TABLE 5B.          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF WARM-SEASON (BERMUDAGRASS) CULTIVARS                                           
                                                         AT RICHMOND, VA (COUNTRY CLUB OF VA)  1/                                                          
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                       
                                                                                                                                                           
                                 NAME                  FEB     MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     SEP     NOV    MEAN                                 
                                                                                                                                                           
                                 MSB-1050       BG     6.7     5.7     6.0     6.0     6.7     7.7     7.3     6.7     6.6                                 
                                 TAHOMA 31      BG     6.0     5.0     5.7     5.7     6.0     7.0     7.0     6.7     6.1                                 
                                 TIFEAGLE       BG     7.0     5.3     4.7     4.7     6.3     7.0     6.3     5.7     5.9                                 
                                 MINI-VERDE     BG     6.7     4.0     5.3     5.0     6.0     7.3     5.7     6.7     5.8                                 
                                 FB 1901        BG     5.0     4.3     5.0     5.0     7.0     7.3     5.3     6.3     5.7                                 
                                 OKC0805        BG     6.3     5.0     5.0     4.7     5.0     7.0     6.7     5.7     5.7                                 
                                 OKC0920        BG     5.7     5.3     5.0     2.7     6.3     5.7     7.3     6.7     5.6                                 
                                 TIFDWARF       BG     7.0     4.3     4.7     4.0     6.7     7.0     4.7     6.0     5.5                                 
                                 OKC3920        BG     5.3     3.7     5.3     1.7     6.7     5.3     7.0     6.3     5.2                                 

                                 LSD VALUE             2.5     3.5     2.7     1.8     1.5     2.7     3.4     2.6     0.7                                 
                                 C.V. (%)             17.3    28.4    19.1    23.1    11.3    16.9    22.6    15.3     6.4                                 
 
                       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.