TABLE 7. SPRING GREENUP RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A MODIFIED SOIL GREEN 1/ 1990-1993 DATA SPRING GREENUP RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETELY GREEN 2/ NAME AZ1 MA1 WA3 MEAN ALLURE 6.8 8.0 8.0 7.6 BARDOT 6.7 7.7 7.0 7.1 TRACENTA 7.2 7.3 5.7 6.7 BR 1518 7.2 6.7 6.0 6.6 EGMONT 5.0 7.7 6.7 6.4 PUTTER 6.0 5.3 6.3 5.9 PROVIDENCE 7.2 4.0 6.3 5.8 88.CBE 8.0 4.7 4.3 5.7 VIPER (88.CBL) 7.7 4.7 4.3 5.6 PENNLINKS 6.2 5.0 5.0 5.4 COBRA 6.3 4.7 5.0 5.3 PRO/CUP (FORBES 89-12) 7.3 4.7 4.0 5.3 REGENT (NORMARC 101) 6.7 5.3 4.0 5.3 SR 1020 7.3 4.7 4.0 5.3 LOPEZ (WVPB 89-D-15) 6.5 5.0 4.0 5.2 PENNCROSS 6.5 4.7 4.3 5.2 18TH GREEN (UM 84-01) 7.7 4.0 3.3 5.0 MSCB-8 5.8 5.7 3.3 4.9 NATIONAL 6.0 5.7 3.0 4.9 CARMEN 6.8 5.0 2.7 4.8 MSCB-6 5.5 4.3 4.0 4.6 TAMU 88-1 6.2 4.3 3.0 4.5 EMERALD 6.0 4.3 2.7 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.1 2.0 1.4 0.8 1/ SPRING GREENUP RATED AT "AZ1" & "WA3" IN 1993, AT "MA1" IN 1991. 2/ 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).