TABLE 58C.    TURFGRASS DENSITY AND PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS
                                      IN THE 1997 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT GRIFFIN (SECOND TRAFFIC IN SEPTEMBER), GA  1/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA
                                                            TURFGRASS DENSITY RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/  3/

                                                        DENSITY                                            PERCENT GROUND COVER
                                                        BEFORE      DENSITY RATINGS (DAYS AFTER TRAFFIC)   (DAYS AFTER TRAFFIC)
                                 NAME                   TRAFFIC    4 DAYS    7 DAYS    14 DAYS    21 DAYS    4 DAYS    7 DAYS

                                 MINI-VERDE               9.0        7.3       7.3       9.0        9.0       75.0      90.0
                                 SHANGHAI                 8.0        6.7       6.7       8.0        8.0       75.0      80.0
                                 TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)       8.0        6.0       6.3       7.3        8.0       73.3      73.3
                                 CN 2-9                   8.3        6.3       6.3       7.3        8.3       75.0      71.7
                                 TIFWAY                   8.3        6.0       6.0       7.7        8.3       73.3      71.7
                                 TIFGREEN                 9.0        6.7       6.7       8.3        9.0       76.7      68.3
                                 PATRIOT (OKC 18-4)       7.7        6.0       6.0       7.0        7.7       65.0      65.0
                                 OKC 19-9                 9.0        7.0       6.7       9.0        9.0       65.0      63.3
                                 MIDLAWN                  8.3        5.3       5.0       7.3        8.0       58.3      55.0
                                 CARDINAL                 7.3        4.0       4.3       6.0        6.3       35.0      36.7

                                 LSD VALUE                0.8        0.9       1.6       1.2        0.7        7.8       8.6
                                 C.V. (%)                 5.3        8.8      13.4       8.7        5.3        7.3       8.1

                           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.

                           3/  TURFGRASS DENSITY AND PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER RATED IN 1998 ONLY.