TABLE 23A.    SCALPING RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT RIVERSIDE, CA (CA3)  1/
                                                 1996 DATA

                                       SCALPING RATINGS 1-9; 9=NONE  2/

                              NAME                    MAY    OCTOBER    MEAN

                              MIDFIELD                9.0      7.7       8.3
                              TEXTURF 10              8.7      8.0       8.3
                              MIDIRON                 9.0      7.3       8.2
                              BABY (TDS-BM1)          8.3      7.7       8.0
                              CHEYENNE                9.0      6.7       7.8
                              OKS 91-11               9.0      6.5       7.8
                              OKS 91-1                9.0      6.3       7.7
                              SONESTA                 8.7      6.7       7.7
                              ARIZONA COMMON-SEED     8.7      6.3       7.5
                              FMC 5-91                9.0      6.0       7.5
                              J-27                    9.0      6.0       7.5
                              STF-1                   9.0      6.0       7.5
                              SUNDEVIL                9.0      6.0       7.5
                              ARIZONA COMMON-VEG.     9.0      5.7       7.3
                              FLORADWARF (FHB-135)    6.0      8.7       7.3
                              PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90)    9.0      5.7       7.3
                              FMC 2-90                9.0      5.3       7.2
                              MIRAGE (90173)          9.0      5.3       7.2
                              GUYMON                  9.0      5.0       7.0
                              TIFGREEN                8.3      5.7       7.0
                              FMC 3-91                9.0      4.7       6.8
                              FMC-6 (FMC 6-91)        9.0      4.7       6.8
                              JACKPOT (J-912)         9.0      4.7       6.8
                              MIDLAWN                 8.7      5.0       6.8
                              TIFWAY                  6.7      7.0       6.8
                              NUMEX-SAHARA            9.0      4.3       6.7

                              LSD VALUE               0.5      3.5       2.0

                              C.V (%)                 3.8     24.1       9.8


 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.