TABLE 15D.            LEAF SPOT RATINGS OF CHEWINGS 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

          NJ F-93                        8.3         7.0         5.7         8.3         8.0        7.5
          SR 5100                        7.0         7.7         6.7         7.3         5.7        6.9
          WX3-FF54                       7.3         6.7         7.0         7.0         6.7        6.9
          TMI-3CE                        7.3         6.7         6.0         7.0         6.7        6.7
          BANNER III (MB 61-93)          7.0         6.7         5.0         7.3         7.0        6.6
          JAMESTOWN II                   7.0         7.3         6.0         7.3         5.3        6.6
          BRIDGEPORT                     6.3         7.3         5.3         7.0         6.3        6.5
          VICTORY II (PICK 4-91W)        6.3         5.7         6.3         7.7         6.3        6.5
          BRITTANY                       6.0         6.7         6.3         7.0         6.0        6.4
          CULUMBRA (MB 64-93)            7.7         7.3         5.3         5.3         6.0        6.3
          ISI-FC-62                      7.0         7.0         5.0         6.7         6.0        6.3
          SHADOW II (PST-44D)            6.0         6.7         5.3         6.3         7.0        6.3
          TIFFANY                        6.0         7.3         6.3         6.3         5.7        6.3
          SANDPIPER (PRO 92/20)          6.7         7.3         5.0         6.0         6.0        6.2
          K-2 (MB 65-93)                 7.3         6.7         3.3         6.3         7.0        6.1
          MOLINDA                        7.0         6.7         4.7         5.7         6.7        6.1
          BANNER II                      6.7         6.3         4.3         6.3         5.7        5.9
          DARWIN                         7.3         7.0         4.7         5.7         5.0        5.9
          JAMESTOWN                      7.0         6.7         5.0         5.7         5.0        5.9
          TREAZURE (ZPS-MG)              7.0         6.3         5.7         5.0         5.3        5.9
          SHADOW (E)                     6.7         6.7         5.3         4.7         5.3        5.7
          ECO (MB 63-93)                 6.3         6.0         4.7         4.7         5.7        5.5
          MEDINA                         8.0         5.7         4.0         4.7         4.7        5.4
          VICTORY (E)                    5.3         7.0         3.7         5.0         5.3        5.3
          MB 66-93                       6.3         7.0         2.7         4.0         4.7        4.9
          CASCADE                        3.0         5.3         5.0         5.0         4.7        4.6

          LSD VALUE                      3.7         1.9         2.4         5.1         5.7        1.7

          C.V. (%)                      21.5        11.7        22.9        28.7        27.6        12.8


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.