TABLE 3B.                 MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF CREEPING BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                          
                                                        GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA  1/                                                      
                                                                         2018 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                         WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                                 QUALITY RATINGS
               NAME                    MAY       JULY      OCTOBER     APR     MAY    JUN     JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC    MEAN                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
               PIRANHA (DC-1)          6.3        6.7        7.3       6.0     6.0    6.7     6.7    6.7    6.7    7.0    6.3    5.7     6.4               
               KINGDOM                 7.0        6.3        7.7       5.3     5.7    6.7     6.7    6.0    6.3    5.7    6.0    5.7     6.0               
               007                     5.7        6.3        6.0       5.0     6.0    6.0     6.3    6.3    6.0    5.7    5.7    5.7     5.9               
               NIGHTLIFE               6.0        7.3        6.0       5.0     5.3    6.0     6.3    6.7    6.3    6.0    6.0    5.7     5.9               
               CHINOOK (H10G-OP)       5.0        5.0        5.7       5.7     5.7    5.7     5.7    6.0    5.7    5.7    5.7    5.7     5.7               
               SHARK                   5.0        5.7        5.7       5.0     6.3    6.3     5.7    6.0    5.3    5.7    5.3    5.3     5.7               
               ARMOR                   5.7        5.7        6.7       5.0     6.0    6.3     6.7    6.3    5.3    5.3    5.0    4.7     5.6               
               L-93XD                  5.3        5.0        6.0       5.3     6.0    6.0     5.3    5.3    5.7    5.3    5.7    5.3     5.6               
               PC2.0 (PST-0CV6)        4.7        5.3        6.0       5.0     5.0    5.3     6.0    5.7    5.7    5.3    6.0    5.3     5.5               
               V-8                     4.7        5.0        5.0       5.0     6.0    6.0     5.7    5.3    5.0    5.3    5.0    5.0     5.4               
               BARRACUDA               4.7        5.3        5.3       4.3     5.7    5.0     5.0    6.0    5.3    5.0    5.3    5.7     5.3               
               PST-0RBS                5.3        5.7        6.3       5.0     5.3    5.7     6.0    5.7    5.0    4.7    5.3    5.0     5.3               
               CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS      4.3        4.7        5.7       3.7     4.3    5.7     5.3    5.3    5.3    4.7    4.0    4.7     4.8               
               PENNCROSS               3.3        4.0        4.0       3.0     4.0    4.0     4.3    4.3    4.0    4.3    4.0    4.0     4.0               

               LSD VALUE               0.8        0.7        1.0       0.8     1.1    0.6     1.1    0.9    0.6    0.9    0.7    0.7     0.4               
               C.V. (%)                9.4        8.2        9.8      10.3    11.2    6.6    10.6    8.5    6.6    9.7    8.1    7.6     4.2               
 
               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.