TABLE 24.         THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                       GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

                                                              THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/

                                                             NAME              AL1     AZ1    MEAN

                                                             PENN A-1         16.7     8.0    12.3
                                                             PICK MVB         18.3     6.0    12.2
                                                             PENN A-2         14.7     9.0    11.8
                                                             PENN A-4         13.7     9.3    11.5
                                                             SYN 96-1         13.3     9.3    11.3
                                                             PENN G-1         13.3     9.0    11.2
                                                             PST-A2E          14.3     8.0    11.2
                                                             PENN G-6         14.7     7.3    11.0
                                                             SYN 96-2         12.7     9.3    11.0
                                                             BACKSPIN         12.0     9.7    10.8
                                                             BAR AS 8FUS2     14.7     7.0    10.8
                                                             SR 7200          14.3     7.0    10.7
                                                             SRX 1120         12.3     9.0    10.7
                                                             SYN 96-3         13.0     8.3    10.7
                                                             SRX 1NJH         14.0     7.3    10.7
                                                             CENTURY          13.0     8.0    10.5
                                                             PENNLINKS        13.7     7.3    10.5
                                                             ABT-CRB-1        12.3     8.3    10.3
                                                             PICK CB 13-94    13.0     7.7    10.3
                                                             PROVIDENCE       13.3     7.3    10.3
                                                             L-93             12.7     7.7    10.2
                                                             IMPERIAL         13.3     6.7    10.0
                                                             ISI AP-5         12.7     7.3    10.0
                                                             PENNCROSS        13.0     7.0    10.0
                                                             SRX 1BPAA        12.3     7.3     9.8
                                                             CRENSHAW         12.7     7.0     9.8
                                                             BAVARIA          11.3     8.0     9.7
                                                             SR 1119          13.0     6.3     9.7
                                                             BAR CB 8US3      12.3     6.7     9.5

                                                             LSD VALUE         2.7     2.1     1.7
                                                             C.V. (%)         12.7    16.7    14.3


                           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.