TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN ON A MODIFIED SOIL GREEN AT NINE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1991 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 PROVIDENCE 4.8 6.0 5.6 6.6 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.0 7.2 6.5 6.2 5.0 6.3 PUTTER 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.4 6.2 6.3 7.1 5.9 7.0 6.7 7.0 6.3 6.2 88.CBL 5.2 6.7 5.8 6.0 6.8 6.7 6.7 5.7 7.1 6.7 5.5 5.0 6.1 WVPB 89-D-15 (LOPEZ) 5.4 5.0 6.0 5.2 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.0 6.4 6.3 5.3 4.0 6.1 SR 1020 5.8 6.7 5.8 6.9 6.4 6.0 6.1 5.6 7.1 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.1 PENNLINKS 5.4 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.7 6.8 6.4 5.7 7.1 6.3 5.7 4.7 6.1 FORBES 89-12 (PRO/CUP) 5.3 6.7 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.7 5.8 6.4 6.3 5.2 4.3 6.1 NORMARC 101 (REGENT) 5.4 6.0 5.7 6.8 6.5 6.0 6.3 5.8 7.0 6.3 5.5 4.0 6.0 MSCB-8 5.3 6.0 5.4 7.0 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.6 5.2 5.0 2.3 6.0 COBRA 5.2 6.3 6.3 5.3 6.1 5.8 6.4 5.8 7.1 6.2 5.7 5.0 5.9 88.CBE 4.8 6.0 5.6 5.8 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.7 6.8 6.5 5.2 4.5 5.9 PENNCROSS 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.3 5.3 6.3 6.5 4.5 3.2 5.8 CARMEN 4.9 5.7 4.9 6.0 6.3 6.4 5.8 5.4 5.9 5.6 5.3 4.8 5.7 TAMU 88-1 5.6 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.3 4.3 5.6 UM 84-01 (BISKA) 4.7 5.3 5.9 5.3 6.4 5.7 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.0 4.7 3.7 5.6 MSCB-6 4.7 5.7 5.3 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 6.1 5.6 4.5 3.0 5.6 NATIONAL 4.0 5.3 4.8 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.0 4.8 5.6 EMERALD 4.6 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.5 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.2 5.4 EGMONT 5.9 5.7 5.5 4.9 5.9 4.7 5.3 5.2 5.9 6.1 5.8 6.3 5.3 BARDOT 5.3 6.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.2 5.5 5.1 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.2 5.0 TRACENTA 5.0 5.0 5.7 5.7 5.3 4.3 5.1 4.8 5.2 6.3 6.0 5.2 4.8 ALLURE 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.7 BR 1518 4.7 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.5 3.4 4.3 3.9 4.4 5.5 4.8 4.7 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.7 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).