TABLE 5E.                     MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF SHEEP 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                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
              BLUE HORNET (PPG-FO-102)       6.7       6.3        6.3       6.0     6.3     5.7     5.7    5.3    5.7     5.7     6      5.8               
              QUATRO                         7.0       6.3        6.0       5.7     5.7     5.7     5.0    5.0    5.7     5.3     5      5.4               
              BAR FO 131                     3.7       4.0        3.7       5.3     5.7     4.7     4.7    5.0    6.0     5.0     5      5.2               

              LSD VALUE                      2.0       1.2        0.9       1.3     1.5     1.6     3.1    0.8    1.2     1.3     0      1.0               
              C.V. (%)                      15.3       9.5        7.7      10.2    11.3    13.3    26.1    6.5    9.1    10.8     0      8.1               
 
              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.