TABLE 2B.          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS FOR EACH
                                  MONTH GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.
                                                    1996 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

OKS 91-11               3.4    3.0    3.9    5.6    5.4    5.7    5.9    6.0    5.8    5.4    4.1    3.7     5.5
MIRAGE (90173)          3.4    3.3    4.5    5.1    5.2    5.7    6.0    5.8    5.9    5.5    4.3    3.8     5.4
JACKPOT (J-912)         3.4    3.2    4.2    4.9    4.9    5.7    5.9    5.8    5.9    5.5    4.3    3.8     5.4
FMC-6 (FMC 6-91)        3.6    3.3    4.1    5.1    4.8    5.3    5.5    5.8    5.8    5.2    4.4    3.7     5.2
J-27                    3.6    3.5    4.1    5.3    5.3    5.4    5.6    5.6    5.4    5.1    3.9    3.7     5.2
FMC 5-91                3.6    3.5    3.9    4.5    4.7    5.1    5.3    5.5    5.6    5.0    4.3    3.9     5.0
GUYMON                  3.6    3.2    4.3    5.3    5.1    5.1    5.4    5.4    5.3    4.6    3.9    3.8     4.9
SUNDEVIL                3.4    3.2    4.2    4.5    4.7    5.1    5.4    5.4    5.4    5.1    4.1    3.9     4.9
FMC 3-91                3.7    3.2    4.3    4.7    4.5    4.9    5.3    5.4    5.6    5.3    4.3    3.9     4.9
OKS 91-1                3.6    3.5    3.6    4.3    4.5    4.9    5.1    5.3    5.2    5.1    3.9    3.7     4.8
FMC 2-90                3.4    3.2    3.8    4.1    4.4    4.9    5.0    5.4    5.7    4.9    3.9    3.9     4.8
CHEYENNE                3.6    3.2    3.7    4.0    4.4    4.7    4.9    5.3    5.4    5.0    3.8    3.8     4.7
NUMEX-SAHARA            3.3    3.2    4.2    4.6    4.4    4.6    4.8    5.2    5.3    4.7    3.9    3.7     4.6
PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90)    3.6    3.3    3.5    3.8    4.1    4.6    4.8    5.1    5.4    4.9    4.1    3.8     4.6
SONESTA                 3.4    3.3    3.7    4.6    4.3    4.5    4.6    5.0    5.1    4.7    3.7    3.7     4.5
ARIZONA COMMON-SEED     3.4    3.2    3.6    3.8    3.9    4.1    4.4    4.8    5.0    4.7    3.9    3.6     4.2

LSD VALUE               0.8    1.1    1.0    0.9    0.7    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.8    0.5    0.5     0.5

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).