TABLE 24.      WINTER VERDURE RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                            GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                1996 DATA

                                   WINTER VERDURE RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST  2/

                               NAME                    WA3     WA4    MEAN

                               CENTURY (SYN 92-1)      5.0     7.7     6.3
                               PROVIDENCE              6.0     6.7     6.3
                               LOFTS L-93 (L-93)       5.0     7.0     6.0
                               PENN A-4 (A-4)          5.3     6.3     5.8
                               BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)     4.3     7.0     5.7
                               SOUTHSHORE              5.3     6.0     5.7
                               LOPEZ                   5.0     5.7     5.3
                               IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)     4.0     6.3     5.2
                               PENNLINKS               5.0     5.3     5.2
                               ISI-AP-89150            3.3     6.3     4.8
                               REGENT                  3.7     6.0     4.8
                               CATO                    3.7     5.7     4.7
                               DG-P                    4.7      .      4.7
                               TRUELINE                4.7     4.3     4.5
                               PENN G-2 (G-2)          5.0     3.7     4.3
                               PRO/CUP                 5.0     3.3     4.2
                               MSUEB                   4.3     4.0     4.2
                               SR 1020                 4.0     4.3     4.2
                               PENN G-6 (G-6)          4.0     4.0     4.0
                               PENNCROSS               3.7     4.3     4.0
                               BAR AS 492              4.7     3.0     3.8
                               SEASIDE                 3.7     4.0     3.8
                               MARINER (SYN-1-88)      4.0     3.3     3.7
                               PENN A-1 (A-1)          2.7     4.3     3.5
                               18TH GREEN              2.0     4.3     3.2
                               TENDENZ                 3.0     3.0     3.0
                               CRENSHAW                2.3     2.7     2.5
                               BAR WS 42102            2.7     2.0     2.3

                               LSD VALUE               1.4     1.7     1.1

                               C.V. (%)               20.9    21.3    21.2

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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.