TABLE 8E.      MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF SLENDER CREEPING RED 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
                                                                                                                                                           
                      SEAMIST (PPG-FRT 101)      97.7        95.7        83.7       6.7    5.7     6.0    6.0    6.3     6.0     6.1                       
                      BAR FRT 5002               96.7        96.3        81.7       5.7    6.3     4.7    6.0    5.3     5.3     5.6                       
                      BEUDIN                     95.3        98.3        83.7       6.3    5.7     4.7    5.3    5.7     6.0     5.6                       
                      SEABREEZE GT               87.7        89.7        83.0       5.3    5.0     5.3    5.0    5.3     5.0     5.2 
                      
                      LSD VALUE                  15.3         7.3        10.0       1.3    0.8     1.2    1.1    1.1     1.8     0.6                       
                      C.V. (%)                    7.2         3.6         5.1      10.0    6.6    10.7    9.0    8.8    14.6     5.1                       

                      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.