TABLE 15.         THATCH MEASUREMENTS RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                              GROWN ON A MODIFIED SOIL GREEN
                                                                         1993 DATA
                                                                             
                                                            THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  1/

                                                      NAME                       AZ1     CA1    MEAN

                                                      TAMU 88-1                 14.3    43.7    29.0
                                                      COBRA                     14.7    42.0    28.3
                                                      PRO/CUP (FORBES 89-12)    14.0    39.7    26.8
                                                      EMERALD                   13.0    40.3    26.7
                                                      PENNCROSS                 12.0    41.0    26.5
                                                      PENNLINKS                 12.3    40.7    26.5
                                                      PUTTER                    16.7    36.3    26.5
                                                      REGENT (NORMARC 101)      13.3    39.0    26.2
                                                      CARMEN                    12.3    38.0    25.2
                                                      88.CBE                    13.7    36.0    24.8
                                                      SR 1020                   13.0    36.3    24.7
                                                      18TH GREEN (UM 84-01)      9.3    39.7    24.5
                                                      NATIONAL                  12.7    36.3    24.5
                                                      LOPEZ (WVPB 89-D-15)      12.0    36.7    24.3
                                                      MSCB-8                    11.7    36.3    24.0
                                                      TRACENTA                   6.3    40.7    23.5
                                                      EGMONT                     4.7    41.3    23.0
                                                      BARDOT                     8.3    36.3    22.3
                                                      ALLURE                     6.0    38.7    22.3
                                                      BR 1518                    6.0    37.0    21.5
                                                      VIPER (88.CBL)            14.3      .     14.3
                                                      MSCB-6                    14.0      .     14.0
                                                      PROVIDENCE                14.0      .     14.0

                                                      LSD VALUE                  3.2     8.2     4.6


                         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).