TABLE 4.        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON
                                                      A MODIFIED SOIL GREEN FOR EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.
                                                                      1990-1993 DATA
                                                                             
                                                        TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  1/

                                              NAME                      1990    1991    1992    1993  1990-93
                                                                        MEAN    MEAN    MEAN    MEAN    MEAN

                                              REGENT (NORMARC 101)      6.11    6.01    6.45    6.19    6.29
                                              PROVIDENCE                5.73    6.33    6.98    6.61    6.27
                                              SR 1020                   5.87    6.10    6.51    6.24    6.19
                                              PUTTER                    5.79    6.17    6.64    6.15    6.13
                                              88.CBE                    5.77    5.90    6.46    6.28    6.12
                                              VIPER (88.CBL)            5.55    6.12    6.57    6.25    6.03
                                              PENNLINKS                 5.65    6.09    6.31    6.06    6.02
                                              COBRA                     5.47    5.92    6.46    6.25    5.99
                                              LOPEZ (WVPB 89-D-15)      5.57    6.11    6.22    5.75    5.96
                                              PRO/CUP (FORBES 89-12)    5.35    6.08    6.40    6.06    5.95
                                              PENNCROSS                 5.72    5.78    6.27    5.80    5.90
                                              TAMU 88-1                 5.44    5.65    6.11    5.95    5.81
                                              MSCB-8                    5.44    5.95    6.10    5.61    5.76
                                              18TH GREEN (UM 84-01)     5.31    5.63    5.90    5.87    5.75
                                              CARMEN                    5.28    5.66    6.07    5.69    5.70
                                              MSCB-6                    5.19    5.62    6.20    5.67    5.61
                                              NATIONAL                  4.88    5.56    5.87    5.27    5.42
                                              EMERALD                   5.13    5.42    5.63    5.25    5.25
                                              BARDOT                    4.65    5.01    5.30    4.83    4.95
                                              EGMONT                    4.53    5.29    5.11    4.58    4.86
                                              TRACENTA                  4.35    4.80    5.27    4.88    4.85
                                              ALLURE                    4.04    4.69    5.05    4.72    4.65
                                              BR 1518                   3.62    4.25    4.82    4.85    4.45

                                              LSD VALUE                 0.45    0.30    0.24    0.24    0.22


                           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).