TABLE 27B.   FALL COLOR (OCTOBER) RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA
                                                     FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  2/

                                  NAME                            AR1     AZ1     CA3     FL1     KY1     NM1     OK1    MEAN

                                  ARIZONA COMMON                  5.7     4.8     6.5     5.2     7.3     4.3     4.0     5.4
                                  MAJESTIC                        5.0     5.8     6.5     5.2     7.8     5.3     3.0     5.3
                                  SAVANNAH                        5.0     5.8     6.7     5.0     8.3     5.0     3.3     5.1
                                  NUMEX-SAHARA                    5.3     5.5     6.2     4.5     7.0     4.3     3.7     5.1
                                  RIVIERA (OKS 95-1)              4.0     6.3     7.2     4.8     7.3     4.3     3.7     5.1
                                  SWI-11                          4.3     6.5     6.5     5.2     7.7     5.7     3.0     5.1
                                  TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C)     4.0     5.8     6.5     5.8     7.5     3.3     2.7     5.1
                                  BLUE-MUDA                       5.7     5.0     6.5     5.2     7.3     4.7     3.0     5.0
                                  MIRAGE                          5.0     5.8     6.5     4.5     7.5     4.7     3.0     5.0
                                  PRINCESS                        4.0     7.2     7.2     6.2     7.7     4.7     2.3     5.0
                                  PYRAMID                         5.3     5.2     6.7     5.2     7.5     4.7     3.0     5.0
                                  SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)          4.7     5.5     6.5     5.0     8.2     4.3     3.0     4.9
                                  SHANGRI LA                      5.0     4.8     6.5     4.8     8.0     3.0     3.3     4.8
                                  JACKPOT                         4.7     5.2     6.5     4.2     7.2     5.0     3.3     4.8
                                  SYDNEY (SWI-7)                  5.0     5.0     6.5     4.7     7.7     4.3     3.7     4.8
                                  SUNDEVIL II                     4.7     5.3     6.2     4.7     7.3     4.7     3.0     4.7
                                  J-540                           4.7     5.3     6.5     4.3     7.7     3.7     3.0     4.6
                                  BLACKJACK                       4.3     5.0     6.5     4.3     7.2     4.0     3.3     4.5

                                  LSD VALUE                       1.0     0.8     0.8     0.8     1.1     2.4     0.8     0.4
                                  C.V. (%)                       12.4    12.9    10.2    14.0    12.5    33.0    14.8    16.3

                           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.