TABLE 8.        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST 
                                                            AT HOUSTON, TX (LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB) 1/
                                                                           1998 DATA

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

                                                               GENETIC  ESTABLISHMENT      QUALITY RATINGS     
                                                   NAME         COLOR      RATING     AUG    SEP    OCT    MEAN

                                                MINI-VERDE       5.0         7.7      5.0    5.7    5.7     5.4
                                                CHAMPION         4.3         6.0      5.0    5.7    5.3     5.3
                                                FLORADWARF       4.7         6.3      4.0    4.7    5.7     4.8
                                                MS-SUPREME       3.3         7.3      3.7    5.0    5.7     4.8
                                                TIFEAGLE         3.0         6.3      3.3    4.7    6.0     4.7
                                                TIFDWARF         3.3         7.0      2.3    3.3    5.0     3.6
                                                TIFGREEN         1.0         7.3      1.0    1.0    1.0     1.0

                                                LSD VALUE        1.9         0.8      1.6    1.3    1.1     1.2

                                                C.V. (%)        28.4         6.6     26.1   17.5   13.0    17.3


                           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.