TABLE 17A.   WINTER COLOR RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                        1996-2000 DATA

                                                    WINTER COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  2/  3/

                                                 NAME               CA3     FL3    MO1     TX1     WA4    MEAN

                                                 LEGACY (86-61)     1.1     1.0    7.0     1.0     2.3     2.5
                                                 BONNIE BRAE        1.2     1.0    7.0     1.0     2.0     2.4
                                                 TEXOKA             1.2     1.0    6.0     1.7     2.3     2.4
                                                 STAMPEDE           1.0     3.0    3.7     2.0     2.4     2.4
                                                 BISON              1.0     1.0    6.7     1.0     2.3     2.4
                                                 BAM-1000           1.0     1.0    6.0     1.3     2.3     2.3
                                                 86-120             1.1     1.0    6.0     1.3     2.1     2.3
                                                 CODY               1.1     1.0    5.7     1.3     2.3     2.3
                                                 MIDGET             1.0     1.0    5.7     1.3     2.3     2.3
                                                 UCR-95             2.6     1.0    3.3     1.7     2.3     2.2
                                                 609                1.1     1.7    4.0     1.7     2.3     2.2
                                                 91-118             1.0     1.0    4.3     2.0     2.4     2.2
                                                 TATANKA            1.1     1.0    5.0     1.0     2.3     2.1
                                                 378                1.2     1.0    5.0     1.0     2.0     2.0

                                                 LSD VALUE          0.3     0.5    0.6     0.7     0.5     0.2
                                                 C.V. (%)          30.9    25.9    7.0    31.3    23.9    19.4

                           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.

                           3/  WINTER COLOR RATED AT "CA3" IN 1998-2000, AT "FL3" IN 1998, AT "MO1" & "TX1" IN 1997, AND AT "WA4" IN 1997-99.