TABLE 27.  THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                     GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT  1/
                                                                           1998 DATA

                                                              THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/

                                                                NAME                       QE1

                                                                BAR VB 6820               14.7
                                                                BARTITIA                  10.0
                                                                LIPOA                      7.0
                                                                BARON                      5.0
                                                                SOUTH DAKOTA               5.0
                                                                NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60)     4.7
                                                                VB 16015                   4.7
                                                                BAR VB 5649                4.3
                                                                BARUZO                     4.3
                                                                CALIBER                    4.3
                                                                BAR VB 233                 3.0
                                                                CANTERBURY                 3.0
                                                                DRAGON (ZPS-429)           3.0
                                                                KENBLUE                    3.0
                                                                PST-B9-196                 3.0
                                                                BH 95-199                  2.7
                                                                MTT 683                    2.7
                                                                BAR VB 3115B               2.3
                                                                EAGLETON                   1.7
                                                                BLUE STAR                  1.3
                                                                BARONIE                    1.0

                                                                LSD VALUE                  4.4
                                                                C.V. (%)                  64.1


                           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.