TABLE 6C.     MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS                                      
                                                     GROWN UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT EAST LANSING, MI   1/                                                   
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                          SUMMER    PERCENT GROUND COVER               QUALITY RATINGS
                           NAME                           DENSITY     SUMMER       FALL       JUL    AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                           
                           NAVIGATOR III (PPG-FRR 127)       5.3       96.3        96.0       5.7    6.0     5.7     5.7     5.8                           
                           MESO (STB1)                       6.0       95.0        83.3       6.7    6.0     4.3     5.0     5.5                           
                           HARBOR MR (PPG-FRR 132)           5.7       96.3        86.7       6.7    6.3     4.3     4.3     5.4                           
                           PVF-HSY+                          4.7       93.3        90.0       6.3    5.3     5.0     5.0     5.4                           
                           BYE                               5.3       95.0        90.0       5.3    5.7     5.3     4.7     5.3                           
                           PPG-FRR-134                       5.0       93.3        76.7       6.0    5.7     4.3     4.3     5.1                           
                           5Z2                               4.3       95.0        73.3       5.7    5.3     3.7     4.0     4.7                           
                           HYPE (5Z5)                        4.7       90.0        80.0       5.3    4.7     4.0     3.7     4.4                           
                           FOXFIRE 2                         4.0       86.7        66.7       5.0    4.3     3.7     3.0     4.0                           
                           CARDINAL II                       4.7       91.7        60.0       5.3    4.7     2.7     3.0     3.9                           
                           RAD-FR64                          4.0       86.7        73.3       4.7    4.0     3.0     3.7     3.8                           
                           KEVIN                             4.0       91.7        70.0       4.7    4.0     2.7     3.0     3.6                           
                           DLF-FRR-3128                      3.3       83.3        63.3       4.7    3.7     2.3     3.0     3.4                           
                           BOREAL                            3.3       83.3        63.3       4.0    3.3     3.0     2.7     3.3                           

                           LSD VALUE                         0.9        9.1        16.1       1.0    0.7     1.0     0.8     0.5                           
                           C.V. (%)                         11.5        5.1        12.1      10.6    9.5    16.5    12.3     6.9                           
 
                           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.