TABLE 4A.          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS
                                              FOR EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.
                                                   1991-19,95 DATA

                                   TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/

                           NAME                    1992     1993     1994     1995   1991-95

                           378 (NE 85-378)         5.82     6.01     5.76     5.45     5.77
                           315 (NE 84-315)         6.00     5.82     5.51     5.44     5.73
                           BUFFALAWN               5.91     5.79     4.90     4.96     5.50
                           NE 84-436               5.58     5.87     5.43     5.38     5.44
                           NTG-5                   5.59     5.67     5.52     5.40     5.40
                           NTG-2                   5.41     5.79     5.48     5.30     5.37
                           AZ 143                  5.69     5.59     5.35     5.04     5.34
                           NTG-3                   5.44     5.61     5.43     5.53     5.29
                           609 (NE 84-609)         5.37     5.53     5.62     5.41     5.24
                           TATANKA (NTG-1)         5.40     5.62     5.29     5.34     5.22
                           NTG-4                   5.29     5.63     5.57     5.34     5.17
                           PRAIRIE                 5.22     5.66     5.02     5.09     5.15
                           HIGHLIGHT 4             5.38     5.48     4.47     4.46     5.01
                           NE 84-45-3              5.09     5.18     4.57     4.51     4.87
                           HIGHLIGHT 15            5.23     5.33     4.40     4.47     4.86
                           TOP GUN (BAM   101)     5.12     5.36     5.04     4.90     4.85
                           SHARPS IMPROVED         5.12     5.25     5.08     5.18     4.85
                           HIGHLIGHT 25            5.10     5.35     4.54     4.77     4.83
                           PLAINS (BAM 202)        4.98     5.10     5.03     4.71     4.81
                           TEXOKA                  4.80     5.28     5.19     4.87     4.81
                           RUTGERS                 5.15     5.48     4.28     4.36     4.78
                           BISON                   4.95     5.07     5.10     4.98     4.75

                           LSD VALUE               0.25     0.24     0.23     0.27     0.16

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).