TABLE 3A.                        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                              
                                              GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA  1/                                            
                                                                         2017 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                    SPRING         WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                                    QUALITY RATINGS
             NAME                   GREENUP      MAY       JULY     SEPTEMBER    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    MEAN                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                           
             MUSKET (PPG-AT 104)       6.0        6.0       5.3        3.7       4.0    6.3    7.0    6.3    6.0    6.3    6.7    5.3     6.0              
             DLFPS-AT/3026             6.7        6.0       5.0        4.0       4.0    6.3    7.0    6.7    6.7    5.7    5.7    5.0     5.9              
             PIRANHA (DC-1)            4.7        6.7       5.3        7.0       2.3    5.7    6.0    6.3    6.7    6.0    6.7    6.7     5.8              
             KINGDOM                   3.0        6.7       7.3        7.3       2.0    5.7    5.0    6.7    6.7    5.3    6.7    7.0     5.6              
             L-93XD                    4.0        5.0       4.7        5.3       2.3    6.0    6.0    6.3    5.7    5.7    5.7    6.3     5.5              
             NIGHTLIFE                 3.3        6.3       7.0        7.7       2.0    5.3    5.0    6.3    6.7    6.0    6.0    6.3     5.5              
             007                       3.3        5.3       4.7        6.7       2.3    5.7    5.7    6.3    5.7    5.3    6.0    5.3     5.3              
             ARMOR                     3.3        5.7       6.0        6.7       2.0    6.0    5.0    6.3    5.7    5.3    6.0    5.7     5.3              
             CHINOOK (H10G-OP)         5.0        5.3       4.7        6.0       2.3    5.3    6.0    6.7    5.0    5.7    6.0    5.7     5.3              
             V-8                       2.7        5.0       4.7        5.7       2.0    5.0    5.0    5.7    5.7    5.3    6.7    6.0     5.2              
             GREENTIME                 4.0        6.0       5.3        4.3       4.0    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.3    4.7     5.1              
             PC2.0 (PST-0CV6)          5.0        5.0       4.3        6.0       3.0    5.0    5.0    6.0    5.3    5.3    6.0    5.0     5.1              
             SHARK                     3.0        4.7       4.7        7.0       2.0    5.0    5.7    6.3    5.3    5.3    5.7    5.7     5.1              
             BARRACUDA                 4.0        4.7       5.0        6.0       2.7    5.0    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.3    5.3     4.9              
             PST-0RBS                  4.0        4.0       4.0        6.0       2.3    5.3    5.0    6.0    5.0    5.0    5.3    5.0     4.9              
             CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS        3.0        5.0       4.0        5.3       2.3    4.7    4.3    5.0    5.0    4.7    5.0    4.7     4.5              
             PENNCROSS                 2.7        3.7       3.7        3.7       1.7    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.0     3.7
              
             LSD VALUE                 0.9        0.9       0.6        0.8       0.6    0.8    0.4    0.9    0.7    0.8    0.7    0.7     0.4              
             C.V. (%)                 14.6       10.8       8.1        9.3      16.0    8.4    5.5    8.6    7.7    8.9    7.8    7.8     4.4              
 
             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.