TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME CA7 FL3 GA1 LA2 MS1 OK2 SC1 TX2 * DELMAR 5.8 4.4 7.3 5.7 6.7 6.5 6.0 4.9 * FLORATAM 6.1 6.3 6.6 4.9 4.8 6.5 6.3 5.7 * MERCEDES 6.6 6.5 7.6 6.6 7.2 5.3 6.6 5.3 MSA 2-3-98 6.3 6.4 7.0 6.5 7.4 7.3 6.6 4.9 MSA 31 6.7 6.0 7.7 6.3 6.7 5.0 6.5 5.3 * RALEIGH 5.6 4.9 6.9 6.1 6.4 6.5 5.7 5.2 LSD VALUE 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.6 1.1 C.V. (%) 8.9 10.0 8.4 7.3 2.2 7.9 5.5 13.4 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2005. 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.