TABLE 5D.                    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD AND SHEEP 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                                                                                               

           QUATRO                   6.0       83.3        76.7        90.3         9.0       4.3     4.3     4.3     5.0     4.7     5.3     4.7           
           JETTY (PPG-FL 106)       5.7       48.3        33.3        50.0         8.3       3.7     4.0     3.3     2.7     3.3     4.0     3.5           
           MNHD-14                  5.7       53.0        36.7        51.7         9.0       3.7     4.0     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.7     3.4           
           RESOLUTE (7H7)           5.3       55.0        33.3        31.0         8.0       3.3     3.3     3.3     3.0     3.7     3.7     3.4           
           DLFPS-FL/3060            4.7       53.3        31.7        40.0         9.0       3.7     4.0     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.3     3.3           
           DLFPS-FL/3066            5.7       56.7        33.3        35.0         9.0       3.7     3.7     3.3     2.3     3.0     3.3     3.2           
           SWORD                    5.0       58.3        36.7        36.7         9.0       3.7     4.0     3.0     2.3     2.7     3.3     3.2           
           BEACON                   4.7       53.3        35.0        41.0         8.5       3.7     3.0     3.3     2.3     3.0     3.0     3.1           
           MINIMUS                  4.7       41.7        18.3        26.7          .        3.3     2.3     3.3     2.0     2.3     2.7     2.7           
           GLADIATOR (TH456)        4.7       41.7        26.7        33.3         9.0       3.0     2.7     2.7     2.3     2.3     2.7     2.6           
           PST-4BND                 3.7       44.0        20.0        16.7         8.0       3.0     3.0     2.3     2.0     2.0     2.3     2.4 
          
           LSD VALUE                2.5       41.2        17.5        36.6         0.9       2.3     2.4     1.3     1.2     0.9     1.2     1.0           
           C.V. (%)                20.2       31.7        29.8        45.9         3.7      22.5    28.4    19.3    24.3    17.4    19.8    17.2           
 
           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.