TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME ALl AR1 AZl CA2 CA3 FL1 GAl GA2 IL2 KS2 KY1 LA2 MD1 M02 MS1 OK1 OK2 TXl UB1 VAI VA4 MEAN * TIFWAY 5.1 8.3 7.1 5.7 6.1 7.6 5.8 3.9 7.0 8.8 8.2 6.8 3.1 3.5 7.2 7.9 7.9 6.8 7.5 3.1 7.4 6.4 * BABY (TDS-BM1) 5.1 8.5 7.3 5.6 6.0 6.0 4.3 4.0 7.8 7.3 8.4 7.1 2.5 6.5 6.6 8.0 8.2 6.3 5.4 5.5 7.8 6.4 * MIDIRON 5.3 8.1 5.9 5.2 5.6 5.4 3.9 3.3 7.1 7.9 7.6 6.0 7.2 5.9 5.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.9 5.7 6.9 6.2 * MIDLAWN 5.1 8.1 5.8 5.1 5.4 6.1 4.1 2.7 7.1 8.5 8.1 6.1 6.7 5.3 5.5 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.2 * TIFGREEN 5.2 8.6 6.8 5.4 5.6 5.9 4.3 3.6 8.0 7.4 7.7 7.0 2.1 6.2 6.3 8.1 8.1 6.1 5.1 3.2 7.8 6.1 * MIDFIELD 5.1 6.8 6.4 5.2 5.9 4.3 3.6 3.1 6.9 8.1 7.8 6.3 7.2 6.3 5.4 6.5 6.5 7.1 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.0 * MIRAGE (90173) 5.1 6.1 6.4 5.0 5.3 5.4 4.8 3.7 6.5 7.3 7.9 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.9 5.2 5.4 7.3 4.8 6.3 5.8 OKS 91-11 5.1 6.7 6.3 4.8 5.4 5.3 4.3 3.7 5.7 7.6 7.6 4.7 6.3 4.7 4.9 6.0 5.5 6.0 7.2 3.9 5.8 5.6 STF-1 5.2 7.2 5.2 5.1 5.3 4.9 3.9 3.1 5.9 8.1 6.4 5.4 3.4 6.6 5.7 6.6 6.7 5.9 6.7 3.6 6.4 5.6 * TEXTURF 10 5.2 7.4 5.5 4.8 5.7 6.4 3.9 2.5 6.0 6.9 7.0 5.6 1.5 6.3 5.4 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.6 4.0 6.8 5.5 J-27 5.2 6.0 6.4 4.8 5.2 4.7 4.4 3.8 5.1 7.4 7.3 4.9 6.0 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.0 5.7 7.1 4.4 5.9 5.5 * JACKPOT (J-912) 5.1 5.8 5.8 4.6 5.0 5.3 4.9 3.0 6.3 6.6 7.4 5.2 4.2 4.3 5.0 5.8 5.5 5.6 7.1 4.8 6.3 5.4 * SUNDEVIL 5.1 5.9 5.6 4.4 5.3 4.7 4.4 3.3 5.5 6.7 7.4 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.2 5.0 6.9 3.4 5.8 5.3 * GUYMON 5.0 5.7 5.8 4.7 5.3 4.7 4.7 3.3 4.1 7.2 7.5 4.9 6.1 4.8 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.1 6.4 4.2 5.0 5.2 * FMC-6 (FMC 6-91) 5.1 6.4 5.8 4.5 4.9 5.1 4.7 3.7 5.3 6.5 6.7 5.1 3.5 2.2 5.0 6.3 5.8 5.6 6.3 1.7 6.3 5.1 FMC 5-91 5.2 5.9 5.2 4.5 5.2 5.4 4.4 3.5 5.9 6.3 6.0 4.5 4.0 3.1 5.0 5.9 5.7 5.1 6.4 2.3 6.1 5.0 Fmc 2-90 5.1 6.0 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8 3.9 5.0 6.4 6.2 4.8 2.2 1.7 4.9 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.9 2.1 5.7 4.8 FMC 3-91 5.1 5.8 5.9 4.5 5.2 5.2 4.8 3.7 4.9 5.9 4.9 5.5 2.2 1.4 5.0 6.0 5.7 5.2 4.6 1.2 6.4 4.7 * SAHARA -D.1 5.7 5.3 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.3 3.3 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.0 3.3 1.6 4.9 5.5 4.9 5.2 6.4 1.5 6.0 4.7 OKS 91-1 5.0 5.5 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 3.1 5.1 6.1 6.8 4.7 3.5 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.0 5.2 4.2 2.3 5.7 4.7 * CHEYENNE 5.0 5.5 4.6 4.1 5.1 4.8 4.6 3.4 5.3 6.1 5.1 4.2 1.6 2.5 4-7 5.2 4.9 5.4 7.2 1.3 5.3 4.6 * PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90) 5.0 5.3 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.5 3.6 5.3 6.0 5.5 4.7 2.2 1.8 4.8 5.1 4.7 5.3 5.9 1.3 5.1 4.5 * FLORADWARF (FHB-135) 5.0 7.3 6.5 4.5 5.1 5.9 3.0 3.1 7.0 5.9 3.5 5.5 1.7 1.1 4.4 4.7 6.3 4.1 1.0 1.6 6.2 4.5 * SONESTA 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.2 2.9 5.0 5.9 5.2 5.1 2.5 1.6 4.6 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.8 1.0 5.9 4.4 * ARIZONA COMMON-SEED 5.1 5.5 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.7 4.4 3.5 5.2 6.2 4.3 5.0 2.4 1.3 4.5 4.7 4.2 5.3 5.6 1.7 5.1 4.4 * ARIZONA COMMON-VEG. 5.2 4.6 3.0 3.9 4.5 3.1 3.1 2.5 5.0 5.5 4.0 4.1 2.7 1.3 4.3 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.7 1.1 4.7 4.0 LSD VALUE 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.5 2.2 1.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.2 1.9 0.5 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1996. 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).