TABLE 17B.    WINTER COLOR RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                        1996-2000 DATA

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

                                                    NAME          CA3    FL3    MO1     TX1     WA4    MEAN

                                                    TEXOKA        1.2     1     6.0     1.7     2.3     2.4
                                                    BISON         1.0     1     6.7     1.0     2.3     2.4
                                                    BAM-1000      1.0     1     6.0     1.3     2.3     2.3
                                                    CODY          1.1     1     5.7     1.3     2.3     2.3
                                                    TATANKA       1.1     1     5.0     1.0     2.3     2.1

                                                    LSD VALUE     0.3     0     0.6     0.8     0.5     0.2
                                                    C.V. (%)     26.5     0     6.2    37.2    21.4    16.9


                           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.