TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1997-2000 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 DELMAR 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.9 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.3 5.3 6-89-70 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.4 4.6 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.3 4.3 5.3 RALEIGH 3.8 3.2 3.9 4.8 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.2 5.2 FLORATAM 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.1 6-89-175 3.2 2.8 4.3 3.8 4.3 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.2 4.9 5.0 3.4 4.8 6-89-196 1.7 1.7 2.7 2.6 3.3 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 1.4 4.0 6-89-194 2.2 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 1.7 3.9 6-89-174 2.0 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.5 1.8 3.9 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.4 C.V. (%) 29.4 40.7 38.5 34.1 34.6 32.8 31.1 32.1 32.6 33.1 31.3 47.8 26.8 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.