TABLE 3.   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH
                                                           MONTH GROWN AT SAVANNAH (SHADE), GA  1/
                                                                         2003 DATA

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

                                  NAME           MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG    SEP    NOV    DEC    MEAN

                                  MSA 31         5.0     5.7     6.7     7.7     7.0     7.7    8.0    8.7    8.7     7.2
                                  RALEIGH        3.7     5.0     5.3     7.0     7.0     7.3    7.7    7.7    8.3     6.6
                                  MSA 2-3-98     4.3     5.3     5.7     7.0     6.3     6.0    8.0    8.5    8.5     6.3
                                  MERCEDES       3.7     4.3     4.7     6.0     5.0     7.0    7.0    8.0    8.0     6.0
                                  DELMAR         3.0     3.7     4.3     5.7     5.0     7.0    6.0    7.3    7.7     5.5
                                  FLORATAM       2.3     2.7     3.3     4.7     4.0     5.7    6.0    7.0    7.0     4.7

                                  LSD VALUE      1.0     1.3     1.1     1.1     1.5     2.1    1.1    0.8    1.2     0.9
                                  C.V. (%)      17.0    17.6    14.1    11.2    16.5    19.0    9.2    6.1    8.3     9.3