TABLE 5D.                   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF HARD 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                                                                                                                                         

               BEACON II (PPG-FL 128)      7.0        6.3        6.3      7.0    5.7    6.0     6.7    7.0     6.7    7.0    6.0     6.5                 
               SWORD II (NAI-HAQ1+2)       7.0        7.0        6.7      6.7    6.3    6.3     6.0    7.0     6.3    6.7    5.7     6.4                 
               DLFPS-FL-3104               7.7        7.0        6.3      6.7    6.3    6.3     6.3    6.7     5.7    6.0    6.0     6.3                 
               PVF-PDB-2020                6.3        5.7        7.0      6.7    5.7    5.7     6.7    6.0     6.3    6.3    6.0     6.2                 
               TENACIOUS (NAI-HTB2)        6.7        6.0        5.7      6.7    6.3    6.3     6.0    5.7     6.3    6.0    6.0     6.2                 
               GLADIATOR                   6.3        6.3        6.3      6.7    6.3    5.3     5.7    5.7     6.7    6.7    6.0     6.1                 
               SPHD-20                     7.7        6.7        6.3      6.7    5.7    5.7     5.3    6.0     6.7    5.7    5.7     5.9                 
               RESOLUTE                    6.7        5.7        6.0      6.7    6.3    5.7     5.3    5.3     6.0    5.7    5.0     5.8                 
               DA5-RHF                     7.3        6.7        6.7      6.0    6.0    6.0     5.3    5.3     6.0    5.3    5.7     5.7                 
               BAR FT 132                  5.3        5.3        4.7      5.7    5.7    4.7     5.3    5.0     5.7    5.3    5.3     5.3                 
               BAR FT 135                  6.0        5.3        5.0      5.7    5.7    5.0     5.0    5.0     5.3    5.3    5.7     5.3                 

               LSD VALUE                   1.0        0.9        0.7      1.0    0.8    0.7     1.2    0.7     1.4    1.1    0.7     0.4                 
               C.V. (%)                    8.2        8.2        7.1      7.5    6.3    7.3    10.2    7.1    10.0    9.7    6.3     3.7                 

               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.