TABLE 9C.             MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED 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                                                                                                                                             

               FOXFIRE 2         56.7         5.3     5.7      5.0      5.0     5.7    5.7    6.0     5.3     5.7    6.0    5.3     5.6               
               5Z5               53.3         5.3     5.0      4.7      5.3     5.7    5.0    6.0     5.7     5.7    5.7    5.0     5.5               
               BYE               56.7         4.7     4.7      5.0      5.3     5.7    5.3    6.0     5.7     5.7    5.7    5.0     5.5               
               PPG-FRR 127       46.7         5.0     4.7      4.7      5.7     5.7    5.3    5.3     6.0     5.3    5.3    5.3     5.5               
               PPG-FRR 132       50.0         4.3     4.3      4.3      5.3     5.7    5.3    5.7     5.3     5.7    5.3    5.3     5.5               
               RAD-FR64          53.3         4.3     3.7      3.3      6.0     5.3    4.7    5.3     5.3     5.7    5.3    4.7     5.3               
               CARDINAL II       50.0         5.0     4.3      4.7      6.0     5.7    4.7    5.0     5.0     5.3    5.3    4.7     5.2               
               DLF-FRR-3128      63.3         3.7     3.7      3.3      5.0     5.0    4.7    5.3     5.3     5.7    5.3    5.0     5.2               
               5Z2               53.3         4.7     4.0      4.0      4.7     5.3    4.3    5.3     5.3     5.3    5.3    5.3     5.1               
               PPG-FRR-134       46.7         4.7     5.0      5.0      5.0     5.7    5.0    5.3     5.7     4.7    4.7    4.7     5.1               
               PVF-HSY+          56.7         3.3     4.0      3.7      5.0     5.7    4.7    5.0     5.3     5.3    5.0    5.0     5.1               
               KEVIN             56.7         3.7     4.3      4.0      5.3     5.7    5.0    5.0     4.7     5.3    5.0    4.0     5.0               
               STB1              76.7         4.7     4.7      4.7      6.0     4.7    4.7    5.0     4.7     5.3    5.0    5.0     5.0               
               BOREAL            50.0         3.3     4.0      4.0      5.7     5.7    4.0    4.7     4.7     4.0    4.0    3.7     4.5               

               LSD VALUE         12.4         1.1     0.9      0.7      1.9     1.6    0.9    0.8     1.2     1.1    0.9    0.8     0.7               
               C.V. (%)          12.5        14.1    11.2     10.2     13.3    10.4    9.6    7.9    10.1    10.1    8.9    9.2     6.2               
 
               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.