TABLE 23C.     SCALPING RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) 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
                               STF-1                   9.0      6.0       7.5
                               ARIZONA COMMON-VEG.     9.0      5.7       7.3
                               FLORADWARF (FHB-135)    6.0      8.7       7.3
                               TIFGREEN                8.3      5.7       7.0
                               MIDLAWN                 8.7      5.0       6.8
                               TIFWAY                  6.7      7.0       6.8

                               LSD VALUE               0.7      2.9       1.2

                               C.V. (%)                5.3     19.2       8.0

  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.