TABLE 8E.               MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF SLENDER CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS                                     
                                                 GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS ON A FAIRWAY AT ST. PAUL, MN  1/                                               
                                                                         2016 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                              GROUND
                                       GENETIC    SPRING      COVER       DOLLAR                            QUALITY RATINGS
             NAME                       COLOR     GREENUP      FALL        SPOT      APR    MAY     JUN    JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                           
             SEAMIST (PPG-FRT 101)       5.3         6.7       95.0         6.0      6.7    6.3     6.3    5.7     5.3     5.0     6.0     5.9             
             BAR FRT 5002                2.0         3.0       91.7         5.7      6.7    7.0     6.3    5.0     4.3     4.3     6.0     5.7             
             SEABREEZE GT                3.7         4.7       89.3         4.7      5.0    5.0     5.3    4.7     4.3     4.0     4.7     4.7             

             LSD VALUE                   1.3         1.2        7.6         1.5      0.8    1.2     1.6    0.8     1.3     1.5     1.5     0.6             
             C.V. (%)                   15.7        11.0        3.5        12.2      5.5    8.6    11.8    6.5    12.4    15.0    12.0     5.0             
 
             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.