TABLE 2A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF VEGETATIVE BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT FOURTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U. S. 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 1/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN MSB-20 2.8 4.8 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.6 7.1 5.4 4.0 6.3 TIFWAY 4.0 4.1 5.2 6.0 6.0 6.9 7.0 6.3 6.7 7.2 6.5 4.3 6.3 TIFWAY II 3.8 4.1 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.7 6.9 6.3 6.5 7.2 6.7 4.4 6.2 TIFGREEN 3.0 4.8 5.2 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.7 6.3 6.2 7.0 5.3 4.1 6.2 MSB-10 4.2 4.8 6.3 5.7 5.9 6.7 6.9 6.1 6.6 7.2 6.3 4.6 6.1 NM 43 3.2 4.4 5.6 6.1 5.8 6.6 6.8 6.1 6.4 7.1 5.6 4.2 6.1 MSB-30 3.2 3.6 4.7 5.8 6.0 7.3 7.6 6.4 6.7 6.9 5.7 4.3 6.1 A-29 3.6 2.9 4.6 5.5 5.9 6.3 6.5 6.0 5.7 6.4 5.8 4.7 6.0 TUFCOTE 2.8 4.1 5.4 6.1 5.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 6.4 5.2 4.3 5.8 E-29 3.3 3.7 5.2 6.3 5.8 6.1 6.5 5.8 5.7 6.7 6.6 4.7 5.8 TEXTURF 10 2.8 4.0 4.9 5.8 5.8 6.7 6.9 5.8 6.0 6.7 5.0 4.1 5.8 CT-23 4.5 4.8 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.5 6.3 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.7 4.8 5.7 A-22 3.2 3.6 5.0 5.9 5.4 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.6 6.4 6.3 4.6 5.7 NM 507 3.5 4.7 6.6 5.5 4.7 5.9 6.5 6.0 6.4 6.9 5.8 4.4 5.6 NM 471 4.0 5.0 7.0 5.1 4.2 5.7 6.6 5.8 6.4 6.7 5.8 4.2 5.6 FB-119 2.8 5.3 6.6 4.8 4.1 5.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 6.4 6.0 4.7 5.5 VAMONT 3.3 4.6 6.1 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.8 6.1 5.3 4.9 5.4 MIDIRON 3.3 2.6 4.2 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.2 5.5 5.6 6.2 4.8 4.3 5.4 RS-1 2.8 4.7 6.2 4.6 4.5 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.9 5.6 4.6 5.3 NM 375 2.8 3.4 4.2 4.6 4.6 5.6 6.0 5.3 5.6 6.9 6.4 5.1 5.2 NM 72 2.5 4.8 5.9 4.6 3.8 5.1 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.9 4.7 4.5 5.2 LSD VALUE 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.6