TABLE 2B.        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS
                                              FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
                                                                         1990 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

                          TIFWAY        5.0    4.2    5.7    5.7    7.0    6.3    6.6    6.9    8.0    6.7    6.8    5.7     6.3
                          TIFWAY II     5.0    4.5    5.2    5.5    6.9    6.2    6.3    6.9    8.0    6.7    7.2    6.0     6.3
                          MSB-10        5.2    4.5    5.8    6.8    7.0    6.2    6.3    6.9    7.9    6.2    6.2    5.0     6.3
                          A-29          4.0    4.0    4.8    5.1    6.0    6.3    6.2    5.9    6.3    5.6    4.8    4.0     6.0
                          E-29          4.3    4.0    5.5    5.7    6.0    6.1    6.1    5.8    6.1    5.9    4.8    4.0     6.0
                          MIDIRON       4.0    4.0    6.0    4.9    5.8    6.0    6.1    6.2    6.3    5.5    4.7    4.0     5.9
                          A-22          4.0    4.0    5.8    5.5    5.9    5.8    5.9    5.8    6.2    5.7    5.0    4.0     5.8
                          MSB-20        4.0    4.0    5.7    6.8    6.4    5.8    5.9    6.3    6.9    6.0    5.5    4.0     5.8
                          NM 43         4.0    4.0    5.3    5.4    6.3    5.7    6.0    6.4    6.7    5.8    5.2    4.0     5.8
                          MSB-30        4.2    4.0    5.2    6.3    5.5    5.8    6.1    6.6    7.0    5.8    5.3    3.7     5.7
                          TUFCOTE       4.0    4.5    5.8    5.7    6.1    5.6    5.8    6.0    6.4    5.8    5.2    4.0     5.7
                          TIFGREEN      4.0    4.0    5.7    5.7    6.0    5.7    5.9    6.1    6.8    5.9    5.2    4.0     5.7
                          CT-23         5.2    4.0    5.5    4.5    5.5    5.0    5.5    5.9    6.7    5.5    6.7    6.0     5.4
                          NM 507        4.7    4.0    5.5    5.8    5.8    5.5    5.7    6.3    6.6    5.0    5.0    4.0     5.4
                          TEXTURF 10    4.3    4.0    4.7    5.8    5.1    5.2    5.5    5.9    6.4    5.5    5.3    4.3     5.4
                          NM 471        4.5    4.0    5.5    5.4    5.7    5.3    5.5    6.2    6.8    5.1    6.2    4.7     5.3
                          RS-1          4.0    4.2    5.2    4.9    5.0    5.4    5.4    5.6    5.7    5.0    4.2    4.0     5.2
                          FB-119        4.5    4.0    5.7    4.6    4.9    4.8    5.5    5.9    5.9    5.0    5.2    4.3     5.2
                          NM 375        4.3    4.0    5.3    4.5    4.9    5.0    5.2    5.9    6.2    5.0    5.3    4.7     5.1
                          VAMONT        4.2    4.0    5.5    5.3    5.3    5.0    4.9    5.3    5.4    5.1    4.0    4.3     5.0
                          NM 72         3.2    4.0    5.3    5.3    5.0    4.8    5.2    5.7    6.0    4.8    4.7    3.7     4.9

                          LSD VALUE     0.8    0.3    0.8    1.7    1.3    1.0    1.0    0.9    0.6    1.2    0.7    0.8     0.9