TABLE 2B.                  MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                             AT MOBILE, AL (COUNTRY CLUB OF MOBILE)  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST   2/
                                                       TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES

                                    GENETIC     LEAF     STIMPMETER                          QUALITY RATINGS                             
                        NAME         COLOR     TEXTURE    READINGS    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    MEAN

                     CHAMPION         7.8         9         134.3     8.0    8.3    8.8    8.0    8.5    9.0    7.8    8.0    8.3     8.3
                     MINI-VERDE       8.5         9         114.3     8.0    8.3    8.8    7.8    8.3    9.0    8.0    8.0    8.0     8.2
                     FLORADWARF       7.0         9         125.8     8.0    8.3    8.5    7.5    7.5    9.0    7.3    7.5    8.0     7.9
                     TIFEAGLE         8.3         9         121.3     7.8    8.0    7.8    7.8    8.0    8.3    7.0    8.0    7.5     7.8
                     MS-SUPREME       6.8         9         125.3     7.3    8.0    8.0    7.5    7.5    8.0    7.0    7.3    7.5     7.6
                     TIFDWARF         7.3         9         116.8     7.0    7.3    7.3    7.0    6.8    7.3    7.0    7.8    7.3     7.2
                     TIFGREEN         5.8         7         116.0     6.5    7.0    7.0    6.8    5.5    4.8    5.3    6.3    5.3     6.0

                     LSD VALUE        0.6         0          18.5     0.5    0.7    0.8    1.1    1.0    0.6    0.4    0.7    1.2     0.4
                     C.V. (%)         6.3         0           8.2     4.8    6.1    6.7    8.4    9.6    5.4    4.2    6.5   10.6     3.5

                     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.