TABLE 2A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDSGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1993 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 TDS-BM1 3.9 5.1 6.1 4.9 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.9 6.1 6.0 7.0 TIFGREEN 4.0 5.1 5.9 5.0 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.8 7.1 6.9 5.9 5.7 6.8 TIFWAY 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.2 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.6 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.9 6.6 MIDIRON 3.9 4.0 5.3 5.2 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.7 6.1 5.3 5.4 6.3 MIDLAWN 4.2 4.7 5.8 5.3 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 4.8 5.3 6.2 MIDFIELD 4.0 4.4 5.7 5.7 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.2 5.3 5.1 6.1 STF-1 4.2 5.0 5.4 5.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.6 6.0 TEXTURF 10 4.7 4.9 5.2 4.4 6.4 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.5 6.0 FHB-135 3.4 4.0 4.9 3.9 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.4 5.6 5.2 4.8 5.7 OKS 91-11 3.8 4.3 5.0 4.9 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.7 4.3 4.5 5.6 JACKPOT (J-912) 4.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.8 4.6 5.0 5.6 SULTAN (FMC 6-91) 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.3 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 4.9 5.0 5.5 J-27 4.0 4.7 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.4 4.3 4.9 5.5 MIRAGE (90173) 4.3 4.9 5.0 4.3 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.6 4.3 5.0 5.5 FMC 5-91 4.4 5.2 4.6 4.1 5.4 5.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 4.6 4.9 5.4 FMC 2-90 3.9 4.8 4.7 3.9 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.3 4.7 5.2 GUYMON 4.1 4.4 4.8 4.7 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.1 4.5 5.2 OKS 91-1 4.3 4.8 4.3 3.7 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.1 4.5 5.2 FMC 3-91 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.1 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.4 4.8 5.1 NUMEX-SAHARA 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.0 4.5 5.1 SUNDEVIL 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.4 5.1 SONESTA 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.0 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.3 4.1 4.6 5.0 PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90) 4.2 4.7 4.2 3.7 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.1 4.5 4.9 CHEYENNE 4.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.2 4.1 4.2 4.8 ARIZONA COMMON-SEED 4.2 4.3 4.2 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.0 3.9 4.2 4.8 ARIZONA COMMON-VEG. 4.0 3.9 4.3 3.7 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8 3.9 4.2 4.7 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.3 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS EQUAL TO OR LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05).