TABLE 17D.    FALL DENSITY RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

                                                            DENSITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=MAXIMUM DENSITY  2/

                                   NAME                    KS1     MO1     MT1     NE1     NS1    OK1     RI1    WA3    MEAN

                                   JASPER II               9.0     8.0     7.3     9.0     8.0    7.0     8.7    5.7     7.8
                                   ABT-CR-3                8.0     8.3     7.0     7.7     8.0    7.0     7.3    7.0     7.5
                                   PATHFINDER              8.3     8.3     7.0     9.0     7.7    7.0     7.0    6.0     7.5
                                   ABT-CR-2                8.7     8.3     7.7     7.3     7.0    7.5     7.7    6.0     7.5
                                   PST-EFL                 8.0     8.0     7.7     7.7     8.3    7.0     7.0    6.3     7.5
                                   PST-4FR                 8.3     8.3     7.3     7.7     7.0    7.0     7.3    6.3     7.4
                                   SHADEMASTER II          9.0     8.7     7.7     6.3     7.7    7.0     7.3    5.7     7.4
                                   ISI FRR 7               8.0     8.0     8.3     5.7     7.3    7.3     8.0    6.0     7.3
                                   BAR CF 8 FUS1           8.3     7.3     7.0     7.7     8.0    7.0     7.0    6.0     7.3
                                   ISI FRR 5               8.7     7.7     7.3     5.7     7.3    7.0     8.3    6.0     7.3
                                   SRX 52961               7.3     7.3     7.0     6.3     8.7    7.0     8.3    6.0     7.3
                                   FLORENTINE              8.7     7.3     8.0     6.0     7.3    7.0     7.0    6.3     7.2
                                   ASC 087                 7.7     6.3     8.0     7.7     7.7    7.0     6.3    6.0     7.1
                                   PST-47TCR               8.3     7.7     7.7     7.3     6.7    7.0     6.7    5.3     7.1
                                   SALSA                   7.0     6.0     8.0     8.7     7.0    7.0     7.0    5.3     7.0
                                   SHADEMARK               8.0     7.0     8.0     7.3     7.0    7.0     6.0    5.7     7.0
                                   DGSC 94                 7.3     8.0     7.3     7.7     8.0    7.0     4.3    5.7     6.9
                                   SRX 52LAV               8.7     6.7     7.0     5.7     7.0    7.0     7.7    5.7     6.9
                                   ASC 082                 8.0     7.3     6.7     7.3     6.7    7.0     6.0    6.0     6.9
                                   BOREAL                  4.7     6.7     7.7     7.0     8.0    7.0     3.7    5.7     6.3
                                   ASC 172                 5.7     6.3     6.7     6.7     5.7    7.0     5.0    4.7     6.0
                                   COMMON CREEPING RED     5.3     6.0     7.7     7.7     7.0     .      3.0    5.0     6.0

                                   LSD VALUE               1.7     1.3     1.3     3.7     2.2    0.4     1.8    0.9     0.7
                                   C.V. (%)               13.6    11.1    10.8    31.5    18.4    2.8    16.6    9.7    16.9

                           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.