PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION 
 
                               TABLE 6.       MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                            GROWN AT FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         2009 DATA

                                                        TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                                          NAME          FL1    GA1    MS1     NC1

                                                          DALSA 0406    5.0    6.0    6.3     4.3
                                                          DALSA 0602    4.3    6.1    5.8     5.3
                                                          FLORATAM      5.5    6.4    4.8     3.5
                                                          MERCEDES      4.7    7.0    6.8     6.8
                                                          NUF-76        5.3    5.9    5.0     6.7
                                                          RALEIGH       4.7    6.1    6.5     5.1

                                                          LSD VALUE     0.6    0.6    0.8     0.9
                                                          C.V. (%)      8.1    5.6    8.2    10.4

                           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.