TABLE 17.      MELTING-OUT (SPRING) RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                                    
                                                                     GROWN ON A GREEN                                                                      
                                                                         1995 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                           MELTING-OUT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DAMAGE  1/                                                        
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                NAME                   WA4                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                PENNCROSS              8.7                                                                 
                                                                SYN 92-2               8.7                                                                 
                                                                BAR WS 42102           8.3                                                                 
                                                                PENNLINKS              8.3                                                                 
                                                                SOUTHSHORE             8.3                                                                 
                                                                SEASIDE                8.0                                                                 
                                                                PRO/CUP                7.7                                                                 
                                                                BAR AS 492             7.0                                                                 
                                                                LOPEZ                  7.0                                                                 
                                                                PENN A-1 (A-1)         7.0                                                                 
                                                                CENTURY (SYN 92-1)     6.7                                                                 
                                                                LOFT'S L-93 (L-93)     6.7                                                                 
                                                                TENDENZ                6.7                                                                 
                                                                MARINER (SYN-1-88)     6.3                                                                 
                                                                REGENT                 6.3                                                                 
                                                                TRUELINE               6.3                                                                 
                                                                CATO                   6.0                                                                 
                                                                PENN A-4 (A-4)         6.0                                                                 
                                                                SR 1020                5.7                                                                 
                                                                PROVIDENCE             5.3                                                                 
                                                                18TH GREEN             5.0                                                                 
                                                                CRENSHAW               4.7                                                                 
                                                                IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)    4.7                                                                 
                                                                PENN G-2 (G-2)         4.0                                                                 
                                                                ISI-AP-89150           3.3                                                                 
                                                                PENN G-6 (G-6)         3.3                                                                 
                                                                MSUEB                  2.7                                                                 

                                                                LSD VALUE              3.7                                                                 


                           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).