TABLE 27A.      SCALPING RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                         IN THE 1997 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT RIVERSIDE, CA  1/
                                                1998 DATA

                                 TURFGRASS SCALPING RATINGS 1-9;  9=NONE  2/

                       NAME                         JULY      AUGUST       MEAN

                       BLUE-MUDA                    9.0         9.0         9.0
                       MINI-VERDE                   9.0         9.0         9.0
                       OKC 18-4                     9.0         8.7         8.8
                       SAVANNAH                     9.0         8.7         8.8
                       SHANGHAI                     9.0         8.7         8.8
                       SUNDEVIL II                  9.0         8.7         8.8
                       J-540                        9.0         8.3         8.7
                       MAJESTIC                     9.0         8.3         8.7
                       MIRAGE                       9.0         8.3         8.7
                       OKC 19-9                     9.0         8.3         8.7
                       PST-R69C                     9.0         8.3         8.7
                       PYRAMID                      9.0         8.3         8.7
                       SHANGRI LA                   9.0         8.3         8.7
                       TIFGREEN                     9.0         8.3         8.7
                       BLACKJACK                    9.0         8.0         8.5
                       JACKPOT                      9.0         8.0         8.5
                       SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)       9.0         8.0         8.5
                       SYDNEY (SWI-7)               9.0         8.0         8.5
                       NUMEX-SAHARA                 9.0         7.7         8.3
                       OKS 95-1                     9.0         7.7         8.3
                       ARIZONA COMMON               9.0         7.3         8.2
                       CN 2-9                       9.0         7.0         8.0
                       TIFWAY                       9.0         6.7         7.8
                       MIDLAWN                      9.0         6.3         7.7
                       PRINCESS                     9.0         6.3         7.7
                       SWI-11                       9.0         6.3         7.7
                       TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)           9.0         6.0         7.5
                       CARDINAL                     6.3         3.0         4.7

                       LSD VALUE                    0.2         1.1         0.5
                       C.V. (%)                     1.2         9.1         4.2

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.