TABLE 6D. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT RALEIGH (NO IRRIGATION), NC 1/ 1999-2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 2/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN ABERDEEN (PST-EFL) 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.9 4.9 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 JASPER II 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.1 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 NAVIGATOR (CIS FRR 5) 4.7 4.8 4.4 5.0 4.6 4.0 4.3 4.2 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.4 SR 5210 (SRX 52LAV) 5.0 4.8 4.6 5.0 4.6 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.3 CINDY LOU (CIS FRR 7) 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.8 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 SRX 52961 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.9 4.4 3.8 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.3 FLORENTINE 5.0 5.2 4.7 5.3 4.6 3.6 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.3 PST-4FR 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1 ABT-CR-2 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.7 4.8 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.1 ABT-CR-3 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.4 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1 PATHFINDER 4.6 4.8 4.6 5.0 4.6 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.7 4.0 SHADEMASTER II 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 BARGENA III (BAR CF 8 FUS1) 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.9 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.8 4.0 DGSC 94 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.9 4.0 INVERNESS (PST-47TCR) 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.6 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.9 ROSE (ASC 087) 5.1 4.9 4.7 5.1 4.4 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.8 3.9 ASC 082 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.6 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.8 ASC 172 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.3 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.8 SHADEMARK 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.7 SALSA 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.3 3.5 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.4 COMMON CREEPING RED 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.3 BOREAL 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.2 LSD VALUE 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 C.V. (%) 29.8 28.3 22.3 26.6 25.5 23.3 23.8 25.3 31.7 38.6 33.5 38.3 21.1 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.