TABLE 4.     MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                   FOR EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         1997-2000 DATA

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

                                                          NAME        1997   1998   1999   2000   MEAN

                                                          6-89-70      5.5    5.5    5.1    5.0    5.4
                                                          DELMAR       5.2    5.4    5.2    5.5    5.3
                                                          RALEIGH      5.4    5.2    5.1    5.0    5.2
                                                          FLORATAM     5.1    4.9    5.3    5.4    5.2
                                                          6-89-175     5.2    5.3    4.4    4.2    4.9
                                                          6-89-196     4.5    4.7    3.2    3.4    4.2
                                                          6-89-194     4.6    4.4    3.0    3.5    4.1
                                                          6-89-174     4.3    4.0    3.5    3.7    4.0

                                                          LSD VALUE   13.7   11.5   18.4   16.7   21.6
                                      C.V. (%)     0.4    0.4    0.5    0.5    0.3

                           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.