TABLE 4. (continued)                MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS FOR
                                                  EACH YEAR GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
                                                                 1986-1990 DATA
                                                                                  
                                                   TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  1/
     
     NAME                1986MEAN       1987MEAN        1988MEAN      1989MEAN       1990MEAN       1987-90
                                                                                  MEAN
          
     BA 72-441 (ABBEY)        5.6       5.7       5.9       5.7       5.6       5.6
     MERIT                    5.6       5.6       5.9       5.8       5.6       5.6
     LIBERTY                  5.7       5.7       5.8       5.7       5.7       5.6
     K3-178                   5.9       5.8       5.7       5.6       5.5       5.6
     WW AG 495                5.6       5.6       5.8       5.6       5.5       5.6
     NE 80-88                 5.4       5.4       5.7       5.7       5.9       5.6
     WW AG 491                5.5       5.6       5.6       5.6       5.6       5.6
     IKONE                    5.7       5.7       5.6       5.6       5.7       5.5
     AQUILA                   5.4       5.6       5.9       5.7       5.8       5.5
     WELCOME                  5.3       5.5       5.7       5.5       5.7       5.5
     NASSAU                   5.6       5.7       5.8       5.5       5.5       5.5
     COMPACT                  5.4       5.4       5.6       5.4       5.4       5.5
     BA 70-242 (MARQUIS)      5.3       5.6       5.7       5.7       5.6       5.5
     HV 97 (COCKTAIL)         5.5       5.6       5.7       5.7       5.5       5.5
     HARMONY                  5.4       5.4       5.7       5.6       5.3       5.5
     BAR VB 577 (BARLYMPIA)   5.6       5.4       5.7       5.6       5.3       5.5
     GNOME                    5.5       5.3       5.5       5.5       5.2       5.4
     MERION                   5.4       5.4       5.7       5.6       5.6       5.4
     DESTINY                  5.2       5.5       5.7       5.4       5.5       5.4
     WW AG 468                5.1       5.3       5.5       5.6       5.5       5.3
     HUNTSVILLE               5.2       5.1       5.4       5.5       5.6       5.3
     AMAZON                   5.4       5.5       5.4       5.5       5.4       5.3
     ANNIKA                   5.1       5.2       5.4       5.3       5.3       5.3
     BARZAN                   5.0       5.2       5.4       5.4       5.3       5.2
     KENBLUE                  5.0       4.7       5.0       5.2       5.2       5.0
     JOY                      4.8       4.7       5.1       5.2       5.3       5.0
     S.D. CERTIFIED           4.7       4.6       5.0       5.1       5.0       4.9
     
     LSD VALUE                0.2       0.2       0.2       0.2       0.3       0.2
     
     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).