PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION 


                             TABLE 12.     SUMMARY OF TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FOR ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                       IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST  1/
                                                                         2003 DATA

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

                                                                                 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/

                                DELMAR          6.1         6          33          6           3           6          0.0
                                FLORATAM        6.4         4          23          3           1           6         42.9
                                MERCEDES        6.5         2          18          1           1           6         14.3
                                MSA 2-3-98      6.7         1          21          2           1           6         42.9
                                MSA 31          6.5         3          27          4           2           6          0.0
                                RALEIGH         6.3         5          28          5           2           6          0.0

                                LSD VALUE       0.4
                                C.V. (%)        9.4


                                */  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).

                                **/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.

                                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.