TABLE 6D.                   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD AND SHEEP 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                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
            RESOLUTE (7H7)          8.0        8.0         8.0      5.0     6.0     5.7     6.3     6.3     6.0     6.3     6.7     6.0     6.0            
            JETTY (PPG-FL 106)      7.3        6.3         6.7      4.3     6.0     5.7     6.3     6.3     6.0     6.7     6.0     5.3     5.9            
            BEACON                  6.3        5.7         6.0      5.0     6.3     6.0     6.3     5.7     5.7     5.7     6.0     5.0     5.7            
            BEUDIN                  4.3        5.0         5.0      5.3     6.0     5.0     5.0     5.7     5.3     6.7     6.3     6.0     5.7            
            DLFPS-FL/3066           7.3        6.7         6.3      4.0     5.3     5.0     5.3     5.0     5.7     6.3     6.3     5.3     5.4            
            MINIMUS                 8.0        7.7         7.7      4.7     5.7     5.3     6.3     5.7     5.7     5.3     5.7     4.7     5.4            
            MNHD-14                 7.3        7.3         7.7      3.7     5.0     5.7     5.3     5.3     5.7     6.3     6.3     5.3     5.4            
            DLFPS-FL/3060           7.7        7.7         7.0      4.0     5.0     5.0     5.0     5.7     5.3     6.0     5.7     4.7     5.1            
            PST-4BND                5.7        6.7         6.0      4.7     5.3     4.7     4.7     5.0     5.0     6.3     5.3     5.3     5.1            
            GLADIATOR (TH456)       6.7        5.7         5.7      4.3     5.0     4.3     5.0     4.7     5.0     5.3     6.0     5.7     5.0            
            QUATRO                  7.0        6.7         6.3      3.7     4.3     5.7     5.3     4.7     5.0     4.7     5.3     5.0     4.9            
            SWORD                   5.3        5.3         5.0      3.3     4.0     3.3     4.0     4.0     4.7     5.0     5.3     5.0     4.3            

            LSD VALUE               1.0        1.0         1.5      1.9     1.5     1.1     1.7     1.8     1.2     1.3     2.1     1.4     1.1            
            C.V. (%)                8.8        9.2        12.9     19.3    13.9    12.5    15.7    15.7    10.0    11.3    13.4    11.6    10.1