TABLE 29.   ESTABLISHMENT RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE AT MEAD, NE  1/
                                                                              1998 DATA

                                                             ESTABLISHMENT RATINGS 1-9; 9=FULL COVERAGE  2/

                                                    NAME                 SEPTEMBER    OCTOBER    NOVEMBER    MEAN

                                                    TRUELINE                5.0         8.3         9.0       7.4
                                                    L-93                    5.3         7.7         9.0       7.3
                                                    PRINCEVILLE             5.0         7.7         9.0       7.2
                                                    SEASIDE                 5.0         7.3         9.0       7.1
                                                    BACKSPIN                4.7         7.3         8.7       6.9
                                                    CENTURY                 4.3         7.7         8.7       6.9
                                                    IMPERIAL                4.3         7.3         9.0       6.9
                                                    SR 1119                 4.7         7.0         9.0       6.9
                                                    SRX 1120                4.3         7.3         8.7       6.8
                                                    PENN G-6                3.7         6.7         8.7       6.3
                                                    GOLFSTAR                3.7         6.7         8.3       6.2
                                                    GRAND PRIX              3.7         6.7         8.3       6.2
                                                    SRX 1BPAA               3.3         6.3         8.7       6.1
                                                    ISI AT-5                3.7         6.3         8.0       6.0
                                                    PROVIDENCE              3.0         6.3         8.7       6.0
                                                    PENNCROSS               3.7         6.0         8.0       5.9
                                                    SR 7100                 3.3         6.0         8.3       5.9
                                                    ABT-COL-2               3.3         6.0         8.0       5.8
                                                    PST-0VN                 3.3         5.7         8.3       5.8
                                                    PENNEAGLE               3.3         5.7         8.0       5.7
                                                    RADIANCE (PST-9HG)      2.7         6.0         8.3       5.7
                                                    SEASIDE II              3.3         5.7         8.0       5.7
                                                    SRX 7MOBB               3.0         5.7         7.7       5.4
                                                    PST-9PM                 2.3         5.3         8.0       5.2
                                                    SRX 7MODD               2.7         5.3         7.7       5.2
                                                    TIGER                   2.7         5.7         7.3       5.2

                                                    LSD VALUE               3.7         1.9         2.3       2.3
                                                    C.V. (%)               34.8        14.5         9.4      15.0


                           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.