TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1997-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AZ1 FL1 LA2 MS1 NC1 TX2 MEAN 6-89-70 5.3 4.9 5.4 6.6 5.1 4.6 5.6 5.4 * DELMAR 4.3 5.6 5.5 6.1 6.0 4.4 5.5 5.3 * RALEIGH 5.1 4.9 5.2 6.5 5.4 4.2 5.3 5.2 * FLORATAM 4.8 4.9 5.3 6.2 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.2 6-89-175 3.9 6.1 4.2 5.8 4.4 4.6 5.5 4.9 6-89-196 3.4 5.5 2.3 6.2 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.2 6-89-194 3.4 4.7 2.4 5.8 3.8 4.1 4.6 4.1 6-89-174 3.6 5.4 2.1 5.6 3.2 3.8 4.6 4.0 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.3 C.V. (%) 30.9 16.5 21.7 8.4 27.0 27.6 14.0 21.6 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2001. 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.