TABLE 18F.     BROWN PATCH RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS 1/
                                             AT ORONO, MAINE (MEl)
                                                    1996 DATA
                                   BROWN PATCH RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE 2/

                       NAME                       JUNE         JULY       AUGUST      MEAN

                       SCALDIS                    6.7          5.0         5.7        5.8
                       DEFIANCE (MB 81-93)        5.7          5.7         5.7        5.7
                       OSPREY (PRO 92/24)         6.3          5.7         5.0        5.7
                       DISCOVERY                  6.3          5.7         4.3        5.4
                       MB 82-93                   6.7          4.3         4.7        5.2
                       VERNON (MB 83-93)          5.7          4.3         5.3        5.1
                       NORDIC                     5.0          4.7         5.3        5.0
                       ECOSTAR                    5.7          4.7         4.3        4.9
                       RELIANT II                 6.7          4.3         3.7        4.9
                       AURORA W/ENDO.             4.7          4.3         5.3        4.8
                       SPARTAN                    5.3          4.3         4.7        4.8
                       PAMELA                     4.7          5.0         4.3        4.7
                       SR 3100                    5.7          3.3         5.0        4.7
                       BRIGADE                    4.0          3.0         5.0        4.0

                       LSD VALUE                  3.2           -           -          -
                       C.V. (%)                  22.4        36.0          22.7       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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.