TABLE 6.                        LEAF TEXTURE RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                             GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                 1997 DATA

                                   LEAF TEXTURE RATINGS 1-9; 9=VERY FINE  2/

NAME                   AZ1    IA1     IL2    KY1    MI1     MN1    OK1    QE1    RI1    TX1    WA1    MEAN

PENN A-4 (A-4)         7.7    7.7     8.0    8.3    5.7     7.7    9.0    7.0    8.0    8.0    8.0     7.7
PENN G-2 (G-2)         7.7    7.7     7.0    8.0    6.0     7.0    8.7    6.3    8.3    8.7    8.0     7.6
PENN A-1 (A-1)         7.7    7.7     8.0    8.7    5.0     7.0    9.0    6.0    7.7    8.3    8.0     7.5
CENTURY (SYN 92-1)     7.7    7.3     9.0    7.3    5.5     5.7    8.3    6.3    6.7    8.7    8.0     7.3
SOUTHSHORE             6.7    6.7     8.7    9.0    5.3     6.7    7.7    6.0    7.3    8.3    8.0     7.3
BAR WS 42102           7.7    7.0     6.3    8.3    5.7     6.7    7.7    6.7    7.3    8.7    8.0     7.3
CRENSHAW               7.3    7.3     8.7    8.3    5.0     6.0    8.3    6.0    6.3    8.7    7.7     7.2
PENN G-6 (G-6)         6.7    6.7     7.7    7.7    5.3     6.3    8.7    6.0    8.0    8.7    8.0     7.2
CATO                   7.0    7.0     8.0    8.0    5.3     5.3    7.7    7.0    7.3    8.3    8.0     7.2
LOFTS L-93 (L-93)      7.3    6.7     7.0    8.0    5.0     5.7    8.3    6.7    7.3    8.7    8.0     7.2
BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)    7.0    7.0     8.7    7.7    5.0     5.7    7.7    6.3    7.3    8.0    8.0     7.1
SR 1020                7.0    6.7     8.3    7.3    5.0     6.0    7.3    6.7    6.7    8.0    7.7     7.0
PROVIDENCE             7.0    6.0     7.7    8.0    5.3     5.3    8.0    6.3    7.0    7.7    7.7     6.9
IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)    7.3    7.0     6.7    7.0    5.0     6.0    8.0    6.3    7.0    7.7    8.0     6.9
MARINER (SYN-1-88)     6.0    6.0     8.0    9.0    5.0     5.7    7.7    6.7    7.0    8.0    7.0     6.9
PRO/CUP                6.0    6.3     8.0    8.0    5.0     5.7    7.7    6.0    6.7    7.7    7.3     6.8
ISI-AP-89150           6.3    6.0     8.0    8.0    5.0     5.3    8.0    6.0    5.7    7.3    8.0     6.7
PENNLINKS              6.7    6.0     7.0    7.0    5.0     5.7    8.0    6.0    6.7    8.3    7.3     6.7
DG-P                   5.7    6.3     6.3    7.0    5.0     6.0    7.3    5.7    7.0    8.7    8.0     6.6
TRUELINE               5.7    6.0     8.0    8.0    5.0     6.0    7.3    5.3    6.3    7.3    7.3     6.6
REGENT                 6.3    6.0     7.0    6.0    5.0     5.3    8.3    6.0    6.3    8.0    7.3     6.5
LOPEZ                  5.7    6.0     5.0    8.0    5.0     5.7    8.0    6.0    6.7    7.3    7.3     6.4
MSUEB                  6.0    6.0     4.3    8.0    5.3     5.3    7.3    6.0    6.7    7.7    7.7     6.4
18TH GREEN             6.0    5.7     7.0    6.3    4.3     4.7    7.3    6.0    7.0    7.7    7.7     6.3
BAR AS 492             6.0    6.0     4.0    8.0    4.7     5.7     .     6.0    7.0    7.7    8.0     6.3
TENDENZ                6.3    5.7     5.0    7.0    4.0      .      .     5.3    5.3    8.7    8.0     6.1
SEASIDE                5.3    5.3     4.0    5.7    5.0     6.0    7.0    5.3    5.3    8.3    7.7     5.9
PENNCROSS              6.3    5.7     3.0    7.7    5.0     5.3    6.7    5.0    5.0    8.0    7.0     5.9

LSD VALUE              0.8    0.9     2.1    0.7    0.6     0.9    1.1    0.7    0.8    0.9    0.6     0.3

C.V. (%)               7.2    8.3    18.5    5.8    6.8    10.0    9.0    7.1    7.0    7.1    4.7     9.0


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.