TABLE 15B.     LEAF SPOT RATINGS OF SLENDER CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS 1/
                                            AT ORONO, MAINE (MEl)
                                                   1996 DATA
                                    LEAF SPOT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE 2/

                NAME            MAY        JUNE      SEPTEMBER     OCTOBER     NOVEMBER   MEAN

                SEABREEZE       4.7         6.7         5.3          7            7.0      6.1
                DAWSON          4.3         5.7         4.7          6            4.3      5.0

                LSD VALUE       7.2         2.5         6.3          6.6          9.4      4.2
                C.V. (%)        45.4        11.5        35.6         28.8        47.2      21.3


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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.