TABLE 17A.      FALL COLOR (DECEMBER) RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                1996 DATA

                           FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  2/

                                      NAME                     CA3

                                      TIFWAY                   6.3
                                      SUNDEVIL                 6.0
                                      ARIZONA COMMON-VEG.      5.7
                                      FMC 3-91                 5.7
                                      JACKPOT (J-912)          5.7
                                      NUMEX-SAHARA             5.7
                                      ARIZONA COMMON-SEED      5.3
                                      CHEYENNE                 5.3
                                      FMC 5-91                 5.3
                                      FMC-6 (FMC 6-91)         5.3
                                      OKS 91-1                 5.3
                                      FMC 2-90                 5.0
                                      PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90)     5.0
                                      SONESTA                  5.0
                                      MIRAGE (90173)           4.7
                                      BABY (TDS-BM1)           4.3
                                      TEXTURF 10               4.3
                                      GUYMON                   4.0
                                      MIDFIELD                 4.0
                                      STF-1                    4.0
                                      TIFGREEN                 4.0
                                      J-27                     3.7
                                      MIDLAWN                  3.7
                                      FLORADWARF (FHB-135)     3.3
                                      MIDIRON                  3.0
                                      OKS 91-11                2.5

                                      LSD VALUE                1.0

                                      C.V. (%)                13.2

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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.