TABLE 5C.             MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS                                      
                                                        GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA   1/                                                     
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                   WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS                       QUALITY RATINGS     
               NAME                              MAY       JULY     OCTOBER    APR    MAY    JUN     JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
               FOXFIRE 2                         5.7       5.0         5.0     6.3    6.3    6.3     5.3    5.7    6.3    5.3    5.3     5.9               
               HYPE (5Z5)                        4.7       4.3         4.0     6.3    6.3    6.7     5.3    6.3    6.3    6.0    4.0     5.9               
               NAVIGATOR III (PPG-FRR 127)       5.7       5.0         4.7     6.3    6.0    5.7     5.0    5.7    6.7    6.0    5.0     5.8               
               5Z2                               4.3       4.0         3.7     5.3    5.7    5.7     5.3    5.3    6.3    6.0    5.3     5.6               
               BYE                               6.0       4.7         5.0     6.0    6.3    6.0     5.0    5.0    5.7    5.0    5.0     5.5               
               DLF-FRR-3128                      4.7       4.0         4.7     5.7    6.0    5.3     4.7    5.3    6.0    5.3    5.3     5.5               
               HARBOR MR (PPG-FRR 132)           4.7       4.7         4.3     5.3    6.0    5.3     5.3    6.0    5.7    5.0    5.0     5.5               
               MESO (STB1)                       4.3       4.3         4.3     5.7    6.0    5.3     5.7    5.3    5.3    5.7    5.0     5.5               
               PPG-FRR-134                       4.3       4.0         3.7     5.7    6.7    6.3     5.0    5.0    5.7    5.7    4.0     5.5               
               CARDINAL II                       4.3       4.3         4.3     5.7    6.3    5.3     4.7    5.3    5.7    5.0    5.3     5.4               
               PVF-HSY+                          4.3       4.0         3.7     5.7    5.7    5.0     5.0    5.3    6.3    6.0    4.3     5.4               
               KEVIN                             4.3       4.0         3.7     5.3    6.0    5.3     4.3    5.0    5.7    6.0    4.3     5.3               
               RAD-FR64                          4.3       4.0         4.0     5.3    5.7    5.0     5.7    4.7    6.0    5.3    4.7     5.3               
               BOREAL                            5.0       4.0         4.7     5.0    5.7    4.7     4.7    5.0    4.7    4.0    4.7     4.8               

               LSD VALUE                         1.1       0.9         1.0     0.9    1.1    0.9     3.0    0.9    1.1    0.7    0.7     0.4               
               C.V. (%)                         12.5       9.9        11.8     8.2    7.4    9.2    18.7    8.6    9.2    7.7    8.2     4.4               
 
               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.