TABLE 4C.                MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS                                      
                                                           GROWN ON A FAIRWAY AT ST. PAUL, MN   1/                                                         
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                            GENETIC    SPRING    PERCENT GROUND COVER                        QUALITY RATINGS      
            NAME                             COLOR     GREENUP     SPRING       FALL       MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                           
            BYE                               4.7         3.3       25.3        89.7       6.0     5.3     5.3     6.3     6.0     6.0     5.8             
            MESO (STB1)                       4.7         4.3       31.7        96.3       5.7     5.0     5.7     5.7     5.7     6.3     5.7             
            NAVIGATOR III (PPG-FRR 127)       6.3         4.3       35.0        92.0       5.7     5.0     5.0     5.0     5.3     5.7     5.3             
            PPG-FRR-134                       4.7         3.0       32.3        91.3       4.7     4.7     4.7     6.3     5.7     5.7     5.3             
            HYPE (5Z5)                        4.3         4.0       36.3        88.3       5.3     4.7     4.7     5.7     4.7     5.7     5.1             
            5Z2                               4.7         5.0       36.3        88.7       5.3     4.3     4.7     5.0     4.7     5.7     4.9             
            DLF-FRR-3128                      5.3         5.3       40.7        82.0       5.0     4.7     5.0     5.0     4.3     4.7     4.8             
            PVF-HSY+                          4.0         4.7       35.3        78.0       5.0     4.7     4.3     4.7     4.0     4.7     4.6             
            HARBOR MR (PPG-FRR 132)           3.7         3.3       23.7        88.0       4.7     4.0     4.7     4.7     4.0     5.0     4.5             
            RAD-FR64                          6.7         3.3       17.7        85.7       4.3     5.0     4.0     5.3     4.0     4.3     4.5             
            KEVIN                             5.7         5.7       40.0        85.3       5.0     4.7     4.7     4.0     4.3     4.0     4.4             
            CARDINAL II                       6.0         6.0       49.7        81.0       4.0     4.0     4.0     4.7     4.0     5.0     4.3             
            FOXFIRE 2                         5.3         4.0       28.3        81.7       5.0     4.3     4.0     5.0     4.0     3.3     4.3             
            BOREAL                            4.7         5.3       34.0        75.3       2.7     3.0     3.0     3.0     2.0     2.0     2.6             

            LSD VALUE                         2.0         1.5       13.5         7.3       1.4     0.9     1.2     1.0     1.0     1.7     0.7             
            C.V. (%)                         19.2        19.3       22.1         5.1      15.7    11.5    13.7    12.1    14.1    19.9     9.4             
 
            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.