TABLE 2B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS (VEGETATIVE) 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 LSD VALUE 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.4