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

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

                                            NAME          NE1

                                            BISON         6.3
                                            TEXOKA        6.3
                                            TATANKA       6.0
                                            BAM-1000      5.7
                                            CODY          5.3

                                            LSD VALUE     1.1

                                            CV (%)       11.5



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.