TABLE 1E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 1997 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BENTGRASS TEST AT BIRMINGHAM, AL (COUNTRY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM) 1/ 1998-2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES WINTER PERCENT STIMPMETER GENETIC LEAF COLOR ESTABLISHMENT READINGS QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR TEXTURE 2000-01 FALL 1999 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN PENN A-4 5.8 7.5 6.3 65.0 107.3 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.0 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.8 6.8 6.7 7.1 6.8 PENN A-1 6.1 7.0 6.5 43.3 103.7 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.2 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.6 7.1 6.7 6.9 6.6 PENN G-1 5.8 7.3 6.0 56.7 104.0 6.6 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.5 6.8 5.8 5.9 6.3 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.5 GRAND PRIX (LCB-103) 5.0 7.2 5.7 63.3 104.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.5 6.8 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.4 IMPERIAL 5.6 6.7 6.2 66.7 104.0 6.3 6.5 6.2 6.8 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.4 CRENSHAW 7.0 6.3 7.2 66.7 105.7 6.1 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.8 6.2 5.9 6.3 CENTURY 5.0 7.2 5.7 66.7 103.7 6.2 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.7 6.0 5.3 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.2 SR 1020 5.9 5.8 6.3 65.0 103.0 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.2 BACKSPIN 5.2 6.7 6.0 63.3 102.3 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.6 6.1 5.8 5.8 6.3 5.9 6.3 6.1 L-93 5.9 5.7 6.5 63.3 104.0 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.5 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 PENN G-6 6.1 6.3 6.7 55.0 104.0 5.9 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.3 4.8 5.8 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.0 SR 1119 7.0 5.8 7.8 63.3 105.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.9 PROVIDENCE 6.4 5.7 7.2 58.3 101.0 5.7 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.8 PUTTER 5.9 5.3 6.2 71.7 103.0 5.8 6.1 5.7 6.3 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.2 6.1 5.6 5.9 5.7 TRUELINE 6.3 6.0 6.8 53.3 98.7 5.4 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6 VIPER 7.0 5.5 7.2 66.7 102.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.8 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 PENNCROSS 5.3 5.0 6.0 63.3 103.3 5.7 6.3 5.5 5.4 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.4 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.4 CATO 6.3 5.3 7.0 65.0 102.3 4.3 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.3 4.3 3.9 4.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 LSD VALUE 0.8 1.2 0.8 25.7 16.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.4 C.V. (%) 13.8 15.5 10.2 15.9 4.5 19.0 16.3 16.4 12.7 14.2 12.1 24.1 23.0 19.5 17.4 17.6 12.9 9.5 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.