TABLE 2B.        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS FOR EACH
                                                       MONTH GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.
                                                                         1993 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

                       NTDG-5                4     3.7    4.8    5.8    5.6    6.0    5.8    5.9    6.0    4.9    4.4    4.4     5.7
                       NTDG-4                4     4.0    4.7    5.8    5.8    6.1    6.0    5.6    6.0    5.0    4.0    3.8     5.7
                       NTDG-2                4     3.7    4.7    5.5    5.4    5.8    5.8    5.6    6.2    5.0    4.0    4.3     5.7
                       NTDG-1                4     3.7    4.6    5.7    5.4    6.1    6.0    5.6    5.9    4.9    4.3    4.3     5.6
                       NTDG-3                4     3.8    4.2    5.8    5.5    6.1    5.9    5.8    5.8    4.7    4.2    4.3     5.5
                       RUTGERS               4     5.0    5.1    6.1    5.0    5.5    6.1    5.4    5.6    5.9    5.1    4.9     5.4
                       TOP GUN (BAM 101)     4     3.7    4.4    5.7    5.3    5.8    5.7    5.5    5.6    5.0    4.3    4.3     5.4
                       TEXOKA                4     3.2    4.3    5.5    4.9    5.4    5.8    5.5    5.5    5.2    4.4    4.6     5.3
                       SHARPS IMPROVED       4     3.7    4.7    5.7    5.4    5.7    5.7    5.4    5.6    4.8    4.2    3.7     5.3
                       PLAINS (BAM 202)      4     3.7    4.6    5.3    5.0    5.4    5.5    5.4    5.3    4.9    4.1    4.0     5.1
                       BISON                 4     3.5    4.7    5.3    4.9    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.4    4.8    3.9    4.0     5.1

                       LSD VALUE             0     0.6    0.9    0.9    0.7    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.8    1.5    1.6     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).