TABLE 5F.              MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF SLENDER 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                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                      BAR FRL 122        6.0       6.0        5.3      5.7    5.7    5.3    5.3    6.0     6.7     6.7    5.0     5.8                      
                      SEABREEZE GT       6.0       5.3        5.3      5.7    6.3    5.3    4.7    5.0     5.3     5.3    5.7     5.4                      

                      LSD VALUE          2.0       1.2        0.9      1.3    1.5    1.6    3.1    0.8     1.2     1.3    0.0     1.0                      
                      C.V. (%)          11.8       7.2        0.0      0.0    6.8    0.0    8.2    0.0    13.6    13.6    7.7     5.5                      
 
                      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.