TABLE 24.  THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                       GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                                        1999-2002 DATA

                                                              THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/  3/

                                                         NAME                      AL1     AZ1    MEAN

                                                         PENN A-4                 16.3    11.5    13.9
                                                         VESPER (PICK MVB)        18.3     9.3    13.8
                                                         PENN A-1                 17.2    10.0    13.6
                                                         PENN A-2                 15.8    10.7    13.3
                                                         SR 7200                  17.0     9.3    13.2
                                                         PICK CB 13-94            15.3    10.7    13.0
                                                         PST-A2E                  16.0    10.0    13.0
                                                         CENTURY                  14.8    10.8    12.8
                                                         PENN G-6                 15.5    10.2    12.8
                                                         SRX 1NJH                 15.7    10.0    12.8
                                                         PENN G-1                 15.0    10.5    12.8
                                                         SYN 96-1                 14.8    10.7    12.8
                                                         SYN 96-3                 14.8    10.7    12.8
                                                         SYN 96-2                 13.7    11.3    12.5
                                                         BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2)    14.8     9.7    12.3
                                                         BRIGHTON (SRX 1120)      13.8    10.5    12.2
                                                         BACKSPIN                 13.8    10.5    12.2
                                                         SRX 1BPAA                14.8     9.3    12.1
                                                         CRENSHAW                 14.0    10.0    12.0
                                                         L-93                     14.8     9.2    12.0
                                                         PENNLINKS                15.2     8.8    12.0
                                                         ABT-CRB-1                14.2     9.7    11.9
                                                         BAVARIA                  13.3    10.5    11.9
                                                         PROVIDENCE               14.7     9.2    11.9
                                                         IMPERIAL                 14.8     9.0    11.9
                                                         ISI AP-5                 14.0     9.7    11.8
                                                         BAR CB 8US3              14.3     9.3    11.8
                                                         SR 1119                  14.8     8.8    11.8
                                                         PENNCROSS                14.3     8.8    11.6

                                                         LSD VALUE                 2.7     2.8     1.9
                                                         C.V. (%)                 11.3    17.0    13.7

                           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/  THATCH MEASURED IN 1999 AND 2000.