TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN ON A GREEN AT TWENTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2000 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 PENN A-1 6.2 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.1 6.6 7.3 6.4 PENN A-4 7.2 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.1 6.5 6.9 6.4 PENN G-1 6.3 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.3 PENN A-2 6.6 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.8 6.3 L-93 6.2 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.2 PST-A2E 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.0 6.4 6.2 6.2 SYN 96-3 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 PENN G-6 5.6 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.8 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.1 SYN 96-1 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.8 6.1 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.1 SYN 96-2 5.5 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.1 ISI AP-5 5.8 6.6 6.6 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.0 SRX 1NJH 5.3 6.2 6.5 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.1 5.9 CENTURY 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.1 5.9 IMPERIAL 5.5 6.5 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.3 5.8 SRX 1BPAA 5.5 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.6 6.0 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.5 5.8 ABT-CRB-1 5.3 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.8 SR 1119 5.5 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.8 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 5.8 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.2 5.7 5.8 6.3 5.8 PICK CB 13-94 5.1 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.5 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.8 BAR CB 8US3 6.3 6.7 6.4 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.3 5.7 CRENSHAW 5.0 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.9 5.7 BACKSPIN 5.9 6.5 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.7 PROVIDENCE 5.8 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.2 5.7 VESPER (PICK MVB) 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.6 5.4 SR 7200 4.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.9 6.8 5.2 PENNLINKS 4.7 5.6 5.7 5.2 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.8 5.2 PENNCROSS 4.7 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.9 5.1 BAVARIA 3.3 4.6 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.2 5.4 4.0 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.4 C.V. (%) 22.0 19.0 20.0 23.6 23.7 21.1 23.6 24.0 23.2 28.0 24.3 21.6 18.5 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). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.