TABLE 6C.                  MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS                                      
                                                         GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA 1/                                                      
                                                                         2016 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                            WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                              QUALITY RATINGS
          NAME                            MAY       JULY    SEPTEMBER    APR     MAY     JUN     JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV     DEC    MEAN                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                           
          C14-OS3                         5.0        5.7        5.3      5.3     6.3     6.3     6.0    6.3    6.0    5.3    6.0     5.0     5.9           
          DLFPS-FRR/3068                  4.7        6.0        6.0      5.3     6.0     5.7     6.0    5.0    5.7    5.0    5.0     4.7     5.4           
          7C34                            6.3        6.0        5.7      4.7     5.0     5.3     5.7    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.0     4.3     5.1           
          PST-4BEN                        5.0        5.7        5.3      4.7     5.0     5.3     5.0    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.3     4.7     5.1           
          CARDINAL II (PPG-FRR 111)       6.0        5.3        5.7      4.3     5.0     5.3     5.0    5.3    5.0    5.0    5.0     4.7     5.0           
          NAVIGATOR II                    5.0        5.0        5.7      4.3     4.7     5.7     5.3    5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0     5.0     5.0           
          PST-4ED4                        5.3        6.0        5.7      4.3     5.3     5.0     5.3    5.3    5.0    5.0    5.0     4.7     5.0           
          MARVEL                          5.3        4.7        4.7      4.0     4.3     5.3     5.0    5.0    5.3    5.3    5.0     4.7     4.9           
          RAD-FR47                        4.7        4.7        4.7      3.7     4.3     4.7     5.0    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.3     5.0     4.9           
          DLF-FRR 6162                    4.3        4.7        5.3      4.7     5.3     5.0     5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    4.3     3.7     4.8           
          DLFPS-FRR/3069                  4.0        4.3        4.7      4.0     4.3     5.0     5.0    5.0    5.3    5.0    5.0     4.7     4.8           
          PST-4DR4                        5.0        5.0        5.3      4.3     5.3     5.3     5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    4.3     4.0     4.8           
          RAD-FR33R                       4.0        4.3        4.3      4.3     5.0     4.7     5.0    4.7    5.0    4.7    4.7     4.0     4.7           
          KENT                            4.7        5.7        6.0      4.0     4.3     5.0     5.0    5.0    5.0    4.3    5.0     4.0     4.6           
          PST-4RUE                        4.7        4.0        5.0      4.0     4.7     4.7     4.7    4.7    4.7    4.7    4.7     4.3     4.6           
          BOREAL                          3.3        3.7        4.3      4.0     4.7     4.0     4.3    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.0     3.7     4.2           

          LSD VALUE                       1.4        1.2        1.7      1.0     1.3     1.1     1.2    0.7    0.8    1.0    0.6     0.9     0.4           
          C.V. (%)                       15.1       13.3       13.9     11.2    12.9    11.1    10.4    7.5    8.2    8.4    7.4    10.2     5.2           
 
          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.