TABLE 9B.                      MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF CHEWINGS FESCUE CULTIVARS                                           
                                                        GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA   1/                                                     
                                                                         2021 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                      PERCENT         WEAR TOLERANCE                                 QUALITY RATINGS
            NAME                  ESTABLISHMENT     MAY    JULY   OCTOBER    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN                                                                                                                                             

            PPG-FRC 127                71.7         5.0     5.0     5.0      6.7    6.3    5.7    6.3    6.7    6.3    6.0    6.0     6.3             
            PPG-FRC-130                66.7         5.0     5.0     4.7      6.0    5.7    6.0    6.7    5.7    6.7    6.3    6.0     6.1             
            BRITTANY 2                 66.7         5.0     4.7     5.0      6.3    5.7    5.3    5.7    6.0    6.0    6.0    5.3     5.8             
            NAI-CHU1                   70.0         5.0     5.0     5.0      5.7    5.0    5.7    6.7    6.0    6.3    6.0    5.3     5.8             
            DLFPS-FRC-3105             56.7         4.7     5.3     5.0      5.3    5.0    6.0    5.7    5.3    5.7    6.0    6.0     5.6             
            COMPASS II                 46.7         4.0     3.7     4.0      6.0    5.3    5.3    6.0    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.0     5.5             
            PVF-MVP-2020               70.0         5.3     5.3     5.0      6.3    5.0    5.3    5.7    5.0    5.0    6.0    6.0     5.5             
            BAR FRC 123                60.0         4.3     4.7     4.0      6.3    4.7    5.3    5.7    5.0    5.3    5.3    5.3     5.4             
            RAD-FC59                   70.0         4.3     4.7     4.3      5.7    5.3    5.0    6.0    5.3    5.0    5.3    5.0     5.3             
            BAR FRC 130                56.7         4.3     4.0     3.7      5.0    4.7    5.0    5.7    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.0     5.2             
            SHADOW IV (PST-4SHAD)      56.7         4.3     4.0     4.0      6.3    4.0    4.7    5.7    5.7    5.0    5.3    5.0     5.2             
            JAMESTOWN VII              46.7         5.0     4.3     4.3      6.3    5.0    4.7    5.0    5.3    4.3    5.3    4.7     5.1             
            PST-4SWTM                  56.7         4.0     4.0     3.7      4.3    5.0    4.7    5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0    5.0     4.9             

            LSD VALUE                  18.2         0.9     0.9     0.8      1.0    0.7    1.0    0.9    0.9    0.8    0.7    0.6     0.3             
            C.V. (%)                   15.0        10.2    10.3     9.9      9.8    8.3    9.2    8.6    8.4    8.3    7.0    6.2     3.9             
 
            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.