TABLE 27B.      FALL COLOR (SEPTEMBER) RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS
                                                 1991-1995 DATA

                             FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION 1/

                       NAME                   CA3    CO1     NE1     OK1    UB1     MEAN

                       RUTGERS                5.3    7.7     6.5     7.0    7.7      6.8
                       TOP GUN (BAM 101)      7.7    7.2     5.3     7.0    5.7      6.6
                       BISON                  7.7    5.3     5.3     6.0    6.3      6.1
                       PLAINS (BAM 202)       7.7    5.0     5.3     5.0    5.8      5.8
                       TATANKA (NTG-1)        8.0    4.7     5.7     5.0    5.0      5.7
                       NTG-4                  8.0    4.8     5.3     5.0    5.0      5.6
                       TEXOKA                 7.3    4.8     5.3     5.7    4.8      5.6
                       NTG-2                  8.0    5.0     6.0     4.0    4.8      5.6
                       NTG-3                  7.3    4.5     5.3     5.3    5.0      5.5
                       SHARPS IMPROVED        7.3    4.5     5.0     5.3    5.3      5.5
                       NTG-5                  7.3    4.7     5.7     4.0    4.5      5.2

                       LSD VALUE              0.8    0.5     0.9     1.7    1.3      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).