TABLE 27.   THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                   GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

                                                            THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/

                                                                NAME                       QE1

                                                                BAR VB 6820               14.3
                                                                BAR VB 233                 9.3
                                                                NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60)     9.0
                                                                BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649)      8.0
                                                                DRAGON (ZPS-429)           8.0
                                                                BAR VB 3115B               7.7
                                                                BARTITIA                   7.7
                                                                MTT 683                    7.7
                                                                KENBLUE                    7.0
                                                                CALIBER                    6.7
                                                                EAGLETON                   6.3
                                                                BLUE STAR                  6.0
                                                                SOUTH DAKOTA               6.0
                                                                BARON                      5.7
                                                                VB 16015                   4.7
                                                                BARUZO                     4.3
                                                                BH 95-199                  4.3
                                                                BARONIE                    4.0
                                                                PST-B9-196                 3.7
                                                                CANTERBURY                 3.3
                                                                LIPOA                      2.7

                                                                LSD VALUE                  5.3
                                                                C.V. (%)                  50.4

                           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.