TABLE 15.       THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                           1998 DATA
                                                               THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  2/

                                      NAME                           QE1               NAME                           QE1

                                      IMAGINE                        6.3               EXCEL (MB 1-5)                 2.3
                                      DERBY SUPREME (ISI-MHB)        5.3               NAVAJO                         2.3
                                      DANCER                         5.0               PEGASUS                        2.3
                                      CUTTER                         4.7               PRIZM                          2.3
                                      MANHATTAN 3                    4.7               PST-2CB                        2.3
                                      RADIANT (MB 44)                4.7               QUICKSTART                     2.3
                                      ROADRUNNER (PST-2ET)           4.7               SR 4200                        2.3
                                      ACADEMY (PC-93-1)              4.3               SR 4400 (SRX 4400)             2.3
                                      DLP 1305                       4.3               STALLION SELECT                2.3
                                      MONTEREY (J-1706)              4.3               STARDANCE (PST-2FE)            2.3
                                      NINE-O-ONE                     4.3               WIND STAR (PST-28M)            2.3
                                      ELF                            4.0               WX3-91                         2.3
                                      EXPRESS                        4.0               WX3-93                         2.3
                                      LINN                           4.0               ACHIEVER                       2.0
                                      OMNI                           4.0               ASP400  (APR 106)              2.0
                                      PENNANT II (MB 42)             4.0               ASSURE                         2.0
                                      REPELL III (LRF-94-C7)         4.0               BAR ER 5813                    2.0
                                      SPELL BOUND (WVPB-93-KFK)      4.0               BLACKHAWK (TMI-EXFLP94)        2.0
                                      TOP GUN (J-1703)               4.0               CAS-LP23                       2.0
                                      ASCEND (MB 45)                 3.7               DSV NA 9401                    2.0
                                      CALYPSO II                     3.7               FIGARO                         2.0
                                      HEAD START (PICK PR 84-91)     3.7               MVF-4-1                        2.0
                                      LINE DRIVE (MB 47)             3.7               OMEGA3 (ZPS-2DR-94)            2.0
                                      BRIGHTSTAR                     3.3               PALMER III (LRF-94-MPRH)       2.0
                                      CHAPARRAL (PST-2DLM)           3.3               PASSPORT (PST-2FF)             2.0
                                      MORNING STAR                   3.3               PENNFINE                       2.0
                                      PANTHER (ZPS-PR1)              3.3               PS-D-9                         2.0
                                      PRELUDE III (LRF-94-B6)        3.3               SATURN                         2.0
                                      PREMIER II (BAR USA 94-II)     3.3               WIZARD (MB 41)                 2.0
                                      R2 (ISI-R2)                    3.3               ACCENT                         1.7
                                      SONATA (PST-2R3)               3.3               APR 131                        1.7
                                      DIVINE                         3.0               BRIGHTSTAR II (PST-2M3)        1.7
                                      EDGE                           3.0               BUCCANEER II (WVPB 92-4)       1.7
                                      KOOS 93-6                      3.0               CITATION III (PST-2DGR)        1.7
                                      LEGACY II (LESCO-TWF)          3.0               PROTOCOL (KOOS 93-3)           1.7
                                      LRF-94-C8                      3.0               SATURN II (ZPS-2ST)            1.7
                                      MAJESTY (MB 43)                3.0               STALLION SUPREME (PSI-E-1)     1.7
                                      NOBILITY                       3.0               WIND DANCE (MB 46)             1.7
                                      VIVID                          3.0               WVPB-PR-C-2                    1.7
                                      ADVANTAGE                      2.7               PRECISION                      1.3
                                      DSV NA 9402                    2.7               BLAZER III (PICK 928)          1.0
                                      LAREDO                         2.7               CADDIESHACK (MED 5071)         1.0
                                      MARDIGRAS (ZPS-2NV)            2.7               RIVIERA II                     1.0
                                      NIGHT HAWK                     2.7               SUNSHINE (PICK LP 102-92)      1.0
                                      SECRETARIAT (RPBD)             2.7               WILLIAMSBURG                   1.0
                                      SR 4010 (SRX 4010)             2.7               CATALINA (PST-GH-94)           0.7
                                      TOP HAT                        2.7
                                      APR 066                        2.3               LSD VALUE                      3.3
                                      APR 124                        2.3               C.V. (%)                      74.0
                                      ESQUIRE                        2.3

                           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.