TABLE 5.                         MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                         
                                              GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA  1/                                  
                                                                           2022 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/ 

                                                    WEAR TOLERANCE                                     QUALITY RATINGS
                   NAME                       MAY       JULY      OCTOBER   APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
                   PVF-PV-2                   5.7        5.3       5.3      6.0    6.0    7.0    6.7    6.0    6.3    6.3    5.7     6.3                   
                   SPECTRUM (LNS 19)          6.0        6.3       6.0      5.7    6.0    6.7    6.3    6.3    6.0    6.7    6.0     6.2                   
                   MUSKET                     3.3        3.3       3.0      6.0    6.7    7.0    7.0    7.0    5.3    4.3    4.3     6.0                   
                   PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2)        6.7        6.7       6.3      5.7    5.3    6.3    6.3    6.0    6.0    6.3    5.3     5.9                   
                   PVF-PV-1                   5.7        5.7       5.7      6.0    5.3    6.0    6.3    6.0    6.0    6.3    5.3     5.9                   
                   007XL                      5.3        5.3       5.0      6.0    6.0    6.0    6.0    6.0    5.7    6.0    4.7     5.8                   
                   DLF-AP-3084                6.3        6.3       6.0      5.3    6.0    6.3    6.0    6.0    5.7    6.0    5.0     5.8                   
                   MATCH PLAY                 4.7        5.3       4.7      5.3    5.3    6.3    6.3    5.7    5.7    6.0    4.7     5.7                   
                   OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1)       6.0        5.7       6.3      5.0    5.3    6.0    6.0    6.0    5.7    6.0    5.7     5.7                   
                   PIRANHA                    5.3        5.7       5.3      5.0    5.3    5.7    5.3    5.7    6.3    6.7    5.3     5.7                   
                   PST-0MRN                   5.0        5.3       5.0      5.7    6.0    6.3    6.3    6.3    5.7    5.3    4.0     5.7                   
                   CHINOOK (H10G-OP)          5.7        6.0       5.3      5.3    5.0    6.0    6.3    6.0    5.0    5.7    5.7     5.6                   
                   TOURPRO                    5.7        6.0       6.3      5.7    5.3    6.3    5.7    5.0    5.7    6.0    5.3     5.6                   
                   PST-0R2O                   5.7        6.0       6.0      5.0    5.3    5.7    6.3    6.3    5.3    5.3    4.3     5.5                   
                   S1                         5.3        4.7       5.3      5.3    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.3    5.7    5.7    4.7     5.4                   
                   SHARK                      6.0        5.3       5.7      5.3    5.3    6.3    6.0    5.3    5.3    5.7    4.0     5.4                   
                   PST-R0DS                   6.3        6.7       6.3      5.0    5.3    6.0    5.3    5.7    5.3    5.0    4.7     5.3                   
                   BARRACUDA                  5.0        5.3       5.3      4.7    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.3    4.7    5.0    5.0     5.1                   
                   PENNCROSS                  3.7        3.7       3.3      4.0    4.3    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.0    4.0    3.3     4.0                   

                   LSD VALUE                  1.0        0.9       0.7      0.6    0.9    0.6    0.8    0.5    0.9    0.6    0.7     0.3  
                   C.V. (%)                  11.7       10.3       8.8      6.6    8.7    6.2    8.2    5.6    8.8    6.5    9.1     3.7                   

                   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.