TABLE 4F.    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS
                                                          GROWN AT FOUR LOCATIONS (SHADE) IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         1994-97 DATA
                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                                   NAME                   IL3    MD1     MD2     MI1    MEAN

                                                   RELIANT II             5.3    5.5     5.6     5.4     5.4
                                                   DISCOVERY              5.8    5.8     4.1     5.4     5.3
                                                   SPARTAN                5.1    5.6     4.9     5.3     5.2
                                                   SCALDIS                5.8    5.1     4.5     5.2     5.2
                                                   OSPREY (PRO 92/24)     4.4    5.7     5.7     4.9     5.2
                                                   DEFIANT (MB 81-93)     4.4    5.7     4.4     5.5     5.0
                                                   ECOSTAR                3.6    5.4     5.6     5.3     5.0
                                                   MB 82-93               4.7    5.4     4.3     5.3     4.9
                                                   AURORA W/ENDO.         3.9    5.3     4.7     5.2     4.8
                                                   NORDIC                 4.0    5.5     4.2     5.4     4.8
                                                   SR 3100                4.3    5.5     4.3     4.9     4.7
                                                   VERNON (MB 83-93)      3.7    5.5     4.4     5.1     4.7
                                                   BRIGADE                3.2    5.4     3.7     5.2     4.4
                                                   PAMELA                 2.1    5.3     4.4     4.9     4.2

                                                   LSD VALUE              2.4    0.3     1.1     0.6     0.7
                                                   C.V. (%)              60.7    5.8    21.6    14.7    29.4

                           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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.