                         
                          C.V. (%)                 6.4         7.5         9.6        10.8      9.0    10.1    7.4    7.8     5.4