TABLE 2B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS (VEGETATIVE) EACH MONTH GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1989 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-10 6.0 5.7 5.8 7.5 7.0 7.3 7.8 7.2 7.4 6.5 6.6 6.2 7.1 TIFWAY II 5.3 5.7 5.5 7.2 6.6 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 7.0 TIFWAY 5.3 5.0 5.8 7.0 6.4 7.1 7.5 6.9 7.3 6.4 6.2 5.7 6.8 TIFGREEN 4.0 4.0 6.0 5.8 6.6 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.7 5.9 5.7 4.5 6.8 MSB-30 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.7 6.1 6.6 7.7 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.2 6.7 NM 43 4.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 6.3 7.0 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.0 5.3 4.2 6.7 MSB-20 4.0 4.0 5.7 5.8 6.6 7.0 7.2 6.9 6.8 5.9 5.8 4.3 6.7 TUFCOTE 4.0 4.0 5.8 6.7 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.2 4.5 6.4 A-29 3.7 3.7 5.7 6.8 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.3 4.5 6.3 NM 471 4.0 4.0 5.8 7.0 5.3 6.1 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.1 4.7 6.3 A-22 4.0 4.0 5.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.4 5.0 4.3 6.3 E-29 4.0 4.0 5.3 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.2 5.7 5.6 4.8 6.2 TEXTURF 10 4.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.3 6.1 5.7 4.5 6.2 MIDIRON 4.0 4.0 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.0 6.1 NM 507 4.0 4.0 5.5 6.8 5.1 5.9 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.2 6.2 5.0 6.1 NM 375 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.8 4.3 6.1 CT-23 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.4 6.0 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.2 5.5 6.0 RS-1 3.7 3.7 5.0 5.2 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.2 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.0 5.9 FB-119 4.3 4.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.5 6.4 6.1 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.0 5.9 VAMONT 4.0 4.0 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.6 4.9 4.5 5.7 NM 72 4.0 4.0 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.6 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.0 5.7 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4