TABLE 2A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT SEVEN 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 TIFWAY II 4.0 4.6 7.0 7.0 6.6 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.6 6.3 4.6 7.5 TIFWAY 4.0 4.7 6.3 6.8 6.5 8.0 8.1 7.6 7.8 7.2 5.1 4.2 7.3 MSB-10 (MS-PRIDE) 4.0 4.8 6.7 7.0 6.7 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.1 5.7 3.8 7.3 NM 43 4.0 4.3 6.3 5.7 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.1 4.9 4.0 6.9 MSB-20 (MS-EXPRESS) 4.0 4.7 6.0 6.0 6.4 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.3 6.9 5.2 4.0 6.9 MSB-30 (MS-CHOICE) 4.0 3.3 5.0 5.3 5.7 7.1 7.6 7.7 8.0 6.8 5.0 3.7 6.8 NM 471 4.0 4.5 6.0 6.5 5.5 7.1 7.6 7.3 7.5 7.3 5.1 4.3 6.8 NM 507 4.0 4.5 5.7 6.0 5.4 6.9 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.1 4.8 4.0 6.7 A-22 (MIDLAWN) 4.0 4.3 6.7 6.7 6.3 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 6.7 5.2 4.3 6.7 CT-23 4.0 5.0 6.3 6.3 5.3 6.8 7.3 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.0 5.2 6.7 TIFGREEN 4.0 4.3 6.0 5.5 6.2 6.8 7.3 7.0 7.2 6.9 4.8 4.2 6.6 A-29 4.0 4.2 6.0 6.8 6.3 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.8 4.7 4.0 6.6 TUFCOTE 4.0 4.8 6.3 6.2 6.5 7.0 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.3 4.8 4.2 6.5 MIDIRON 4.0 4.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.5 4.4 4.0 6.3 TEXTURF 10 4.0 4.2 6.0 6.2 5.7 6.4 6.8 7.0 7.2 6.7 5.0 3.8 6.3 NM 375 4.0 4.3 5.0 5.8 5.6 6.3 6.8 6.7 7.1 7.1 4.4 4.3 6.3 E-29 (MIDFIELD) 4.0 4.3 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.4 4.3 4.2 6.3 NMS 3 (SONESTA) 4.0 3.7 5.0 5.5 5.1 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.8 6.5 5.0 3.8 6.1 NM 72 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.8 5.0 6.1 6.2 6.7 7.2 6.5 4.5 3.6 6.1 FB-119 4.0 4.3 4.7 5.3 4.7 6.1 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.4 5.1 4.7 6.0 RS-1 4.0 4.8 5.0 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.2 4.1 3.8 6.0 NMS 4 4.0 3.7 4.7 5.8 5.0 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.4 5.9 4.1 3.8 5.8 VAMONT 4.0 4.8 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.1 4.4 4.3 5.7 NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 4.0 4.2 4.7 5.3 4.6 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.9 3.9 4.0 5.3 GUYMON 3.7 3.2 4.0 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.6 4.1 3.5 5.2 NMS 14 4.0 3.5 4.3 4.8 4.5 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.8 3.8 4.2 5.1 NMS 2 4.0 3.7 4.3 4.8 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.1 3.4 4.0 5.1 AZ. COMMON 3.7 4.2 4.3 5.5 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.6 3.1 4.2 4.8 LSD VALUE 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 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).