TABLE 15.        THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                                         
                                                                     GROWN ON A GREEN                                                                      
                                                                         1995 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                            THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS   1/                                                        
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                NAME                    QE1                                                                
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                SOUTHSHORE             24.7                                                                
                                                                PENN G-6 (G-6)         23.0                                                                
                                                                PENN G-2 (G-2)         22.7                                                                
                                                                REGENT                 22.3                                                                
                                                                DG-P                   22.0                                                                
                                                                ISI-AP-89150           22.0                                                                
                                                                IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)    21.7                                                                
                                                                MSUEB                  21.7                                                                
                                                                PENN A-1 (A-1)         21.7                                                                
                                                                PRO/CUP                21.7                                                                
                                                                TENDENZ                21.0                                                                
                                                                CATO                   20.7                                                                
                                                                CENTURY (SYN 92-1)     20.7                                                                
                                                                18TH GREEN             20.0                                                                
                                                                LOPEZ                  19.7                                                                
                                                                MARINER (SYN-1-88)     19.3                                                                
                                                                PENNCROSS              18.7                                                                
                                                                SR 1020                18.7                                                                
                                                                BAR WS 42102           17.3                                                                
                                                                PROVIDENCE             17.3                                                                
                                                                SYN 92-2               17.3                                                                
                                                                LOFT'S L-93 (L-93)     17.0                                                                
                                                                PENNLINKS              17.0                                                                
                                                                SEASIDE                17.0                                                                
                                                                CRENSHAW               16.3                                                                
                                                                BAR AS 492             15.3                                                                
                                                                PENN A-4 (A-4)         15.3                                                                
                                                                TRUELINE               15.0                                                                

                                                                LSD VALUE               2.4                                                                


                           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).