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                 TABLE 6.                     MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON                                               
                                                       A GREEN AT FOURTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/                                                       
                                                                         2017 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                      TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/                                                      
                                                                                                                                                           
                 NAME                   IA1     IL4    IN1     KS1    KY1    MA1    MI1    MN1    MO1    NC1     NJ1    UT1     UT2    VA1                 
                                                                                                                                                           
                 777 (DLFPS-AP/3054)    7.2     5.1    6.5     6.8    7.2    5.3    7.2    5.6    5.2    7.8     5.5    6.5     5.7    6.8                 
                 ARMOR                  6.0     4.3    6.9     5.6    6.6    4.5    5.7    4.5    3.8    7.7     4.1    6.4     5.5    5.9                 
                 BARRACUDA              7.5     4.3    6.2     6.7    7.1    5.0    6.8    6.5    6.3    7.8     4.9    5.9     5.2    6.9                 
                 DECLARATION            6.2     3.8    6.3     6.9    7.1    4.3    5.9    6.4    5.6    7.9     6.1    5.3     4.8    7.0                 
                 DLFPS-AP/3018          6.4     4.3    7.0     7.6    7.1    6.0    7.3    5.5    5.5    8.0     6.3    6.4     5.7    6.7                 
                 DLFPS-AP/3056          7.1     4.8    6.7     6.3    7.1    5.0    7.2    5.9    5.7    7.7     5.2    6.3     5.2    6.6                 
                 DLFPS-AP/3058          7.6     4.4    6.6     7.4    7.2    5.1    6.7    6.3    6.6    7.8     4.8    6.6     6.0    7.0                 
                 DLFPS-AP/3059          6.3     4.7    6.7     6.7    6.6    4.6    6.6    5.4    5.3    7.7     5.0    5.4     4.9    6.7                 
                 KINGDOM                5.5     3.8    7.0     6.4    6.8    5.0    5.5    5.2    5.5    7.5     5.3    6.6     5.8    6.5                 
                 L-93 XD                7.1     3.7    6.5     6.4    7.5    5.9    7.3    6.4    6.3    7.8     6.9    6.3     5.2    7.0                 
                 LUMINARY               7.0     4.3    6.8     6.2    7.2    5.2    6.9    5.7    5.6    7.9     5.7    5.3     4.6    6.7                 
                 NIGHTLIFE              6.3     4.5    7.0     6.7    6.8    4.8    5.9    5.3    5.5    7.7     5.3    6.7     5.4    6.4                 
                 PENN A-1               6.0     4.7    6.5     6.6    6.6    4.3    6.2    5.3    5.3    7.9     3.6    5.0     4.9    6.7                 
                 PENNCROSS              4.9     4.3    5.8     5.9    5.1    3.2    4.5    2.8    2.8    5.7     1.4    2.9     2.4    6.4                 
                 PIRANHA (DC-1)         8.0     4.6    7.0     5.6    7.6    5.3    7.2    5.9    6.0    8.0     6.8    6.1     5.7    7.0                 
                 PST-ROPS               7.0     4.6    7.2     6.4    7.5    6.0    7.4    5.1    5.5    7.7     5.0    6.9     5.7    6.5                 
                 PURE SELECT            7.2     4.5    7.4     6.9    6.9    5.3    7.2    4.7    5.5    7.7     4.5    6.5     5.8    6.2                 
                 SHARK                  6.8     4.6    7.0     6.2    6.8    4.6    6.7    5.2    5.5    7.9     4.5    5.9     5.0    6.6                 
                 TOUR PRO (GDE)         7.0     5.3    6.3     6.7    7.5    5.3    7.2    6.1    5.8    7.8     4.8    6.3     5.1    7.0                 
                 V-8                    6.6     4.6    7.4     6.7    7.1    4.8    6.9    6.0    5.9    7.8     5.7    6.2     5.7    6.7                 
 
                 LSD VALUE              0.8     1.3    0.9     1.2    0.4    0.4    0.4    0.5    0.8    0.2     1.3    0.7     1.0    0.3                 
                 C.V. (%)               7.2    18.8    8.1    11.8    3.3    5.2    3.9    5.3    8.8    1.9    15.3    7.5    11.9    2.6                 
 
                 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.