TABLE 17A.   FALL COLOR (SEPTEMBER) RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                1997 DATA

                           FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION   2/

                                           NAME            NE1

                                           378             6.7
                                           86-61           6.3
                                           BISON           6.3
                                           TEXOKA          6.3
                                           TATANKA         6.0
                                           91-118          5.7
                                           BAM-1000        5.7
                                           MIDGET          5.7
                                           609             5.3
                                           86-120          5.3
                                           BONNIE BRAE     5.3
                                           CODY            5.3
                                           STAMPEDE        5.3
                                           UCR-95          5.3

                                           LSD VALUE       1.0

                                           CV (%)         10.7



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.