TABLE 2.         MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                   IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST  
                                                            AT MOBILE, AL (COUNTRY CLUB OF MOBILE) 1/
                                                                           1998 DATA

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

                                                                LEAF   ESTABLISHMENT      QUALITY RATINGS     
                                                   NAME       TEXTURE     RATING     SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN

                                                MINI-VERDE       9          5.3      8.5    8.3    8.0     8.3
                                                MS-SUPREME       9          5.5      8.3    8.0    8.0     8.1
                                                FLORADWARF       9          5.3      8.0    7.8    8.0     7.9
                                                CHAMPION         9          5.5      7.5    7.8    7.8     7.7
                                                TIFEAGLE         9          5.8      7.3    7.5    7.5     7.4
                                                TIFDWARF         9          5.8      6.5    6.8    6.8     6.7
                                                TIFGREEN         7          5.8      6.8    6.8    6.5     6.7

                                                LSD VALUE        0           -       0.7    0.6    0.6     0.5

                                                C.V. (%)         0         14.0      6.3    5.9    5.8     4.7


                           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).

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