TABLE 12A.   PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER RATINGS (SPRING) 
                                                     OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS 
                                                             1988 DATA 
                                                                   
                                         PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER IN SPRING:  LOCATIONS  1/
 
                                            NAME                     KS1     VA1    MEAN 
 
                                            MSB-20                  43.3    86.7    65.0 
                                            TIFGREEN                31.7    85.0    58.3 
                                            A-29                    28.3    88.3    58.3 
                                            VAMONT                  33.3    83.3    58.3 
                                            MIDIRON                 26.7    78.3    52.5 
                                            NM 43                   20.0    81.7    50.8 
                                            E-29                    28.3    73.3    50.8 
                                            A-22                    30.0    70.0    50.0 
                                            RS-1                    26.7    73.3    50.0 
                                            GUYMON                  26.7    50.0    38.3 
                                            CT-23                   21.7    46.7    34.2 
                                            TIFWAY                  16.7    48.3    32.5 
                                            MSB-10                  11.7    50.0    30.8 
                                            TEXTURF 10              23.3    35.0    29.2 
                                            TUFCOTE                 25.0    23.3    24.2 
                                            NM 375                  11.7    30.0    20.8 
                                            TIFWAY II               11.7    28.3    20.0 
                                            MSB-30                  21.7    15.0    18.3 
                                            NMS 14                  18.3     4.0    11.2 
                                            NMS 4                   11.7     6.7     9.2 
                                            NM 471                  13.3     1.7     7.5 
                                            NM 72                   13.3     1.0     7.2 
                                            FB-119                  11.7     2.3     7.0 
                                            AZ. COMMON              10.0     3.0     6.5 
                                            NMS 3                    8.3     4.0     6.2 
                                            NMS 2                    8.3     2.0     5.2 
                                            NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)     6.7     3.0     4.8 
                                            NM 507                   6.7     2.0     4.3 

                                            LSD VALUE               14.9    18.1    11.7 

          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).