TABLE 5A.   GENETIC COLOR RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                         1990 DATA
                                                                             
                                                          GENETIC COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=DARK GREEN  1/

                                          NAME                    AR1    AZ1    CA2    CA3    LA1    TX1    MEAN

                                          TIFWAY II               7.3    7.3    8.0    8.0    8.7    9.0     8.1
                                          TIFWAY                  7.7    7.3    8.0    7.7    8.7    8.0     7.9
                                          NM 375                  7.0    7.3    7.3    8.0    9.0    8.3     7.8
                                          MSB-10                  7.3    7.0    8.0    8.0    8.0    7.7     7.7
                                          NM 507                  6.7    8.0    7.7    7.0    8.3    8.0     7.6
                                          MSB-30                  7.3    8.0    7.0    6.3    9.0    8.0     7.6
                                          NM 471                  6.3    7.7    7.7    7.7    8.0    8.0     7.6
                                          TUFCOTE                 6.7    6.7    6.7    6.7    7.7    8.3     7.1
                                          NMS 3                   5.7    7.0    7.0    6.7    8.0    8.0     7.1
                                          TEXTURF 10              6.7    6.7    7.0    6.3    7.7    8.0     7.1
                                          MIDIRON                 4.0    6.7    7.7    8.3    7.3    8.0     7.0
                                          NMS 4                   6.3    6.3    6.7    6.7    8.3    7.7     7.0
                                          A-29                    6.0    6.0    7.3    7.0    7.0    7.3     6.8
                                          A-22                    5.7    5.3    6.7    7.0    7.7    8.0     6.7
                                          MSB-20                  6.3    6.7    6.7    6.7    7.0    6.7     6.7
                                          TIFGREEN                6.3    6.3    6.7    6.3    7.0    7.3     6.7
                                          NM 72                   5.3    7.0    6.7    6.0    7.3    7.3     6.6
                                          E-29                    5.3    5.7    7.0    6.7    6.3    8.0     6.5
                                          FB-119                  5.3    6.3    6.7    6.3    7.3    7.0     6.5
                                          GUYMON                  4.7    6.0    6.7    7.0    7.3    7.3     6.5
                                          CT-23                   5.3    6.0    6.7    6.7    7.0    7.0     6.4
                                          NM 43                   5.7    6.3    6.0    5.7    8.0    6.3     6.3
                                          NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    5.3    5.3    5.7    5.7    8.0    7.7     6.3
                                          NMS 2                   5.3    5.3    6.0    5.7    7.0    7.3     6.1
                                          VAMONT                  5.0    5.3    6.7    6.0    7.3    6.3     6.1
                                          RS-1                    4.3    5.7    7.0    6.0    7.0    6.3     6.1
                                          NMS 14                  4.7    4.7    6.3    5.0    7.0    7.3     5.8
                                          AZ. COMMON              5.0    4.0    5.7    5.7    7.3    7.0     5.8

                                          LSD VALUE               1.6    1.0    0.7    0.9    0.7    0.8     0.4

                     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).