TABLE 17A.    FALL COLOR (OCTOBER) RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                1998 DATA

                           FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  2/

                                         NAME               FL3

                                         609                8.3
                                         UCR-95             7.7
                                         91-118             7.0
                                         STAMPEDE           6.7
                                         TEXOKA             6.0
                                         86-120             5.7
                                         MIDGET             5.7
                                         BAM-1000           5.3
                                         BISON              5.3
                                         CODY               5.3
                                         BONNIE BRAE        4.7
                                         TATANKA            4.7
                                         378                4.3
                                         LEGACY (86-61)     4.3

                                         LSD VALUE          1.4
                                         C.V. (%)          15.3


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.