TABLE 2A.                 MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS FOR 
                                    EACH MONTH GROWN AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 
                                                             1988 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                  2.7    4.3    5.3    6.0    7.1    7.2    7.3    7.3    6.7    6.5    5.7    3.9     7.1 
          MSB-10                  3.8    4.4    5.8    6.7    6.5    7.4    7.3    7.4    7.0    6.2    6.7    4.9     7.0 
          TIFWAY II               3.0    4.3    5.8    6.8    6.4    7.1    7.3    7.3    6.8    6.0    6.0    4.8     6.9 
          TIFWAY                  3.5    4.6    6.0    6.6    6.2    7.0    7.3    7.2    6.7    6.1    6.3    4.7     6.9 
          TIFGREEN                2.7    4.2    5.2    5.8    6.9    7.0    7.0    7.1    6.5    5.9    4.7    3.7     6.8 
          NM 43                   3.2    4.7    5.7    6.1    6.5    7.0    7.2    7.0    6.6    5.9    5.3    3.8     6.8 
          MSB-30                  2.8    3.2    5.2    6.4    6.2    7.0    7.3    7.5    7.0    5.9    5.7    3.7     6.7 
          TUFCOTE                 3.3    4.2    6.2    6.1    6.8    6.7    6.5    6.8    6.4    5.7    6.3    4.1     6.4 
          E-29                    3.5    3.8    6.2    7.0    6.4    6.5    6.5    6.2    6.0    6.0    5.7    4.3     6.4 
          A-22                    4.2    3.9    6.0    6.8    6.3    6.6    6.8    6.5    6.1    5.7    5.3    4.2     6.4 
          TEXTURF 10              2.8    4.0    5.3    5.9    6.1    6.5    6.6    6.9    6.4    5.9    5.7    3.7     6.4 
          A-29                    4.0    3.3    5.3    6.4    6.3    6.4    6.6    6.5    6.0    5.8    5.3    4.0     6.3 
          CT-23                   3.3    4.3    5.3    5.2    5.1    6.0    6.4    6.5    6.1    5.7    5.3    5.0     6.1 
          NM 471                  3.3    4.0    5.3    7.1    5.2    5.9    6.4    6.9    6.5    5.8    6.0    4.0     6.1 
          NM 375                  3.8    4.0    5.5    6.2    5.3    6.0    6.5    6.6    6.1    5.8    5.7    4.3     6.0 
          NM 507                  2.8    4.0    6.0    7.0    5.2    5.8    6.3    6.5    6.2    5.6    6.0    3.8     5.9 
          MIDIRON                 3.2    3.8    5.8    6.4    6.1    6.0    6.2    6.2    5.9    5.2    5.0    4.0     5.8 
          RS-1                    3.0    4.4    5.0    5.0    5.7    6.1    6.0    6.0    5.5    5.3    4.7    4.2     5.8 
          FB-119                  3.2    3.7    5.3    5.4    5.1    5.7    5.9    6.8    6.1    5.5    6.0    4.0     5.8 
          VAMONT                  3.3    4.0    4.7    5.4    5.7    6.1    5.6    5.8    5.4    5.0    5.0    4.3     5.6 
          NM 72                   2.7    4.0    5.2    5.3    4.6    5.2    5.9    6.4    5.6    5.4    6.0    3.4     5.5 
          NMS 3                   2.7    3.3    5.0    5.3    4.6    5.2    5.8    6.4    5.8    5.1    5.7    3.3     5.5 
          NMS 4                   2.5    3.7    5.0    5.6    4.5    5.2    6.0    6.1    5.5    4.8    6.0    3.4     5.3 
          NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    2.5    3.7    5.2    5.0    4.4    5.1    5.4    5.8    5.4    5.0    5.7    3.9     5.1 
          NMS 2                   2.8    3.4    4.3    4.9    4.5    5.2    5.4    5.6    5.2    4.8    5.7    4.1     5.1 
          NMS 14                  2.7    4.0    4.5    4.9    4.2    5.0    5.2    5.8    5.2    5.1    5.7    4.4     5.0 
          AZ. COMMON              3.0    3.7    4.5    4.9    4.1    4.5    4.9    5.4    5.1    4.6    5.0    4.4     4.6 
          GUYMON                  3.8    2.8    4.3    5.1    4.7    5.0    4.8    5.0    4.6    4.1    4.7    3.7     4.5 

          LSD VALUE               1.3    1.1    1.2    1.0    0.8    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.7    0.8    0.9    0.8     0.4 

          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).