TABLE 8D.                 MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                     IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                            AT HOUSTON, TX (LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB)  1/
                                                                        1998-2001 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/
                                                       TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES

                                                                                 PERCENT LIVING COVER          STIMPMETER READINGS     
                                   GENETIC     SPRING      LEAF      SEEDLING     SPRING      SUMMER      SPRING      SUMMER       FALL
                     NAME           COLOR      GREENUP    TEXTURE     VIGOR        2001        2001       1999-00    1999-01     1999-00

                     MINI-VERDE       5.7         5.3       6.3         7.7        76.7        91.7        112.0       106.2       117.0
                     CHAMPION         5.0         3.7       6.3         6.0        81.7        91.7        107.7       108.9       109.0
                     MS-SUPREME       5.3         4.3       6.3         7.3        81.7        86.7        107.3       106.7       108.5
                     FLORADWARF       5.3         4.0       6.3         6.3        73.3        91.7        104.3       105.7       106.0
                     TIFEAGLE         4.9         4.0       6.7         6.3        56.7        73.3        101.7       107.6       105.5
                     TIFDWARF         5.1         5.7       5.0         7.0        41.7        78.3        118.7       116.1       122.8
                     TIFGREEN         2.5         3.0       1.7         7.3        58.3        61.7        106.2       106.0       106.3

                     LSD VALUE        1.2         3.6       0.8         0.8        23.3        13.3          9.9        13.9         8.5
                     C.V. (%)        31.2        35.3       8.7         6.6        18.3         9.1          7.0         9.4         6.5




                       TABLE 8D.               MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                       (CONT'D)                      IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                            AT HOUSTON, TX (LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB)  1/
                                                                        1998-2001 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/
                                                       TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES

                                                                            QUALITY RATINGS                                             
                       NAME           JAN     FEB     MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT     NOV    DEC    MEAN

                       MINI-VERDE     5.7     6.8     6.2     5.3     5.9     6.4     6.2     6.1     5.9     5.5     5.1    5.0     5.8
                       CHAMPION       5.4     6.0     6.1     5.4     5.8     6.0     5.9     5.8     5.8     5.4     4.6    4.5     5.5
                       MS-SUPREME     5.7     6.3     6.8     5.6     5.9     6.0     5.8     5.3     5.5     5.1     4.6    4.5     5.4
                       FLORADWARF     5.6     6.1     5.4     4.7     4.9     6.0     5.4     4.8     5.2     5.1     4.3    4.5     5.1
                       TIFEAGLE       5.8     6.1     5.6     4.6     4.6     5.3     5.8     5.3     5.3     5.3     4.2    4.5     5.1
                       TIFDWARF       5.6     6.2     5.8     4.3     4.8     5.1     5.2     4.4     4.6     4.8     4.2    4.8     4.7
                       TIFGREEN       4.6     4.7     4.1     3.4     3.9     2.2     2.1     1.7     2.1     1.6     2.4    3.7     2.6

                       LSD VALUE      1.7     1.0     1.1     1.3     1.6     1.0     0.7     0.9     0.9     0.6     0.5    0.5     0.6
                       C.V. (%)      21.9    16.4    19.6    27.0    29.1    22.0    15.8    25.4    23.5    17.1    13.6    9.0    16.5

                       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.