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

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

                       NAME                         JULY      AUGUST       MEAN

                       BLUE-MUDA                     9          9.0         9.0
                       SAVANNAH                      9          8.7         8.8
                       SUNDEVIL II                   9          8.7         8.8
                       J-540                         9          8.3         8.7
                       MAJESTIC                      9          8.3         8.7
                       MIRAGE                        9          8.3         8.7
                       PST-R69C                      9          8.3         8.7
                       PYRAMID                       9          8.3         8.7
                       SHANGRI LA                    9          8.3         8.7
                       BLACKJACK                     9          8.0         8.5
                       JACKPOT                       9          8.0         8.5
                       SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)        9          8.0         8.5
                       SYDNEY (SWI-7)                9          8.0         8.5
                       NUMEX-SAHARA                  9          7.7         8.3
                       OKS 95-1                      9          7.7         8.3
                       ARIZONA COMMON                9          7.3         8.2
                       PRINCESS                      9          6.3         7.7
                       SWI-11                        9          6.3         7.7

                       LSD VALUE                     -          1.2         0.6
                       C.V. (%)                      0          8.2         3.8


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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.