TABLE 2A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1994 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 NE 85-378 5.2 4.5 4.3 5.9 5.8 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.7 4.8 4.3 4.3 5.8 609 (NE 84-609) 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.9 6.0 6.1 5.6 6.1 5.4 5.8 5.1 5.6 NTG-4 4.8 4.5 4.7 6.1 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 4.9 4.8 4.1 5.6 NTG-5 5.3 5.0 4.2 6.3 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.9 3.6 5.5 315 (NE 84-315) 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.5 5.5 4.7 4.2 3.4 5.5 NTG-2 5.5 4.2 4.6 6.0 5.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.9 4.8 3.6 5.5 NE 84-436 5.0 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.8 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.6 4.7 5.1 3.4 5.4 NTG-3 5.0 5.0 4.2 4.3 5.1 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.5 4.9 5.2 3.6 5.4 AZ 143 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.9 4.9 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.4 4.7 4.4 3.9 5.4 TATANKA (NTG-1) 4.8 4.8 4.2 4.8 4.9 6.0 5.8 5.1 5.3 4.7 4.9 3.9 5.3 TEXOKA 5.2 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.6 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.8 3.8 5.2 BISON 5.2 4.3 4.8 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.0 5.5 4.8 5.3 3.6 5.1 SHARPS IMPROVED 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.6 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.3 4.8 5.0 3.7 5.1 TOP GUN (BAM 101) 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.4 4.6 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.1 4.6 4.9 3.3 5.0 PLAINS (BAM 202) 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.4 5.5 5.4 4.8 5.1 4.8 5.2 3.8 5.0 PRAIRIE 5.2 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.1 5.6 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.1 5.2 4.4 5.0 BUFFALAWN 5.0 5.0 4.1 4.1 3.7 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.2 4.9 NE 84-45-3 5.0 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.3 5.3 5.2 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.2 3.1 4.6 HIGHLIGHT 25 5.2 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 5.3 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.7 5.2 4.1 4.5 HIGHLIGHT 4 5.2 4.7 3.8 4.0 3.5 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.4 4.1 4.5 HIGHLIGHT 15 5.0 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.4 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.3 4.3 4.4 RUTGERS 5.3 4.2 3.4 3.8 3.3 4.8 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.0 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.6 1.1 1.9 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.9 0.6 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).