TABLE 3C.                    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF COLONIAL 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      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      6.3    7.0    6.7    6.7     5.7     5.7     5.0     5.9            
            GREENTIME                4.0        6.0         5.3        4.3      4      5.7    5.3    5.3    5.3     5.0     5.3     4.7     5.1 
           
            LSD VALUE                0.8        1.3         1.2        0.9      0      1.5    0.8    1.2    0.9     1.3     1.5     1.3     0.7            
            C.V. (%)                 6.0        9.6        10.1       10.2      0     10.9    5.2    8.6    6.8    10.2    11.3    11.5     5.4            
 
 
            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.