TABLE 53.           ESTABLISHMENT RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                     IN THE 1997 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT RALEIGH, NC  2/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA

                                                            ESTABLISHMENT RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST

                                              NAME                   AUGUST     SEPTEMBER     OCTOBER     MEAN

                                              TIFGREEN                 8.0         9.0          9          8.7
                                              CARDINAL                 7.7         9.0          9          8.6
                                              PATRIOT (OKC 18-4)       7.7         8.3          9          8.3
                                              OKC 19-9                 7.7         8.3          9          8.3
                                              TIFWAY                   7.7         8.3          9          8.3
                                              MIDLAWN                  7.0         8.3          9          8.1
                                              SHANGHAI                 7.7         7.7          9          8.1
                                              TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)       7.0         8.3          9          8.1
                                              CN 2-9                   6.3         8.3          9          7.9
                                              MINI-VERDE               6.0         7.0          9          7.3

                                              LSD VALUE                1.3         1.5          -          0.6
                                              C.V. (%)                 8.9         8.4          0          3.8

                           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.