TABLE 9D.                        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD 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                                                                                                                                             

            GLADIATOR                  46.7        6.0     6.0      6.0       5.3    6.3    5.3    6.3    6.7    6.3    6.3    6.0     6.1            
            DLFPS-FL-3104              53.3        5.7     6.7      6.3       5.7    6.3    5.7    6.7    5.7    5.7    6.0    6.0     6.0            
            PPG-FL 128                 53.3        6.7     6.7      6.7       5.3    5.3    5.7    6.0    6.3    6.3    6.3    6.0     5.9            
            PVF-PDB-2020               60.0        5.3     6.3      6.0       5.7    5.7    6.0    6.3    5.7    6.0    6.0    6.0     5.9            
            SWORD II (NAI-HAQ1+2)      43.3        6.3     6.0      6.0       5.0    5.7    6.0    6.3    5.7    6.3    6.3    5.7     5.9            
            TENACIOUS (NAI-HTB2)       56.7        6.0     6.0      6.0       5.7    6.0    5.7    6.3    5.3    5.3    6.0    5.7     5.8            
            DA5-RHF                    66.7        6.0     6.0      5.7       4.3    5.3    6.0    6.0    5.3    6.0    6.3    5.7     5.6            
            RESOLUTE                   60.0        5.7     5.3      6.0       5.3    5.3    5.3    6.3    5.7    5.7    5.7    5.0     5.5            
            SPHD-20                    56.7        5.7     5.3      5.3       4.7    5.7    5.0    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.7    5.3     5.4            
            BAR FT 135                 46.7        5.3     5.3      4.3       5.3    6.0    4.3    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.3    5.3     5.3            
            BAR FT 132                 50.0        5.0     5.7      5.7       5.0    5.3    5.0    5.3    5.3    5.0    5.7    4.7     5.2            

            LSD VALUE                  19.3        1.2     0.9      0.9       1.9    1.3    0.8    1.1    1.2    1.0    1.2    0.9     0.8            
            C.V. (%)                   16.2        9.8     8.1      8.8      13.8    9.4    8.0    9.0    9.8    8.6    8.3    8.0     6.7            
 
            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.