TABLE 17B.   DROUGHT TOLERANCE (WILTING) RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA
                                                    DROUGHT TOLERANCE (WILTING) RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO WILTING  2/  3/

                                                              NAME                            GA1

                                                              PRINCESS                        5.7
                                                              SWI-11                          5.3
                                                              JACKPOT                         5.0
                                                              SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)          5.0
                                                              ARIZONA COMMON                  4.7
                                                              J-540                           4.7
                                                              MAJESTIC                        4.7
                                                              MIRAGE                          4.7
                                                              RIVIERA (OKS 95-1)              4.7
                                                              SAVANNAH                        4.7
                                                              SYDNEY (SWI-7)                  4.7
                                                              TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C)     4.7
                                                              BLACKJACK                       4.3
                                                              NUMEX-SAHARA                    4.3
                                                              PYRAMID                         4.3
                                                              BLUE-MUDA                       4.0
                                                              SHANGRI LA                      4.0
                                                              SUNDEVIL II                     4.0

                                                              LSD VALUE                       1.1
                                                              C.V. (%)                       14.7

                           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.

                           3/  DROUGHT TOLERANCE (WILTING) RATED IN 2001 ONLY.