TABLE 17D. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD AND SHEEP FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2014 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2015-17 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT SPRING DOLLAR RED PYTHIUM ESTABLISH- MESOTRIONE QUALITY RATINGS NAME GREENUP SPOT THREAD BLIGHT MENT INJURY MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN BEACON 3.7 7.7 9.0 9 63.3 7.0 5.0 5.7 6.5 6.3 6.5 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.2 5.0 5.5 JETTY (PPG-FL 106) 4.7 7.7 9.0 9 56.7 7.7 4.7 5.2 6.3 5.8 6.7 5.2 5.9 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.5 RESOLUTE (7H7) 3.7 8.0 9.0 9 63.3 8.0 5.0 5.5 6.3 6.0 6.2 4.7 5.4 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.4 MINIMUS 4.0 8.0 9.0 9 60.0 8.0 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.7 6.5 4.7 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.1 DLFPS-FL/3066 5.0 7.7 8.7 9 63.3 7.7 5.0 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 4.1 5.2 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 MNHD-14 3.7 7.7 8.3 9 56.7 8.0 4.0 4.5 5.2 5.7 6.2 4.6 5.2 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.9 PST-4BND 3.7 8.0 9.0 9 56.7 7.7 4.3 4.8 6.0 5.2 5.0 4.1 4.9 5.7 4.8 5.3 4.9 DLFPS-FL/3060 3.7 7.7 8.0 9 66.7 8.0 4.7 4.8 5.5 5.2 5.3 4.4 5.0 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.8 GLADIATOR (TH456) 4.7 8.0 8.7 9 58.3 7.7 4.3 4.8 5.3 4.8 5.5 4.3 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.7 4.7 QUATRO 5.7 8.0 7.0 9 66.7 7.3 4.7 3.8 4.0 5.5 5.0 3.9 4.3 4.4 5.0 5.0 4.4 SWORD 4.3 7.3 8.7 9 46.7 7.7 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.8 3.6 4.2 4.7 4.2 5.0 4.0 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.0 0.8 0 18.3 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.3 2.6 1.6 1.0 C.V. (%) 12.8 4.8 5.4 0 13.2 7.1 11.2 20.5 13.2 14.2 14.9 27.7 20.4 20.4 24.4 12.3 18.6 TABLE 17D. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD AND SHEEP FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE (CONT'D) 2014 NATIONAL FINELEAF FESCUE TEST GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2015-17 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS NAME AUG 2015 SEPT 2015 OCT 2015 MAY 2016 JULY 2016 SEPT 2016 MAY 2017 JULY 2017 SEPT 2017 BEACON 5.3 4.7 5.3 6.3 5.7 6.0 7.3 7.3 7.0 JETTY (PPG-FL 106) 5.7 5.7 5.7 7.3 6.3 6.7 7.3 7.3 7.3 RESOLUTE (7H7) 6.0 4.7 6.3 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 MINIMUS 4.3 5.3 5.7 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 6.7 DLFPS-FL/3066 4.3 3.3 6.0 7.3 6.7 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 MNHD-14 4.3 4.0 6.0 7.3 7.3 7.7 6.7 6.7 7.3 PST-4BND 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 DLFPS-FL/3060 4.7 4.0 5.7 7.7 7.7 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.7 GLADIATOR (TH456) 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.7 6.7 7.3 QUATRO 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.7 SWORD 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 LSD VALUE 1.6 3.0 2.3 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.1 C.V. (%) 14.6 24.8 14.4 8.4 8.8 12.8 9.4 9.4 7.7 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.