TABLE 17E.            FALL DENSITY RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

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

                                   NAME                     KS1     MO1     MT1     NE1    NS1    OK1     RI1    WA3    MEAN

                                   BAR HF 8 FUS             7.7     7.0     7.0     6.7    7.0     7      8.3    6.3     7.1
                                   OXFORD                   7.0     7.0     7.3     6.7    8.0     7      7.3    6.3     7.1
                                   NORDIC (E)               6.3     7.3     7.3     7.7    7.3     .      7.7    5.7     7.0
                                   ABT-HF1                  6.0     6.3     6.7     8.0    8.0     7      8.7    5.7     7.0
                                   ISI FL 11                7.0     6.3     6.0     8.7    8.0     7      7.7    5.3     7.0
                                   SRX 3961                 6.3     6.0     6.7     6.7    8.0     7      9.0    6.0     7.0
                                   STONEHENGE (AHF 009)     7.0     6.7     7.3     7.3    8.0     .      6.7    5.7     7.0
                                   PICK FF A-97             7.0     6.7     6.7     6.7    7.7     .      7.7    6.0     6.9
                                   DISCOVERY                6.7     7.0     7.0     7.0    7.7     .      6.3    6.3     6.9
                                   ABT-HF-2                 4.7     6.3     6.7     8.3    7.3     7      8.7    5.7     6.8
                                   ABT-HF-3                 7.3     6.0     6.7     8.3    7.7     7      5.7    6.0     6.8
                                   ISI FL 12                7.0     6.3     6.7     7.7    7.3     7      7.0    5.7     6.8
                                   MB-82                    6.3     6.0     6.7     7.3    7.7     7      8.0    5.7     6.8
                                   RELIANT II               6.0     6.0     6.3     8.3    7.3     7      7.0    6.3     6.8
                                   4001                     7.3     6.7     6.7     4.3    7.7     .      8.7    6.0     6.8
                                   OSPREY                   6.3     6.3     7.0     6.3    8.3     .      7.3    5.7     6.8
                                   RESCUE 911               7.0     7.7     5.7     6.3    7.7     .      7.0    5.7     6.7
                                   DEFIANT                  6.7     5.7     6.7     7.0    8.0     7      6.7    6.0     6.7
                                   SCALDIS                  6.7     7.3     6.3     5.0    7.3     7      8.3    5.0     6.6
                                   ATTILA E                 6.7     5.7     7.0     7.7    8.0     7      5.3    5.3     6.6
                                   ABT-HF-4                 7.3     6.3     6.3     7.3    6.7     7      5.3    5.7     6.5
                                   HERON                    6.0     6.3     5.7     7.3    7.3     7      6.3    6.0     6.5
                                   BIGHORN                  7.3     6.0     7.0     7.0    7.3     7      5.7    4.7     6.5
                                   SCALDIS II (AHF 008)     6.3     6.7     7.7     7.0    8.0     .      4.3    5.3     6.5

                                   LSD VALUE                2.3     1.5     1.3     2.4    1.1     0      2.2    0.8     0.6
                                   C.V. (%)                21.7    14.5    12.2    21.1    8.9     0     19.3    9.2    16.0

                           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.