TABLE 8D.         MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD AND SHEEP FESCUE CULTIVARS                                        
                                                GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS ON A FAIRWAY AT ST. PAUL, MN  1/                                                
                                                                         2017 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                  PERCENT GROUND COVER                        QUALITY RATINGS
                      NAME                   SPRING      SUMMER       FALL       MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN
                                                                                                                                                           
                      RESOLUTE (7H7)          82.7        95.7        80.7       5.7     6.0     6.0     6.3     5.3     5.0     5.7                       
                      DLFPS-FL/3060           92.7        96.3        77.0       6.0     5.3     6.0     6.0     5.0     5.3     5.6                       
                      JETTY (PPG-FL 106)      78.0        95.7        75.0       4.7     5.0     5.7     5.3     5.0     5.0     5.1                       
                      DLFPS-FL/3066           83.3        93.7        75.3       4.7     5.7     5.3     4.3     4.7     5.3     5.0                       
                      GLADIATOR (TH456)       96.0        91.7        80.7       5.3     5.3     5.3     5.0     4.3     4.7     5.0                       
                      SWORD                   90.3        88.7        76.0       5.0     5.0     5.3     5.0     4.7     4.3     4.9                       
                      BEACON                  95.3        94.7        75.7       4.7     4.7     4.7     5.0     5.0     5.0     4.8                       
                      MNHD-14                 84.3        92.3        75.0       4.3     5.0     4.7     5.3     4.7     5.0     4.8                       
                      QUATRO                  95.0        97.3        78.7       4.3     4.7     4.3     5.3     5.0     5.0     4.8                       
                      MINIMUS                 90.0        91.0        72.7       5.0     4.7     4.7     4.3     4.7     4.0     4.6                       
                      PST-4BND                90.7        94.7        76.7       4.3     4.3     4.7     4.7     4.3     4.7     4.5  
                     
                      LSD VALUE               35.7        15.4        19.2       1.7     1.8     1.9     1.1     1.5     1.1     1.1                       
                      C.V. (%)                14.2         5.8         8.3      15.0    14.5    15.7    11.5    11.5    10.2    10.0                       

                      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.