TABLE 55.                          STEMMINESS RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                 GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT  1/  2/
                                                                         1996-2000 DATA
                                                                 STEMMINESS RATINGS 1-9; 9=NONE  3/

                    NAME                         NJ2            NAME                         NJ2            NAME                         NJ2

                    ABSOLUTE (MED-1497)          9.0            RAMBO (J-2579)               7.7            BARONIE                      3.7
                    ARCADIA (J-1936)             9.0            SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141)        7.7            CLASSIC                      3.7
                    BLACKSTONE (PST-638)         9.0            SR 2100                      7.7            COMPACT                      3.7
                    IMPACT (J-1576)              9.0            ZPS-2183                     7.7            PST-BO-165                   3.7
                    LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572)         9.0            CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621)          7.3            BARUZO                       3.3
                    LIMOUSINE                    9.0            MISTY (BA 76-372)            7.3            JEWEL (BA 81-227)            3.3
                    NUGLADE                      9.0            SERENE (PST-A7-245A)         7.3            LIPOA                        3.0
                    WILDWOOD                     9.0            ALLURE                       7.0            NJ-54                        2.3
                    ADVOCATE (HV 130)            8.7            BA 73-373                    7.0            ASCOT                        2.0
                    AWARD                        8.7            JEFFERSON                    7.0            PEPAYA (DP 37-192)           2.0
                    BAR VB 3115B                 8.7            NJ-GD                        7.0            VB 16015                     2.0
                    BLACKSBURG                   8.7            PICK-855                     7.0            BA 81-113                    1.7
                    GLADE                        8.7            PLATINI                      7.0            SIDEKICK                     1.7
                    MIDNIGHT                     8.7            BA 70-060                    6.7            DRAGON (ZPS-429)             1.0
                    NIMBUS                       8.7            SODNET                       6.7            SEABRING (BA 79-260)         1.0
                    ODYSSEY (J-1561)             8.7            CARDIFF                      6.3
                    PST-P46                      8.7            CHICAGO (J-2582)             6.3            LSD VALUE                    1.9
                    RUGBY II (MED-18)            8.7            LIVINGSTON                   6.3            C.V. (%)                    18.2
                    SR 2109                      8.7            MED-1580                     6.3
                    TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738)     8.7            PICK 8                       6.3
                    AMERICA                      8.3            SHAMROCK                     6.3
                    BAR VB 6820                  8.3            BA 77-702                    6.0
                    GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102)         8.3            BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649)        6.0
                    MARQUIS                      8.3            H86-690                      6.0
                    NJ 1190                      8.3            A88-744                      5.7
                    QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567)        8.3            BARONETTE (BA 81-058)        5.7
                    RAVEN                        8.3            COVENTRY                     5.7
                    APOLLO (PST-B3-180)          8.0            ECLIPSE                      5.7
                    BARTITIA                     8.0            BARITONE (BAR VB 233)        5.3
                    BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42)        8.0            BA 81-270                    5.0
                    CONNI                        8.0            CHATEAU                      5.0
                    FORTUNA                      8.0            HAGA                         5.0
                    MOONLIGHT (PST-A418)         8.0            HV 242                       5.0
                    NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60)       8.0            BA 81-220                    4.7
                    NUSTAR                       8.0            ENVICTA (BA 75-173)          4.7
                    SR 2000                      8.0            ABBEY                        4.3
                    SRX 2205                     8.0            CALIBER                      4.3
                    UNIQUE                       8.0            CHALLENGER                   4.3
                    BLUECHIP (MED-1991)          7.7            LTP-620                      4.3
                    EXPLORER (PICK-3561)         7.7            BA 75-163                    4.0
                    J-1555                       7.7            BA 75-490                    4.0
                    KENBLUE                      7.7            BA 76-197                    4.0
                    LKB-95                       7.7            BARON                        4.0
                    PRINCETON 105                7.7            ZPS-309                      4.0

                    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).
                    2/  C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.
                    3/  STEMINESS RATED IN 1997.