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                     TABLE 2.                 MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON                                               
                                                    A FAIRWAY OR TEE AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/                                                 
                                                                         2016 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                        TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
                     NAME                   IA1    IL1    IN1     KS1    KY1    MA1    MI1    MO1    ND1    NJ1    UT1     VA2    WA1                      
                                                                                                                                                           
                     007                    6.7    7.5    5.4     5.9    5.8    5.6    5.4    5.5    6.0    7.3    7.0     5.6    6.5                      
                     ARMOR                  6.4    7.7    6.7     6.8    6.3    5.6    4.3    4.0    5.3    3.9    7.0     5.0    7.0                      
                     BARRACUDA              6.7    7.7    5.3     6.9    5.8    5.4    5.5    5.8    6.3    6.9    6.6     5.3    6.2                      
                     CHINOOK (H10G-OP)      6.7    7.6    6.3     7.1    5.8    5.9    6.0    5.9    6.1    7.2    6.1     5.9    6.2                      
                     CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS     6.0    7.9    6.0     6.1    6.3    4.9    5.3    4.8    6.3    5.3    6.6     6.0    6.5                      
                     DLFPS-AT/3026          5.4    7.3    5.8     5.7    6.6    6.3    6.2    5.4    5.5    5.9    5.2     6.5    4.7                      
                     GREENTIME              5.7    7.1    5.1     5.2    6.6    5.2    5.3    3.8    5.3    4.3    4.9     6.0    4.8                      
                     KINGDOM                6.6    7.8    6.0     6.0    6.4    6.0    4.9    4.5    6.1    4.4    7.7     5.0    7.3                      
                     L-93XD                 6.6    7.3    5.8     6.3    5.7    6.0    5.4    5.9    5.9    7.6    6.5     5.6    6.1                      
                     MUSKET (PPG-AT 104)    5.6    6.8    5.9     6.1    6.5    5.7    5.6    5.3    5.5    5.2    6.0     6.1    4.8                      
                     NIGHTLIFE              6.4    7.7    7.1     5.9    6.2    6.0    4.6    4.5    5.5    5.4    7.5     5.9    7.0                      
                     PENNCROSS              5.1    7.0    5.7     6.1    6.3    4.1    5.0    3.2    5.9    2.7    4.2     5.7    5.1                      
                     PIRANHA (DC-1)         6.9    7.7    5.8     6.7    5.8    6.5    5.0    5.8    6.1    8.2    6.2     6.0    6.8                      
                     PST-0CV6               6.4    7.6    6.7     5.9    6.5    5.6    4.8    4.3    5.7    5.3    6.4     5.5    6.5                      
                     PST-ORBS               6.4    7.2    5.6     6.2    6.4    5.4    4.9    4.8    6.0    5.6    6.3     5.7    6.6                      
                     SHARK                  6.8    7.5    5.5     6.3    6.1    5.7    5.0    5.4    6.4    6.4    6.1     6.0    6.2                      
                     V-8                    6.7    7.5    5.7     6.9    6.0    5.3    5.4    5.6    5.8    6.8    6.6     5.6    6.2                      
 
                     LSD VALUE              0.6    0.5    0.9     1.6    0.4    0.4    0.7    0.6    0.6    0.9    0.6     1.1    0.3                      
                     C.V. (%)               6.3    4.4    9.8    16.1    4.2    4.4    7.8    8.0    5.9    9.9    5.6    12.2    3.1                      

                     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.