TABLE 13.   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                            GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT AT SIX LOCATIONS  1/
                                                                    IN THE TRANSITION ZONE
                                                                           1998 DATA

                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                         NAME                       KY1     MO1     NC1     OK1     UB1    VA1    MEAN

                                         BARONIE                    7.7     4.2     4.3     6.3     3.2    2.6     4.7
                                         BAR VB 3115B               6.1     5.0     4.2     4.3     4.7    3.5     4.6
                                         BARON                      6.7     5.0     4.6     4.1     4.0    2.9     4.6
                                         DRAGON (ZPS-429)           7.3     4.5     4.4     4.7     3.2    2.8     4.5
                                         CANTERBURY                 7.2     4.3     4.2     5.0     3.5    2.6     4.5
                                         CALIBER                    5.9     5.0     4.4     4.3     3.4    3.4     4.4
                                         EAGLETON                   5.8     4.6     4.1     4.7     4.1    3.0     4.4
                                         PST-B9-196                 6.4     4.3     4.4     4.7     3.6    2.7     4.3
                                         NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60)     6.4     5.5     4.0     4.3     2.9    2.8     4.3
                                         SOUTH DAKOTA               5.0     5.2     4.3     3.6     4.4    3.2     4.3
                                         KENBLUE                    4.8     4.6     4.0     4.4     4.3    3.3     4.2
                                         BH 95-199                  6.3     4.7     4.7     3.9     2.9    2.6     4.2
                                         MTT 683                    5.9     5.5     4.5     3.0     3.3    2.5     4.1
                                         BLUE STAR                  6.2     4.6     4.2     3.4     3.3    2.6     4.1
                                         BARTITIA                   6.0     5.6     3.9     3.1     3.0    2.4     4.0
                                         VB 16015                   6.3     4.0     4.3     3.3     3.2    2.7     4.0
                                         BAR VB 5649                4.5     4.7     4.1     3.6     3.3    3.2     3.9
                                         BARUZO                     4.7     5.1     4.3     2.5     3.2    3.3     3.8
                                         BAR VB 233                 3.0     4.5     4.7     4.2     3.3    2.5     3.7
                                         LIPOA                      3.9     5.2     4.3     2.6     3.4    2.4     3.6
                                         BAR VB 6820                3.1     4.9     4.0     2.6     3.4    2.6     3.4

                                         LSD VALUE                  1.4     1.1     1.0     1.9     0.6    0.4     0.5
                                         C.V. (%)                  14.9    14.4    14.6    29.6    11.5    7.9    17.4


                           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.