TABLE 2C. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS (SEEDED) 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 NMS 3 4.0 4.0 5.2 5.5 4.7 5.6 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.7 4.3 5.6 NMS 4 4.0 4.0 4.8 5.7 4.9 5.5 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.2 4.3 5.5 NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 4.0 3.7 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.3 5.2 NMS 14 4.0 4.0 5.2 4.8 4.7 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.2 5.2 NMS 2 3.3 3.3 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.2 5.1 GUYMON 3.3 3.3 4.2 4.2 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.2 4.0 4.8 AZ. COMMON 4.0 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.0 4.5 LSD VALUE 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 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).