TABLE 28.      THATCH ASHED DRY WEIGHT RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                            GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                1996 DATA

                                   THATCH ASHED DRY WEIGHT: KG./SQ.M.  2/

                                NAME                   WA3    WA4    MEAN

                                PENN G-2 (G-2)         3.3    2.8     3.1
                                DG-P                   3.1     .      3.1
                                PENN A-1 (A-1)         3.3    2.8     3.1
                                PROVIDENCE             3.2    2.6     2.9
                                BAR WS 42102           3.0    2.7     2.9
                                SR 1020                3.2    2.5     2.9
                                TRUELINE               3.2    2.5     2.9
                                PENN G-6 (G-6)         2.9    2.7     2.8
                                LOFTS L-93 (L-93)      2.9    2.8     2.8
                                PENNCROSS              3.1    2.5     2.8
                                CENTURY (SYN 92-1)     2.9    2.7     2.8
                                CRENSHAW               3.2    2.4     2.8
                                PENN A-4 (A-4)         3.0    2.6     2.8
                                SOUTHSHORE             3.1    2.5     2.8
                                PRO/CUP                3.0    2.5     2.8
                                IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)    2.8    2.7     2.7
                                CATO                   2.7    2.7     2.7
                                PENNLINKS              3.1    2.3     2.7
                                ISI-AP-89150           3.0    2.4     2.7
                                REGENT                 2.9    2.4     2.7
                                LOPEZ                  2.7    2.5     2.6
                                BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)    2.8    2.4     2.6
                                BAR AS 492             3.0    2.0     2.5
                                TENDENZ                2.8    2.3     2.5
                                MARINER (SYN-1-88)     2.7    2.4     2.5
                                18TH GREEN             2.8    2.1     2.5
                                SEASIDE                2.8    2.1     2.4
                                MSUEB                  2.6    2.0     2.3

                                LSD VALUE              0.2    0.3     0.2

                                C.V. (%)               4.1    6.5     5.2


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.