TABLE 2A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH MONTH GROWN AT TWENTY-ONE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1995 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 4.5 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.3 5.7 3.7 6.4 BABY (TDS-BM1) 4.2 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.4 6.6 6.3 6.7 6.8 6.2 5.5 3.8 6.4 MIDIRON 4.3 5.1 5.0 5.3 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.8 5.4 4.7 3.6 6.2 MIDLAWN 4.1 4.8 4.9 5.4 6.2 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.5 5.8 5.3 3.4 6.2 TIFGREEN 4.4 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.5 5.6 4.9 3.4 6.1 MIDFIELD 4.1 4.9 4.6 5.2 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.4 5.6 5.0 3.6 6.0 MIRAGE (90173) 3.8 4.4 4.8 5.2 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.5 4.9 3.7 5.8 OKS 91-11 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.3 4.9 3.6 5.6 STF-1 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.2 4.8 3.6 5.6 TEXTURF 10 3.8 4.8 4.5 4.7 5.2 5.6 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.0 3.7 5.5 J-27 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.3 4.6 3.7 5.5 JACKPOT (J-912) 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.5 4.9 3.4 5.4 SUNDEVIL 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.5 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.6 3.7 5.3 GUYMON 3.7 4.3 4.2 4.6 5.2 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.2 3.6 5.2 FMC-6 (FMC 6-91) 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.0 3.6 5.1 FMC 5-91 3.7 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.8 3.6 5.0 FMC 2-90 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.4 3.6 4.8 FMC 3-91 3.9 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 3.6 4.7 SAHARA 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.6 3.6 4.7 OKS 91-1 3.8 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.4 3.7 4.7 CHEYENNE 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8 3.5 4.6 PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90) 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.6 4.5 FLORADWARF (FHB-135) 3.7 4.8 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.8 3.6 4.5 SONESTA 3.8 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.6 3.7 4.4 ARIZONA COMMON-SEED 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.5 3.6 4.4 ARIZONA COMMON-VEG. 3.6 3.9 3.1 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.7 4.0 LSD VALUE 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 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).