TABLE 17A.      FALL COLOR (OCTOBER) RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                       2003-06 DATA

                                                    FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  2/

                                  NAME                                AZ1     CO1     KS1     NM1     TX1     UT1    MEAN

                                  609                                 5.5     1.7     5.6     4.0     7.6     6.2     5.6
                                  DENSITY                             4.4     2.0     6.6     4.0     6.8     5.5     5.3
                                  TECH TURF 1 (FRONTIER TURFALLO)     4.4     2.0     5.1     4.7     6.4     5.0     5.0
                                  BISON                               4.7     1.0     4.4     4.9     5.2     3.3     4.3
                                  TEXOKA                              3.8     1.0     4.7     4.9     5.7     3.0     4.1
                                  NE 95-55                            4.0     1.0     3.3     5.2     4.7     2.4     3.7
                                  LEGACY                              4.3     1.0     3.9     5.0     4.6     2.0     3.6
                                  BOWIE                               4.0     1.0     3.4     5.0     5.2     1.7     3.5
                                  SWI-2000                            3.8     1.0     3.9     4.1     5.0     2.2     3.5
                                  378                                 4.2     1.0     2.6     4.8     4.1     1.4     3.1

                                  LSD VALUE                           1.1     0.3     1.4     1.9     1.2     1.4     0.7
                                  C.V. (%)                           17.3    14.4    20.0    27.2    13.4    27.3    21.2