PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION 


                               TABLE 9.       MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                            GROWN AT SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         2006 DATA

                                                        TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/
                                                                                     
                                                  NAME           FL3    GA1    LA2    MS1     OK2     SC1

                                                  DELMAR         3.3    6.7    6.7    6.0     5.1     3.3
                                                  FLORATAM       4.0    6.1    6.7    4.4     5.9     3.3
                                                  MERCEDES       3.6    7.3    6.5    7.1     5.9     4.6
                                                  MSA 2-3-98     3.7    6.8    6.6    7.6     4.0     4.5
                                                  MSA 31         3.0    6.3    6.5    6.6     4.1     4.0
                                                  RALEIGH        3.3    6.3    6.7    6.5     5.2     4.0

                                                  LSD VALUE      0.7    0.8    0.6    0.7     2.0     1.2
                                                  C.V. (%)      13.2    7.7    5.2    6.7    24.7    18.7

                          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.