TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN ON A GREEN AT TWENTY-FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1995 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 LOFT'S L-93 (L-93) 4.4 4.3 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.4 5.1 6.4 PENN A-1 (A-1) 4.1 4.6 5.3 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.3 5.1 6.1 PENN G-2 (G-2) 4.1 4.3 5.3 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.6 6.0 5.0 6.0 PENN A-4 (A-4) 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.4 6.2 5.3 6.0 CATO 4.1 4.3 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 5.8 5.2 6.0 PROVIDENCE 4.0 4.5 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.9 4.8 5.9 PENN G-6 (G-6) 3.6 4.2 5.5 5.6 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2 5.8 4.2 5.9 SOUTHSHORE 4.4 4.5 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 4.7 5.8 IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5) 4.0 4.2 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.4 4.7 5.6 CENTURY (SYN 92-1) 4.2 4.5 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.5 4.7 5.6 PENNLINKS 4.1 4.0 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.3 4.5 5.6 CRENSHAW 3.4 4.2 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.6 4.2 5.5 BAR WS 42102 3.2 3.7 4.7 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 4.7 3.3 5.5 SR 1020 4.2 4.4 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.0 5.5 DG-P 3.9 3.9 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.4 4.6 5.5 SYN 92-2 3.6 4.0 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.0 4.4 5.5 ISI-AP-89150 3.5 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.3 4.5 5.5 MSUEB 3.8 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.5 5.4 LOPEZ 3.7 3.9 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.3 4.5 5.4 REGENT 4.1 3.9 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.2 4.4 5.3 PRO/CUP 3.5 3.7 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.1 4.2 5.2 TRUELINE 3.5 3.6 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.3 5.2 MARINER (SYN-1-88) 4.3 4.1 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.5 4.9 4.4 5.1 PENNCROSS 3.7 3.9 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.7 4.0 5.1 18TH GREEN 3.1 3.6 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.1 4.3 3.6 5.0 BAR AS 492 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.3 TENDENZ 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.8 3.8 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.1 SEASIDE 3.7 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.0 LSD VALUE 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.4 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).