TABLE 2A.              MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH
                                   MONTH GROWN AT TWENTY-EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.
                                                     1991-1995 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              

    378 (NE 85-378)       4.6    4.3    4.6    5.8    5.7    6.3    6.0     6.0    5.7     4.6    4.1    3.9     5.8
    315 (NE 84-315)       4.7    4.3    4.7    5.6    6.0    6.4    5.9     5.8    5.6     4.5    3.9    3.4     5.7
    NE 84-436             4.8    4.7    4.9    5.4    5.4    6.1    5.8     6.0    5.7     4.6    4.5    3.5     5.6
    NTG-5                 4.6    4.5    4.7    5.7    5.4    6.0    5.8     5.9    5.7     4.8    4.3    3.6     5.6
    NTG-2                 4.8    4.2    4.6    5.6    5.3    5.9    5.7     5.8    5.7     4.8    4.4    3.6     5.5
    NTG-3                 4.8    4.7    4.6    5.2    5.4    6.1    5.9     5.9    5.7     4.8    4.4    3.6     5.5
    AZ 143                4.9    4.9    4.9    5.4    5.3    6.0    5.7     5.8    5.6     4.6    4.0    3.7     5.5
    609 (NE 84-609)       4.9    4.8    4.9    5.4    4.7    5.6    5.8     6.0    6.1     5.8    5.7    4.7     5.5
    SUFFALAWN             5.2    5.1    4.7    5.5    4.7    5.9    5.8     5.7    5.8     5.5    5.2    4.4     5.5
    NTG-4                 4.7    4.4    4.8    5.7    5.3    6.0    5.8     5.8    5.6     4.9    4.3    3.6     5.5
    TATANKA (NTG-1)       4.7    4.5    4.6    5.3    5.3    6.1    5.7     5.6    5.5     4.8    4.3    3.6     5.4
    PRAIRIE               4.9    5.0    4.9    5.3    4.6    5.5    5.6     5.6    5.7     5.4    5.2    4.4     5.3
    SHARPS IMPROVED       4.7    4.6    4.8    5.2    5.1    5.6    5.4     5.6    5.4     4.9    4.4    3.4     5.2
    TOP GUN (BAM 101)     4.6    4.4    4.5    5.4    4.9    5.6    5.5     5.5    5.3     4.8    4.5    3.5     5.1
    TEXOKA                4.5    4.1    4.4    5.0    4.8    5.4    5.5     5.5    5.3     4.8    4.2    3.6     5.1
    HIGHLIGHT 4           5.1    4.9    4.4    5.1    4.3    5.2    5.4     5.3    5.4     5.3    5.3    4.3     5.0
    BISON                 4.6    4.3    4.7    5.4    4.8    5.3    5.3     5.4    5.3     4.8    4.4    3.4     5.0
    HIGHLIGHT 25          5.3    5.1    4.7    5.3    4.5    5.4    5.3     5.3    5.4     5.5    5.3    4.3     5.0
    PLAINS (BAM 202)      4.5    4.3    4.6    5.1    4.6    5.5    5.3     5.3    5.1     4.8    4.4    3.6     5.0
    HIGHLIGHT 15          5.0    4.9    4.6    5.3    4.3    5.1    5.3     5.1    5.2     5.4    5.3    4.3     4.9
    NE 84-45-3            4.4    4.3    4.4    4.8    4.6    5.4    5.4     5.1    4.8     4.1    3.7    3.1     4.9
    RUTGERS               5.3    4.8    4.4    5.2    4.2    5.2    5.4     5.2    5.3     5.4    5.2    4.1     4.9

    LSD VALUE             0.9    0.7    0.8    0.6    0.4    0.4    0.3     0.4    0.3     0.4    0.6    0.9     0.3

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).