TABLE 6B.                            MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF CHEWINGS FESCUE CULTIVARS                                           
                                                        GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA   1/                                                     
                                                                         2017 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                 SPRING     DOLLAR       RED          WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                        QUALITY RATINGS
      NAME                       GREENUP     SPOT      THREAD      MAY      JULY    SEPTEMBER   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN    JUL   AUG   SEP   OCT   MEAN
                                                                                                                                                           
      CASTLE (RAD-FC32)             5.0       7.3        8.3        3.0       5.7      6.0      4.3   7.3   7.7   6.3    5.0   5.3   6.3   6.7    6.1      
      COMPASS II (PPG-FRC 113)      4.3       7.3        8.0        3.0       6.3      6.3      4.0   6.7   6.0   6.7    5.0   5.7   7.0   6.3    5.9      
      DLF-FRC 3338                  4.3       7.3        7.7        3.0       6.3      6.0      4.0   7.0   6.0   5.7    5.7   6.0   6.3   6.3    5.9      
      DLFPS-FRC/3057                4.7       7.7        8.3        3.7       5.7      6.3      4.3   7.0   5.7   6.7    5.7   5.3   6.3   6.0    5.9      
      BAR VV-VP3-CT                 3.3       7.7        8.3        2.7       5.3      6.0      3.7   6.7   5.7   6.7    5.3   5.7   6.3   6.0    5.8      
      BOLSTER (C14-OS3)             4.0       7.3        7.7        3.3       5.0      5.7      3.7   7.0   5.7   6.0    5.3   5.7   7.0   6.3    5.8      
      PPG-FRC 114                   4.3       7.0        7.0        2.7       6.7      6.3      3.7   6.7   5.7   6.3    5.3   5.7   6.7   6.3    5.8      
      RAD-FC44                      4.7       6.7        9.0        2.3       6.0      6.3      4.7   6.7   6.7   5.7    4.3   4.7   5.3   5.7    5.5      
      RADAR                         5.0       7.7        7.7        2.7       5.3      6.0      4.7   6.0   4.7   5.3    5.0   5.0   6.3   6.3    5.4      
      BAR 6FR 126                   5.0       7.7        8.3        2.0       5.0      5.7      4.0   6.3   6.0   5.7    4.3   4.7   5.3   5.7    5.3      
      DLFPS-FRC/3060                4.3       7.7        7.0        4.3       6.0      6.3      4.0   6.3   4.3   5.3    5.7   5.3   6.0   5.3    5.3      
      CASCADE                       5.0       7.0        8.3        2.7       4.7      6.0      4.3   5.0   4.0   5.0    5.3   5.0   5.0   4.7    4.8      

      LSD VALUE                     1.2       0.9        1.1        1.0       1.1      1.5      1.7   0.9   0.8   1.0    1.1   1.1   1.0   0.8    0.4      
      C.V. (%)                     13.0       5.8        7.2       18.4      10.5      8.7     15.2   7.9   9.3   8.7   10.0   9.7   8.9   7.4    4.2      
 
      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.