TABLE 17F.   PERCENT RED THREAD (MAY) RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS  1/
                                                1997 DATA  2/

                                       NAME                   KY1

                                       NORDIC                19.0
                                       PAMELA                17.3
                                       ECOSTAR               15.0
                                       VERNON (MB 83-93)     14.7
                                       SCALDIS               13.3
                                       BRIGADE               11.0
                                       SR 3100               11.0
                                       AURORA W/ENDO.        10.7
                                       RELIANT II            10.7
                                       SPARTAN                9.0
                                       OSPREY (PRO 92/24)     7.0
                                       DEFIANT (MB 81-93)     6.7
                                       MB 82-93               6.7
                                       DISCOVERY              3.7

                                       LSD VALUE             10.8
                                       C.V. (%)              60.5

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.