TABLE 7E.                                      MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                            AT DALLAS, TX (BENT TREE COUNTRY CLUB)  1/
                                                                        1998-2001 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                                                                        FALL       FALL       FALL
                                                                            WINTER      COLOR      COLOR      COLOR    DORMANCY
             GENETIC    SPRING     LEAF     DENSITY   DENSITY   DENSITY      COLOR     OCTOBER    NOVEMBER   DECEMBER   OCTOBER      PERCENT ESTABLISHMENT  
NAME          COLOR     GREENUP   TEXTURE   SPRING     SUMMER     FALL       1998       1999     1999,2001    1999      1999     1 WEEK    5 WEEKS   8 WEEKS

MINI-VERDE      7.3        6.9       5.3       5.9       6.9       7.7        8.0        3.3        5.5        3.0        5.7      66.7       40.0       53.3
TIFEAGLE        7.0        6.6       4.8       5.8       6.4       7.7        7.7        2.3        5.2        2.3        5.0      88.3       53.3       36.7
CHAMPION        6.9        6.2       5.0       5.6       6.2       8.0        7.7        2.3        5.5        2.3        5.3      91.7       33.3       23.3
FLORADWARF      6.8        5.2       4.6       5.1       5.4       7.3        7.3        2.0        4.3        2.0        6.0      66.7       58.3       63.3
MS-SUPREME      6.3        5.8       4.6       5.0       6.2       7.7        7.0        1.3        5.0        1.7        5.7      73.3       53.3       80.0
TIFDWARF        6.9        5.1       4.8       4.8       5.1       6.7        5.3        4.3        4.7        4.3        7.3      76.7       40.0       26.7
TIFGREEN        5.9        4.0       5.4       4.2       4.6       6.3        3.7        3.7        5.3        3.0        7.7      85.0       70.0       80.0

LSD VALUE       1.3        2.1       3.9       3.4       1.2       0.6        1.0        1.7        1.8        2.1        2.4      22.0       19.4       19.2
C.V. (%)       18.1       33.7      46.4      42.4      20.3       5.0        9.4       31.9       20.8       37.5       18.7      13.6       20.6       21.7



                      TABLE 7E.                MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                      (CONT'D)                       IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                            AT DALLAS, TX (BENT TREE COUNTRY CLUB)  1/
                                                                        1998-2001 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                                                           QUALITY RATINGS                                              
                      NAME           JAN     FEB     MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT     NOV     DEC    MEAN

                      MINI-VERDE     4.7     6.9     6.8     5.7     6.3     6.2     5.7     7.2     7.2     6.3     7.2     5.3     6.6
                      TIFEAGLE       4.6     6.3     6.7     5.1     5.7     5.7     5.3     6.6     5.9     6.4     6.9     5.2     6.2
                      CHAMPION       4.1     6.1     6.1     4.9     5.9     5.7     4.9     6.2     5.4     5.8     6.4     5.0     5.8
                      FLORADWARF     4.9     5.7     5.1     4.2     5.3     4.8     4.7     5.6     5.9     5.8     6.1     5.1     5.7
                      MS-SUPREME     4.6     5.6     5.4     4.4     6.2     5.4     5.2     6.1     6.1     5.3     5.9     4.8     5.7
                      TIFDWARF       5.2     5.6     5.1     4.3     4.6     4.1     4.9     6.1     5.2     5.3     5.4     5.3     5.4
                      TIFGREEN       4.4     4.8     4.0     4.3     4.1     3.6     5.0     5.6     4.6     4.8     4.9     4.6     4.8

                      LSD VALUE      1.3     1.7     1.8     3.2     2.0     1.6     2.1     1.9     2.2     2.3     0.8     2.3     1.0
                      C.V. (%)      21.1    24.8    31.1    43.9    32.0    30.5    26.9    23.7    31.5    33.2    14.7    28.2    20.0

                      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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.