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                                 TABLE 11.    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                           GROWN AT SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         2003 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                               NAME           CA7     FL3    LA2    MS1    OK2    SC1    TX2

                                               DELMAR         6.3     5.7    7.1    5.9    5.9    7.3    4.3
                                               FLORATAM       6.7     7.2    6.8    4.5    7.1    6.8    5.9
                                               MERCEDES       6.4     6.9    7.7    6.8    5.1    7.4    5.3
                                               MSA 2-3-98     6.1     5.7    7.4    7.5    7.7    7.7    5.0
                                               MSA 31         6.3     6.7    7.6    6.0    7.4    7.3    4.3
                                               RALEIGH        6.6     6.7    6.8    6.4    6.3    6.9    4.6

                                               LSD VALUE      1.4     1.8    0.3    0.3    0.9    0.4    0.5
                                               C.V. (%)      13.9    17.1    2.9    3.3    8.1    3.7    6.8

                           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.