TABLE 12A.   PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER (SPRING)
                                                             RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                         1990 DATA
                                                                             
                                                     PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER IN SPRING:  LOCATIONS  1/

                                                   NAME                     MO4     VA1     VA4    MEAN

                                                   NM 43                    0.0    85.0    78.3    54.4
                                                   TIFGREEN                 0.0    73.0    88.3    53.8
                                                   VAMONT                  10.0    88.3    56.7    51.7
                                                   TIFWAY                   1.7    73.3    76.7    50.6
                                                   TUFCOTE                  0.0    73.3    76.7    50.0
                                                   MSB-10                   0.0    70.0    78.3    49.4
                                                   TEXTURF 10               0.0    73.3    73.3    48.9
                                                   TIFWAY II                0.0    59.7    75.0    44.9
                                                   MSB-20                   0.0    48.3    85.0    44.4
                                                   E-29                    23.3    81.7    26.7    43.9
                                                   MIDIRON                 10.0    93.3    26.7    43.3
                                                   A-29                     1.7    88.3    33.3    41.1
                                                   RS-1                     1.7    76.7    45.0    41.1
                                                   MSB-30                   1.7    45.0    66.7    37.8
                                                   NM 375                   0.0    73.3    36.7    36.7
                                                   A-22                     0.0    80.0    28.3    36.1
                                                   NM 507                   0.0    40.0    60.0    33.3
                                                   NM 72                    0.0    28.3    60.0    29.4
                                                   FB-119                   0.0    41.7    45.0    28.9
                                                   NMS 3                    0.0    35.0    43.3    26.1
                                                   NMS 4                    0.0    40.0    38.3    26.1
                                                   NM 471                   0.0    23.3    53.3    25.6
                                                   NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)     0.0    25.0    48.3    24.4
                                                   CT-23                    0.0    33.3    30.0    21.1
                                                   NMS 14                   0.0    38.3    16.7    18.3
                                                   NMS 2                    0.0    13.3    31.7    15.0
                                                   AZ. COMMON               0.0    18.3    18.3    12.2
                                                   GUYMON                   6.7    20.0     5.0    10.6

                                                   LSD VALUE               13.1    34.1     9.2    12.6

                     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).