TABLE 17E.   PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER (SPRING) RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                           2000 DATA

                                                       PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER IN SPRING: LOCATIONS   2/

                                         NAME                       MI1     MI2     NC1     NC2     NS1     OK1    MEAN

                                         HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS)    88.3    83.3    89.7    95.7    93.3    36.7    81.2
                                         SRX 3961                  91.7    73.3    89.7    91.7    96.3    41.7    80.7
                                         EUREKA II (ISI FL 11)     91.7    68.3    89.0    94.7    91.7    41.7    79.5
                                         ABT-HF-3                  91.7    81.7    86.7    85.0    95.0    36.7    79.4
                                         OXFORD                    93.3    73.3    82.7    93.0    95.0    38.3    79.3
                                         DISCOVERY                 95.0    80.0    82.7    85.0    94.7    33.3    78.4
                                         ABT-HF-2                  91.7    73.3    85.7    85.0    97.7    35.0    78.1
                                         NORDIC (E)                86.7    71.7    94.3    86.0    97.7    30.0    77.7
                                         RELIANT II                93.3    55.0    87.3    91.7    96.3    36.7    76.7
                                         HERON                     93.3    75.0    71.7    91.7    93.3    35.0    76.7
                                         4001                      91.7    73.3    76.7    92.7    93.3    25.0    75.4
                                         MINOTAUR                  91.7    78.3    76.7    86.7    95.0    20.0    74.7
                                         PICK FF A-97              91.7    68.3    76.3    89.7    96.3    25.0    74.6
                                         BIGHORN                   93.3    60.0    78.3    86.7    93.3    31.7    73.9
                                         CHARIOT (ISI FL 12)       90.0    55.0    70.0    93.0    93.3    38.3    73.3
                                         STONEHENGE (AHF 009)      93.3    73.3    61.7    88.0    93.3    20.0    71.6
                                         ABT-HF-4                  95.0    61.7    65.0    87.3    91.7    28.3    71.5
                                         SCALDIS                   90.0    70.0    61.7    82.7    94.7    21.7    70.1
                                         RESCUE 911                93.3    71.7    59.3    89.0    93.3    13.3    70.0
                                         OSPREY                    88.3    60.0    66.7    85.0    94.7    23.3    69.7
                                         ATTILA E                  91.7    68.3    48.3    85.0    95.0    26.7    69.2
                                         DEFIANT                   91.7    68.3    55.0    76.7    91.7    31.7    69.2
                                         SCALDIS II (AHF 008)      90.0    68.3    57.3    80.0    94.7    16.7    67.8

                                         LSD VALUE                  4.4    17.2    35.1    15.8     4.9    31.5     8.8
                                         C.V. (%)                   3.0    15.3    29.3    11.2     3.2    65.5    18.0

                           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.