TABLE 6C.     TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS
                                                                  GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS  1/
                                                                     IN THE SOUTH REGION
                                                                          2003 DATA

                                                        TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                       NAME             AL1    FL3    GA1     LA2    MS1    SC1    TX1     TX2    MEAN

                                       AUSSIE GREEN     6.8    6.5    7.5     7.2    6.8    7.6    5.6     6.6     6.8
                                       OR 2002          6.5    6.9    7.3     6.9    6.8    7.9    5.5     5.9     6.7
                                       TIFT NO. 3       6.0    6.6    6.6     7.8    6.1    7.7    5.4     6.3     6.6
                                       TIFT NO. 4       6.9    6.7    6.9     6.1    6.9    7.4    5.3     6.3     6.6
                                       TIFSPORT         6.1    6.4    6.9     7.1    6.9    7.2    5.1     5.7     6.4
                                       GN-1             5.6    6.3    6.8     7.1    6.3    8.0    5.4     5.8     6.4
                                       TIFWAY           6.2    6.4    6.8     6.4    6.6    7.6    5.2     5.4     6.3
                                       CELEBRATION      5.4    6.7    6.9     7.3    6.0    7.8    5.0     5.5     6.3
                                       MIDLAWN          6.1    5.5    7.0     7.0    5.8    7.4    5.4     5.2     6.2
                                       PATRIOT          5.6    5.9    7.1     6.2    5.8    7.8    5.3     5.4     6.1
                                       MS-CHOICE        4.8    6.7    6.3     6.6    6.4    7.3    4.6     5.0     6.0
                                       OKC 70-18        4.6    5.9    6.7     6.2    6.2    7.5    4.4     5.7     5.9
                                       ASHMORE          4.4    4.5    6.6      .     5.3    6.9    4.7     3.7     5.1

                                       LSD VALUE        1.4    0.9    0.4     1.1    0.3    0.7    0.5     1.4     0.3
                                       C.V. (%)        14.9    9.1    3.9    10.5    3.3    5.8    5.8    16.0     9.3

                           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.