TABLE 27.      BLACK TURFGRASS ATAENIUS RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                            GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                1996 DATA

                            BLACK TURFGRASS ATAENIUS RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DAMAGE  1/

                                       NAME                    KS1

                                       PRO/CUP                 8.7
                                       BAR AS 492              8.3
                                       REGENT                  8.0
                                       TRUELINE                8.0
                                       CENTURY (SYN 92-1)      7.7
                                       LOFTS L-93 (L-93)       7.7
                                       CATO                    7.3
                                       LOPEZ                   7.3
                                       BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)     7.0
                                       BAR WS 42102            7.0
                                       IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)     6.7
                                       PENN A-1 (A-1)          6.7
                                       PENN A-4 (A-4)          6.7
                                       SOUTHSHORE              6.7
                                       CRENSHAW                6.3
                                       PENNCROSS               6.3
                                       PENNLINKS               6.3
                                       DG-P                    6.0
                                       ISI-AP-89150            6.0
                                       MARINER (SYN-1-88)      6.0
                                       MSUEB                   6.0
                                       TENDENZ                 6.0
                                       18TH GREEN              5.7
                                       PENN G-2 (G-2)          5.7
                                       PENN G-6 (G-6)          5.7
                                       PROVIDENCE              5.7
                                       SEASIDE                 5.7
                                       SR 1020                 5.3

                                       LSD VALUE               3.0

                                       C.V. (%)               28.4


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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.