TABLE 1.                       MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                   IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST 
                                                      AT BIRMINGHAM, AL (COUNTRY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM) 1/
                                                                           1998 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/
                             PERCENT
                          ESTABLISHMENT OVERSEED ESTABLISHMENT              COLOR RATINGS                                 QUALITY RATINGS        
                 NAME        5 WEEKS     OCTOBER    NOVEMBER       JUNE        JULY        AUG         SEP      JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    MEAN

              FLORADWARF      65.0         4.0         3.0         7.0         6.3         6.7         7.0      7.0    5.3    5.0    7.7     6.3
              MINI-VERDE      61.7         4.7         3.3         6.7         6.0         6.7         5.7      6.7    4.7    6.7    6.7     6.2
              MS-SUPREME      71.7         4.0         2.7         6.7         5.3         6.0         6.0      6.7    5.3    6.0    6.7     6.2
              TIFEAGLE        58.3         4.7         2.7         6.3         6.7         6.3         6.3      6.3    4.3    5.7    7.0     5.8
              CHAMPION        60.0         4.3         3.0         7.0         6.0         6.3         5.0      6.3    5.0    5.3    6.0     5.7
              TIFDWARF        71.7         4.7         3.0         6.0         5.7         6.0         4.3      6.3    5.0    5.3    5.0     5.4
              TIFGREEN        76.7         2.3         2.3         6.0         4.7         3.7         2.0      6.0    4.3    3.7    3.0     4.3

              LSD VALUE       14.2         1.5          -          0.7         1.3         0.9         1.2      1.1     -     1.2    1.4     0.6

              C.V. (%)        10.5        18.6        19.7         5.6        11.6         8.8        13.5      7.3   13.4   11.9   13.6     6.4


              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.