TABLE 3.         MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                            
                                                   GROWN ON A GREEN 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     
                                                                                                                                                           
                            GDE                48.3         6.7         6.7         6.3       6.3    6.7    6.3     6.3     6.4                            
                            KINGDOM            48.3         5.3         6.3         5.7       6.0    6.3    6.0     5.7     6.0                            
                            BARRACUDA          45.0         5.3         6.0         5.3       6.0    6.3    6.0     5.3     5.9                            
                            DLFPS-AP/3059      43.3         5.3         6.0         6.0       5.7    6.0    6.3     5.7     5.9                            
                            DLFPS-AP/3018      41.7         6.3         6.3         5.7       5.7    6.0    6.0     5.3     5.8                            
                            DLFPS-AP/3056      40.0         6.3         5.0         5.3       5.7    5.3    6.0     6.3     5.8                            
                            NIGHTLIFE          43.3         5.3         6.0         6.7       5.0    6.3    6.0     5.7     5.8                            
                            PST-ROPS           41.7         5.3         5.3         4.7       5.7    5.7    6.0     5.3     5.7                            
                            DLFPS-AP/3058      41.7         5.3         5.0         5.0       5.3    5.7    6.0     5.3     5.6                            
                            PURE SELECT        40.0         5.7         5.3         5.3       5.0    5.3    6.3     5.7     5.6                            
                            PIRANHA (DC-1)     38.3         5.3         5.0         4.7       5.3    5.7    5.7     5.3     5.5                            
                            777 (DLFPS-AP/3054)40.0         5.3         5.7         5.0       5.0    5.7    5.3     5.3     5.3                            
                            DECLARATION        36.7         5.0         4.7         4.7       5.3    5.0    5.3     5.3     5.3                            
                            L-93 XD            36.7         4.7         5.3         5.0       5.0    5.3    5.3     5.3     5.3                            
                            LUMINARY           33.3         5.0         5.0         5.3       4.7    5.3    5.3     5.3     5.2                            
                            ARMOR              38.3         5.0         5.0         4.7       5.0    5.3    5.3     4.7     5.1                            
                            PENN A-1           36.7         5.0         5.0         5.0       5.0    5.3    4.7     5.3     5.1                            
                            SHARK              41.7         5.0         4.7         5.3       5.0    5.3    4.7     5.3     5.1                            
                            V-8                43.3         5.3         5.0         4.3       5.3    5.3    5.3     4.3     5.1                            
                            PENNCROSS          40.0         3.7         3.7         4.0       4.7    4.3    4.0     4.0     4.3                            

                            LSD VALUE           6.7         0.9         1.0         1.4       1.2    1.0    0.9     1.1     0.8                            
                            C.V. (%)            9.0         9.8        11.0        13.7      10.4    9.5    9.6    10.5     8.0                            
                                                                                                                                                           
                           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.