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

                                     SCALPING RATINGS 1-9; 9=NONE  2/

                            NAME                    MAY    OCTOBER    MEAN

                            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
                            SUNDEVIL                9.0      6.0       7.5
                            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
                            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
                            NUMEX-SAHARA            9.0      4.3       6.7

                            LSD VALUE               0.6       -         -

                            C.V. (%)                2.3     27.2      10.2


 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.