TABLE 4.    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                              AT MURRIETA, CA (SCGA MEMBERS CLUB)  1/
                                                                           2001 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/
                                                       TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES


                                               GENETIC      LEAF       STIMPMETER READINGS             QUALITY RATINGS
                                 NAME           COLOR      TEXTURE     SEPT.21     SEPT.24    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    MEAN

                                 CHAMPION         7.3        7.0         96.7       111.0      6     7.7    7.3    8.0     7.3
                                 MS-SUPREME       7.3        7.0        100.0       108.3      6     8.0    7.0    8.0     7.3
                                 MINI-VERDE       7.3        7.0         97.0       107.0      6     7.7    7.3    7.7     7.2
                                 TIFEAGLE         7.3        7.0        103.7       118.7      6     7.3    7.3    7.3     7.0
                                 FLORADWARF       6.3        7.0        104.3       114.7      6     7.0    7.0    7.0     6.8
                                 TIFDWARF         7.3        6.7        106.0       106.3      6     7.0    7.0    7.0     6.8
                                 TIFGREEN         6.7        6.0        102.0       110.7      6     7.0    7.0    7.0     6.8

                                 LSD VALUE        1.0        0.4         10.4        17.9      0     0.8    1.0    0.6     0.4
                                 C.V. (%)         6.9        3.2          4.6         6.7      0     5.4    5.7    4.5     3.0


                             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.