TABLE 2A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1999 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 2/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN TIFSPORT (TIFT 94) 4.0 5.1 5.6 6.3 6.2 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.2 6.8 6.0 4.3 6.8 OKS 95-1 3.7 4.9 4.8 6.3 6.5 6.9 7.1 7.1 6.7 6.5 5.7 3.5 6.7 TIFWAY 3.8 5.1 5.1 6.1 6.2 6.9 6.9 7.1 6.9 6.6 5.7 3.8 6.6 OKC 18-4 3.0 4.6 5.0 6.2 6.5 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.2 4.8 3.0 6.6 TIFGREEN 3.5 4.8 5.6 6.4 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 5.7 3.3 6.5 PRINCESS 3.8 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.7 6.6 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.7 3.3 6.5 MIDLAWN 2.8 4.3 4.7 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.1 3.0 6.4 OKC 19-9 3.8 4.9 5.0 6.3 6.1 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.5 5.8 4.9 3.2 6.3 CN 2-9 2.8 4.6 4.7 5.9 5.8 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.4 4.2 6.2 SHANGHAI 2.7 4.2 4.3 5.3 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.4 5.7 4.8 2.8 6.1 PST-R69C 3.3 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 3.3 5.9 SWI-11 3.5 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.9 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.6 3.2 5.8 CARDINAL 4.2 5.1 5.3 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.9 4.9 3.2 5.8 MINI-VERDE 5.0 4.8 4.8 5.6 4.9 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.4 4.4 3.3 5.6 SAVANNAH 3.0 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.2 3.2 5.4 BLACKJACK 3.0 4.3 4.1 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.3 3.2 5.4 MAJESTIC 2.8 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 5.3 SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224) 3.0 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.6 3.0 5.3 J-540 3.0 4.7 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.2 3.2 5.3 SHANGRI LA 3.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.4 3.3 5.2 SYDNEY (SWI-7) 2.8 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 3.3 5.2 PYRAMID 3.0 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.2 3.0 5.1 MIRAGE 2.8 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.3 3.2 5.1 BLUE-MUDA 2.8 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 3.2 5.1 SUNDEVIL II 3.0 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 3.0 5.1 JACKPOT 2.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.1 3.0 5.0 NUMEX-SAHARA 2.8 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.3 3.0 5.0 ARIZONA COMMON 2.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 2.8 4.7 LSD VALUE 1.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.2 0.4 C.V. (%) 35.8 17.4 17.9 24.7 26.3 23.3 20.7 19.8 20.4 23.5 32.3 32.1 17.3 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.