TABLE 4.                         MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE                                           
                                     2014 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (GREENS) TEST GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA  1/                                   
                                                                         2018 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                 TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/
 
                               
                              BROWN PATCH      WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                                      QUALITY RATINGS
                              WARM TEMP      MAY        JULY    OCTOBER     APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC    MEAN

         PURE ECLIPSE (PST-ROPS) 6.0         5.3        5.0       6.0       6.3    6.7    6.7    7.0    5.3    5.7    6.7    6.3    6.0     6.3          
         DLFPS-AP/3018           7.0         4.7        4.7       5.3       6.3    6.0    6.7    6.3    6.3    5.0    6.0    6.3    6.0     6.1          
         PIRANHA (DC-1)          6.0         5.3        5.0       6.0       6.0    6.7    6.7    6.3    6.0    5.7    6.3    6.0    5.3     6.1          
         777 (DLFPS-AP/3054)     5.7         4.7        5.3       6.3       5.3    5.7    6.0    6.3    6.3    6.3    6.0    5.3    5.7     5.9          
         TOUR PRO (GDE)          6.3         4.0        3.7       5.0       5.3    6.3    6.0    5.7    5.3    5.7    6.0    6.0    5.7     5.8          
         L-93 XD                 4.0         4.0        4.0       5.0       6.0    6.0    6.0    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.3     5.7          
         LUMINARY                4.3         4.0        5.0       5.3       5.3    6.0    5.7    5.7    5.3    5.7    6.3    5.3    6.0     5.7          
         PURE SELECT             7.0         3.0        3.7       4.7       5.7    6.3    6.7    6.0    5.0    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.3     5.7          
         SHARK                   5.7         3.3        4.0       5.7       4.7    5.3    6.7    6.7    5.3    5.7    6.3    5.7    5.3     5.7          
         BARRACUDA               5.7         4.3        4.7       5.7       5.3    6.0    5.3    5.7    4.7    5.0    6.0    5.7    6.0     5.5          
         DLFPS-AP/3058           4.3         4.0        4.0       4.7       5.3    6.0    5.7    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.0     5.5          
         DLFPS-AP/3056           4.7         5.0        4.7       4.7       5.7    6.3    5.7    5.3    4.7    5.7    5.7    5.0    5.0     5.4          
         V-8                     6.7         3.7        4.0       4.3       4.7    6.0    6.0    5.7    5.0    5.3    5.3    5.3    4.7     5.3          
         ARMOR                   6.0         4.7        4.3       5.0       4.0    5.0    6.0    6.0    5.3    5.0    5.7    5.0    4.7     5.2          
         DLFPS-AP/3059           6.0         4.3        4.0       4.7       4.7    5.7    5.0    5.3    4.7    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.0     5.2          
         NIGHTLIFE               5.3         4.7        4.7       4.7       3.7    6.0    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.3    5.3    5.0     5.2          
         KINGDOM                 6.0         5.3        5.0       4.7       4.3    5.7    6.0    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.0    5.0    4.7     5.1          
         DECLARATION             5.7         3.7        3.3       4.3       4.3    5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    4.7    5.0     4.9          
         PENN A-1                5.0         4.0        3.3       4.3       4.0    5.0    5.3    5.0    5.0    4.0    5.0    4.7    4.7     4.7          
         PENNCROSS               4.3         2.7        3.7       4.0       2.7    4.3    3.7    4.0    3.3    4.7    5.0    4.3    4.7     4.1          

         LSD VALUE               1.8         1.0        1.0       0.8       0.8    0.8    0.7    0.9    0.8    0.6    0.7    0.9    0.7     0.4          
         C.V. (%)               16.7        14.6       13.3       9.3      10.2    8.3    7.6    9.2    9.4    7.3    7.5    9.4    7.6     4.3          

         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.