TABLE 2C. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (SEEDED) 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 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 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 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 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.4 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).