TABLE 30.      THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                   GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT  1/
                                                                        1996-2000 DATA

                                                              THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/  3/

                                                                NAME                       QE1

                                                                BAR VB 6820               14.5
                                                                BARTITIA                   8.8
                                                                NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60)     6.8
                                                                BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649)      6.2
                                                                BARITONE (BAR VB 233)      6.2
                                                                CALIBER                    5.5
                                                                DRAGON (ZPS-429)           5.5
                                                                SOUTH DAKOTA               5.5
                                                                BARON                      5.3
                                                                MTT 683                    5.2
                                                                BAR VB 3115B               5.0
                                                                KENBLUE                    5.0
                                                                LIPOA                      4.8
                                                                VB 16015                   4.7
                                                                BARUZO                     4.3
                                                                EAGLETON                   4.0
                                                                BLUE STAR                  3.7
                                                                BH 95-199                  3.5
                                                                PST-B9-196                 3.3
                                                                CANTERBURY                 3.2
                                                                BARONIE                    2.5

                                                                LSD VALUE                  3.8
                                                                C.V. (%)                  61.3

                           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.

                           3/  THATCH MEASURED IN 1998-99.