TABLE 27A.   PERCENT SPRING GREENUP RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT LEXINGTON, KY (KY1)   1/
                                                          1992-96 DATA   2/  3/

                                NAME                    APRIL 25   MAY 3   MAY 14   MAY 21   MEAN

                                MIRAGE (90173)            43.3     92.3     98.7     99.0    83.3
                                GUYMON                     0.3     76.7     85.0     99.0    65.3
                                J-27                       3.3     51.7     86.7     99.0    60.2
                                MIDFIELD                   3.0     56.7     81.7     99.0    60.1
                                OKS 91-11                  3.0     48.3     80.0     98.3    57.4
                                MIDIRON                    4.0     50.0     76.0     92.7    55.7
                                SUNDEVIL                   3.0     28.3     83.3     98.7    53.3
                                MIDLAWN                    1.7     33.3     83.3     86.0    51.1
                                JACKPOT (J-912)            0.3     18.3     80.0     97.7    49.1
                                BABY (TDS-BM1)             0.7     17.3     65.0     97.7    45.2
                                OKS 91-1                   5.7     13.7     68.3     92.7    45.1
                                TIFWAY                     0.0      2.3     53.3     98.3    38.5
                                FMC 5-91                   0.7      3.3     48.3     86.7    34.8
                                TIFGREEN                   0.0      5.0     46.7     87.7    34.8
                                FMC-6 (FMC 6-91)           0.0      3.3     46.7     87.3    34.3
                                NUMEX-SAHARA               0.0      5.3     46.7     85.0    34.3
                                PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90)       0.0      4.0     40.0     81.7    31.4
                                FMC 3-91                   0.0      3.0     51.7     56.7    27.8
                                CHEYENNE                   0.0      8.7     20.7     61.7    22.8
                                FMC 2-90                   0.0      2.7     35.0     51.7    22.3
                                STF-1                      0.0      0.7     15.0     53.3    17.3
                                SONESTA                    0.0      2.0     21.7     43.3    16.8
                                ARIZONA COMMON-SEED        0.0      0.7     23.7     40.0    16.1
                                TEXTURF 10                 0.0      1.3     14.3     43.3    14.8
                                FLORADWARF (FHB-135)       0.0      0.0     21.7     35.3    14.3
                                ARIZONA COMMON-VEG.        0.0      0.7      6.3      9.7     4.2

                                LSD VALUE                  3.0     12.0     21.4     26.7    11.5

                                C.V. (%)                  76.8     40.0     26.4     22.2    20.3

            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).

            2/  C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.

            3/  PERCENT SPRING GREENUP RATED IN 1996 ONLY.