TABLE 24B.   THATCH RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                1998 DATA

                                       THATCH RATINGS 1-9; 9=NONE  2/

                                     NAME                       FL1

                                     ARIZONA COMMON             8.0
                                     NUMEX-SAHARA               7.0
                                     SYDNEY (SWI-7)             7.0
                                     BLUE-MUDA                  6.7
                                     SHANGRI LA                 6.7
                                     BLACKJACK                  6.3
                                     JACKPOT                    6.3
                                     SUNDEVIL II                6.3
                                     MAJESTIC                   6.0
                                     MIRAGE                     6.0
                                     PYRAMID                    6.0
                                     SAVANNAH                   6.0
                                     J-540                      5.7
                                     PST-R69C                   5.7
                                     SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)     5.7
                                     SWI-11                     5.7
                                     PRINCESS                   5.3
                                     OKS 95-1                   5.0

                                     LSD VALUE                  1.2
                                     C.V. (%)                  12.2


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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.