TABLE 5B.                                    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                          AT HOBE SOUND, FL (THE JUPITER ISLAND CLUB)  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

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

                 GENETIC      LEAF      DENSITY    THATCH      COLOR      STIMPMETER READINGS                         QUALITY RATINGS                        
     NAME         COLOR     TEXTURE      FALL   MEASUREMENTS  DECEMBER     MARCH     DECEMBER    JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUL    SEP    DEC    MEAN

  CHAMPION         8.0        8.0         8.3       10.3        9.0        131.3       110.0     8.7    8.0    8.3    8.3    7.7    8.3    9.0    8.7     8.4
  MINI-VERDE       8.0        8.7         9.0       11.0        8.3        126.0        98.3     8.0    8.0    9.0    7.7    7.3    8.3    9.0    8.0     8.2
  TIFEAGLE         6.3        7.7         8.3        9.3        8.3        130.0       107.3     8.0    7.7    8.0    8.0    7.0    8.0    9.0    8.3     8.0
  MS-SUPREME       6.3        6.7         6.3       11.0        8.3        123.3       114.0     7.0    7.3    7.3    7.7    7.7    7.7    8.7    7.7     7.6
  TIFDWARF         6.7        6.0         5.3       10.0        9.0        124.7       114.0     5.7    6.0    7.3    7.0    7.0    8.0    9.0    8.3     7.3
  FLORADWARF       6.3        7.3         6.3       10.3        9.0        143.3       114.0     6.7    6.3    6.3    6.3    6.3    7.3    9.0    8.3     7.1
  TIFGREEN         3.3        4.3         3.7       11.0        6.0        124.7       120.7     3.7    4.7    5.3    6.7    7.0    7.3    6.7    5.3     5.8

  LSD VALUE        1.0        1.4         0.9         -         0.6         11.7        23.4     1.2    1.2    0.7    1.5     -      -     0.5    1.4     0.7
  C.V. (%)         9.5       11.6         8.4       23.5        4.6          4.7         9.1    10.9   10.1    5.7    9.9   11.9    8.9    3.3    9.6     5.3


  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.