TABLE 23.        THATCH ASHED DRY WEIGHT OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS 
                                                              GROWN ON A MODIFIED SOIL GREEN  1/
                                                                      1990-1993 DATA
                                                                             
                                                        THATCH ASHED DRY WEIGHT: GRAMS/0.25 SQ.FT.  2/

                                                              NAME                       WA3

                                                              MSCB-8                    15.3
                                                              PUTTER                    15.3
                                                              18TH GREEN (UM 84-01)     15.0
                                                              REGENT (NORMARC 101)      15.0
                                                              BARDOT                    14.7
                                                              EGMONT                    14.7
                                                              ALLURE                    14.3
                                                              COBRA                     14.3
                                                              MSCB-6                    14.3
                                                              PROVIDENCE                14.3
                                                              TAMU 88-1                 14.3
                                                              TRACENTA                  14.3
                                                              PRO/CUP (FORBES 89-12)    14.0
                                                              88.CBE                    13.7
                                                              EMERALD                   13.7
                                                              PENNCROSS                 13.7
                                                              PENNLINKS                 13.7
                                                              SR 1020                   13.7
                                                              BR 1518                   13.3
                                                              LOPEZ (WVPB 89-D-15)      13.3
                                                              CARMEN                    13.0
                                                              NATIONAL                  13.0
                                                              VIPER (88.CBL)            13.0

                                                              LSD VALUE                  2.7

                           1/  THATCH ASHED DRY WEIGHT RATED IN 1993 ONLY.

                           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).