TABLE 8A.     FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                         1990 DATA
                                                                             
                                                         FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO INJURY  1/

                                                        NAME                    AR1    VA4    MEAN

                                                        TIFWAY II               9.0    7.3     8.2
                                                        TUFCOTE                 8.7    6.7     7.7
                                                        TIFWAY                  8.7    6.3     7.5
                                                        CT-23                   7.7    7.0     7.3
                                                        MSB-10                  9.0    5.0     7.0
                                                        A-22                    8.0    5.3     6.7
                                                        E-29                    7.3    5.7     6.5
                                                        MSB-30                  8.7    4.0     6.3
                                                        NM 375                  4.7    7.7     6.2
                                                        NM 507                  7.0    4.7     5.8
                                                        A-29                    8.0    3.0     5.5
                                                        NM 471                  7.3    3.7     5.5
                                                        FB-119                  5.3    5.0     5.2
                                                        NMS 2                   5.3    4.7     5.0
                                                        NMS 4                   6.3    3.7     5.0
                                                        TEXTURF 10              6.7    3.3     5.0
                                                        AZ. COMMON              6.7    3.0     4.8
                                                        NMS 3                   5.7    4.0     4.8
                                                        NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    5.3    4.3     4.8
                                                        NMS 14                  5.0    3.7     4.3
                                                        RS-1                    5.0    3.3     4.2
                                                        MIDIRON                 5.0    3.0     4.0
                                                        NM 72                   4.3    3.7     4.0
                                                        TIFGREEN                5.7    2.3     4.0
                                                        VAMONT                  2.7    5.3     4.0
                                                        GUYMON                  4.7    3.0     3.8
                                                        NM 43                   5.0    2.3     3.7
                                                        MSB-20                  5.0    2.0     3.5

                                                        LSD VALUE               1.5    1.3     1.0

                     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).