TABLE 5B.                          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF CHEWINGS FESCUE CULTIVARS                                           
                                                         GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT STORRS, CT   1/                                                     
                                                                         2017 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/


                                    SPRING            PERCENT GROUND COVER          DOLLAR                       QUALITY RATINGS
        NAME                        GREENUP     SPRING      SUMMER       FALL        SPOT       MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
        BAR VV-VP3-CT                  6.7       99.0        93.0        99.0         9.0       7.0     7.0     6.3     7.0     5.7     7.7     6.8        
        BOLSTER (C14-OS3)              7.0       99.0        91.7        91.0         9.0       7.3     7.7     7.0     6.7     5.7     6.3     6.8        
        RADAR                          7.7       99.0        90.0        98.7         8.7       7.3     7.0     7.0     6.7     5.3     7.0     6.7        
        DLFPS-FRC/3057                 7.7       99.0        90.0        92.7         9.0       7.0     7.3     6.3     6.3     5.0     6.3     6.4        
        PPG-FRC 114                    7.7       97.7        81.7        89.7         9.0       7.3     6.7     6.0     5.7     6.0     6.0     6.3        
        COMPASS II (PPG-FRC 113)       7.3       99.0        83.3        96.0         9.0       7.7     6.7     6.3     5.3     4.7     6.3     6.2        
        CASTLE (RAD-FC32)              6.7       96.0        90.0        91.7         8.7       7.3     7.3     4.7     5.7     5.3     6.3     6.1        
        DLF-FRC 3338                   7.0       97.7        73.3        87.7         8.7       6.7     7.0     6.0     5.7     4.7     6.0     6.0        
        DLFPS-FRC/3060                 7.7       97.7        76.7        79.7         9.0       6.3     6.3     6.3     5.7     4.7     6.0     5.9        
        RAD-FC44                       6.7       92.7        68.3        83.3         8.7       5.7     6.7     5.3     4.7     4.3     5.0     5.3        
        CASCADE                        6.3       84.7        71.7        88.3         9.0       5.3     5.7     4.7     5.3     4.7     5.0     5.1        
        BAR 6FR 126                    6.7       79.7        56.7        38.3         9.0       5.3     5.7     4.7     3.7     2.7     3.0     4.2        

        LSD VALUE                      2.6       20.4        16.1        18.6         0.9       2.4     1.7     1.0     1.1     1.2     1.3     0.9        
        C.V. (%)                      13.3        9.2        11.3        12.8         3.7      16.0    11.3    10.4    11.2    13.8    13.1     9.0        
                                                                                                                                                           
        
 
        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.