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                             TABLE 8.             SUMMARY OF TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FOR BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                      IN THE 1998 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (PUTTING GREEN) TEST
                                                                           2001 DATA

                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF

                                                                                        STATISTICS FOR ALL LOCATIONS                
                                                         ALL LOCATIONS       SUM OF                HIGHEST      LOWEST     MAXIMUM 
                             NAME                       MEAN 1/    RANK 2/   RANKS 3/    RANK 4/    RANK 5/     RANK 6/   IN TOP 25% 7/  

                             ABT-CRB-1                  5.8         21         349         21          4          28           5
                             BACKSPIN                   5.8         22         398         25          6          27           5
                             BAR CB 8US3                5.9         17         331         18          1          27           5
                             BAVARIA                    3.9         29         549         29         21          29           0
                             BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2)      6.2          8         264         10          2          28          25
                             BRIGHTON (SRX 1120)        5.9         19         347         20          6          24           5
                             ISI AP-5                   6.1         11         273         11          3          27          20
                             L-93                       6.4          4         156          3          1          25          50
                             PENN A-1                   6.6          1         143          1          1          20          70
                             PENN A-2                   6.4          3         191          4          2          25          45
                             PENN A-4                   6.4          5         217          5          1          23          30
                             PENN G-1                   6.5          2         151          2          2          16          55
                             PENN G-6                   6.3          7         218          6          1          23          30
                             PENNCROSS                  5.3         26         455         28          4          29          10
                             PENNLINKS                  5.4         25         444         27          2          29          10
                             PICK CB 13-94              6.0         16         293         14          4          26          15
                             PROVIDENCE                 5.8         23         393         24          6          29           5
                             PST-A2E                    6.3          6         231          8          2          23          40
                             SR 1119                    5.9         20         343         19          3          27          10
                             SR 7200                    5.1         28         429         26          1          29          20
                             SRX 1BPAA                  6.0         15         318         17          3          26          20
                             SRX 1NJH                   6.1         12         275         12          3          29          30
                             SYN 96-1                   6.1         10         250          9          1          23          25
                             SYN 96-2                   6.0         14         276         13          2          26          30
                             SYN 96-3                   6.2          9         219          7          1          28          40
                             VESPER (PICK MVB)          5.2         27         389         23          1          29          25

                             LSD VALUE                  0.2
                             C.V. (%)                   9.3

                             1/  MEAN - AN AVERAGE OF ALL THE TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FROM ALL LOCATIONS.
                             2/  RANK - RANKING OF THE MEAN OF ALL QUALITY RATINGS.
                             3/  SUM OF RANKS - A SUM OF ALL THE RANKINGS FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
                             4/  RANK - THE RANKING OF THE SUM OF RANKS.
                             5/  HIGHEST RANK - THE HIGHEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                             6/  LOWEST RANK - THE LOWEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                             7/  MAXIMUM IN TOP 25% - THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THAT ENTRY FINISHED IN THE TOP 25% OF ALL ENTRIES.