TABLE 31.    FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                            GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                1996 DATA

                                FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO INJURY  2/

                                       NAME                    QE1

                                       PENN G-6 (G-6)          9.0
                                       CRENSHAW                8.7
                                       SOUTHSHORE              8.7
                                       BAR WS 42102            8.3
                                       CENTURY (SYN 92-1)      8.3
                                       DG-P                    8.3
                                       PRO/CUP                 8.3
                                       PROVIDENCE              8.3
                                       BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)     8.0
                                       ISI-AP-89150            8.0
                                       18TH GREEN              7.7
                                       IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)     7.7
                                       LOPEZ                   7.7
                                       PENNLINKS               7.7
                                       PENN A-4 (A-4)          7.3
                                       PENN G-2 (G-2)          7.3
                                       SR 1020                 7.3
                                       TRUELINE                7.3
                                       CATO                    7.0
                                       PENN A-1 (A-1)          7.0
                                       PENNCROSS               6.7
                                       REGENT                  6.7
                                       LOFTS L-93 (L-93)       6.3
                                       MARINER (SYN-1-88)      6.3
                                       SEASIDE                 6.3
                                       MSUEB                   6.0
                                       TENDENZ                 5.0
                                       BAR AS 492              1.3

                                       LSD VALUE               1.7

                                       C.V. (%)               15.0


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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.