TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1991 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS 1/ NAME JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN FX-261 3.5 6.8 7.2 5.1 6.1 7.0 7.8 7.3 6.7 6.3 4.3 7.2 6.6 FX-332 2.7 6.0 6.5 5.0 5.7 6.3 7.2 7.0 6.8 7.0 4.7 6.5 6.5 TR 6-10 (DD-II) 2.3 5.7 6.5 5.3 5.7 6.8 7.3 5.8 6.4 5.9 4.3 6.8 6.3 SEVILLE 2.3 5.5 6.0 5.3 5.8 6.2 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.7 4.7 6.5 6.3 S-6-72-107 3.2 6.2 7.0 5.0 5.6 6.3 7.0 6.2 6.2 6.3 4.8 7.2 6.2 FX-313 2.7 6.0 6.5 4.9 5.5 5.8 7.0 6.8 6.0 5.8 3.7 6.2 6.1 MSA-2 3.0 6.2 6.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.6 6.7 4.5 5.7 6.0 MERCEDES 3.0 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.5 5.9 7.2 6.5 6.2 6.3 4.0 5.8 6.0 JADE 2.2 5.7 6.5 4.8 5.6 6.9 7.0 6.3 6.2 6.3 4.3 6.3 5.9 MSA-11 3.0 5.8 6.2 5.0 5.4 6.0 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.4 4.2 5.5 5.8 DELMAR 3.3 6.3 7.2 4.8 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.8 3.7 6.2 5.8 MSA-20 3.3 6.2 6.2 5.0 5.3 5.6 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.4 4.0 5.3 5.8 BITTERBLUE 3.0 6.3 6.8 4.3 5.0 6.2 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.8 3.8 6.2 5.7 S-71-770 2.3 5.2 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.9 6.5 6.1 5.8 5.9 3.5 5.2 5.7 S-71-2090 3.0 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.2 5.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 3.2 4.7 5.6 S-6-71-138 2.7 5.8 6.0 4.9 4.9 5.6 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.9 3.7 5.3 5.6 FLORALAWN 2.7 5.7 5.7 4.6 4.9 6.2 6.1 5.7 6.1 6.3 3.8 6.2 5.6 TR-6-3 (DD-I) 2.3 5.5 5.8 5.2 5.0 5.7 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.8 4.2 6.0 5.6 FLORATAM 2.7 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.9 6.3 5.9 5.8 6.3 4.0 5.5 5.5 FX-33 3.2 6.2 6.2 4.6 5.4 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 4.5 5.7 5.5 SUNCLIPSE 2.8 6.8 7.3 3.2 4.5 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.9 4.8 4.3 6.3 5.5 RALEIGH 2.5 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.5 6.0 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.2 4.0 4.3 5.4 FX-10 2.7 5.8 6.5 4.3 5.0 5.9 6.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 3.8 5.5 5.3 DALSA 8401 2.3 4.3 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.9 5.5 5.1 5.7 3.5 4.8 4.8 M-1 2.2 5.0 4.8 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.8 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.0 5.0 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.7 2.9 2.5 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 2.6 1.1 0.9 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).