TABLE 15C. WINTER COLOR RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS 1/ 1997-2001 DATA WINTER COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION 2/ 3/ NAME CA3 FL1 TX2 VA4 MEAN TIFSPORT (TIFT 94) 6.2 6.4 6.9 7.3 6.7 TIFWAY 6.0 6.3 7.1 7.3 6.7 CN 2-9 5.2 6.6 6.4 7.0 6.3 MINI-VERDE 1.3 5.6 6.0 7.7 5.1 MIDLAWN 1.2 5.1 6.2 7.3 5.0 PATRIOT (OKC 18-4) 1.0 5.9 4.6 7.7 4.8 SHANGHAI 1.0 5.3 4.8 8.0 4.8 TIFGREEN 1.3 5.9 5.1 6.7 4.8 CARDINAL 1.2 3.3 6.9 6.3 4.4 OKC 19-9 1.0 5.1 4.7 6.7 4.4 LSD VALUE 0.4 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.7 C.V. (%) 13.7 19.3 33.5 7.2 25.3 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. 3/ WINTER COLOR RATED AT "VA4" IN 1999, AT "CA3" IN 1999-00 AND AT "FL1" & "TX2" IN 1998-00.