TABLE 15.    THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                            GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                1997 DATA

                                   THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/

                                       NAME                    QE1

                                       PENNLINKS              38.3
                                       BAR AS 492             35.0
                                       CENTURY (SYN 92-1)     35.0
                                       CRENSHAW               35.0
                                       DG-P                   35.0
                                       PENN A-4 (A-4)         35.0
                                       PENN G-2 (G-2)         35.0
                                       PENN G-6 (G-6)         35.0
                                       PRO/CUP                35.0
                                       SOUTHSHORE             35.0
                                       BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)    33.3
                                       BAR WS 42102           33.3
                                       MSUEB                  33.3
                                       PENN A-1 (A-1)         33.3
                                       ISI-AP-89150           31.7
                                       LOPEZ                  31.7
                                       MARINER (SYN-1-88)     31.7
                                       PENNCROSS              31.7
                                       PROVIDENCE             31.7
                                       REGENT                 31.7
                                       SR 1020                31.7
                                       TENDENZ                31.7
                                       18TH GREEN             30.0
                                       CATO                   30.0
                                       LOFTS L-93 (L-93)      30.0
                                       SEASIDE                30.0
                                       TRUELINE               30.0
                                       IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)    28.3

                                       LSD VALUE               7.1

                                       C.V. (%)               13.4


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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.