TABLE 11.                                   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                              
                                                      GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER REDUCED IRRIGATION AT FARGO, ND  1/                                          
                                                                              2017 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/ 
  
                                                                    
                                  SPRING     SUMMER       FALL            PERCENT GROUND COVER                    QUALITY RATINGS
           NAME                   DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY      SPRING      SUMMER       FALL      MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    MEAN                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                           
           KINGDOM                  5.0         6          7.0        93.3        93.3        99.0      5.7    6.0    6.7    7.0    7.3     6.5            
           SHARK                    5.0         6          7.0        95.0        99.0        99.0      6.7    6.7    6.0    7.3    6.0     6.5            
           PST-0RBS                 4.0         6          7.0        95.0        95.0        99.0      5.7    6.0    6.0    7.0    7.0     6.3            
           CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS       6.0         6          7.0        90.0        95.0        99.0      6.0    6.0    6.0    7.0    6.0     6.2            
           PIRANHA (DC-1)           5.0         6          6.0        93.3        95.0        99.0      6.0    6.0    6.0    7.0    6.0     6.2            
           007                      4.0         6          6.0        95.0        95.0        96.3      5.7    5.7    6.0    6.7    6.3     6.1            
           CHINOOK (H10G-OP)        5.0         6          7.0        90.0        95.0        96.0      6.3    6.0    6.0    6.3    6.0     6.1            
           L-93XD                   5.0         6          7.0        85.0        90.0        95.0      5.3    5.3    6.0    7.0    7.0     6.1            
           MUSKET (PPG-AT 104)      4.0         5          7.0        85.0        95.0        99.0      4.7    5.3    6.0    7.0    7.7     6.1            
           PENNCROSS                5.3         6          6.0        95.0        90.0        99.0      4.7    5.7    7.0    7.0    6.0     6.1            
           PST-0CV6                 4.0         6          6.3        95.0        99.0        99.0      5.3    5.3    6.7    7.0    6.3     6.1            
           ARMOR                    5.0         6          6.0        83.3        90.0        95.0      5.3    5.3    6.3    6.0    6.3     5.9            
           BARRACUDA                5.0         6          7.0        93.3        99.0        99.0      5.7    5.7    5.0    7.0    6.0     5.9            
           DLFPS-AT/3026            4.0         6          6.0        85.0        95.0        95.0      4.7    5.7    6.3    6.3    6.3     5.9            
           NIGHTLIFE                4.0         5          7.0        88.3        95.0        99.0      5.0    5.3    6.0    6.0    7.0     5.9            
           V-8                      4.0         6          7.0        93.3        95.0        99.0      5.7    5.7    5.0    6.7    6.0     5.8            
           GREENTIME                4.7         5          7.0        83.3        91.7        95.0      4.7    5.0    6.0    6.3    6.7     5.7  
            
           LSD VALUE                0.3         0          0.2         4.6         1.5         2.3      0.8    0.9    0.4    0.6    0.6     0.4            
           C.V. (%)                 4.4         0          2.1         3.2         1.1         1.4      9.0    7.8    4.7    4.9    5.8     3.7            

           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.
 

                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                     
             TABLE A.                          2017 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN                                                         
                                                      THE 2014 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (FAIRWAY/TEE) TEST                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                          SOIL          SOIL                           SUN      MOWING                                               
                              SOIL           SOIL      PHOSPHOROUS   POTASSIUM        NITROGEN          OR      HEIGHT           IRRIGATION                          
            LOCATION         TEXTURE         PH        (LBS/ACRE)    (LBS/ACRE)   (LBS/1000 SQ FT)    SHADE     (IN)              PRACTICED                          
                                                                                                                                                                     
              ND1      SILTY CLAY AND CLAY   7.1-7.5      0-60        151-240         2.1-3.0        FULL SUN   0.0-0.5   TO PREVENT DORMANCY