TABLE 20B.   RED THREAD RATINGS OF SLENDER CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS
                                              AT ORONO, ME  1/
                                                1997 DATA
                                  RED THREAD RATINGS 1-9;  9=NO DISEASE  2/

                         NAME         JUNE    JULY    AUGUST    SEPTEMBER   MEAN

                         DAWSON        6.3     5.0      8.0        7.7       6.8
                         SEABREEZE     7.7     2.3      7.7        9.0       6.7

                         LSD VALUE     5.7     3.8      5.2        5.7       5.1
                         C.V. (%)     23.3    29.5     18.8       19.6      21.5

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.