PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION                                     

                              TABLE 6.            SUMMARY OF TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FOR BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                         IN THE 1998 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (FAIRWAY) TEST
                                                                           2001 DATA

                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF

                                                                                       STATISTICS FOR ALL LOCATIONS                
                                                        ALL LOCATIONS       SUM OF                HIGHEST      LOWEST     MAXIMUM 
                              NAME                     MEAN 1/    RANK 2/   RANKS 3/    RANK 4/    RANK 5/     RANK 6/   IN TOP 25% 7/  

                              BACKSPIN                 5.5         14         272         21          3          26         22.2
                              BRIGHTON (SRX 1120)      5.5         15         271         20          3          23         11.1
                              GLORY (PST-9HG)          5.7          4         188          4          1          25         50.0
                              GOLFSTAR                 4.9         25         367         25          1          26          5.6
                              GRAND PRIX               5.6          7         236         13          2          24         33.3
                              L-93                     5.8          2         177          2          1          24         38.9
                              PENN G-6                 5.8          3         194          5          1          22         16.7
                              PENNCROSS                5.4         19         261         18          3          25          5.6
                              PENNEAGLE                5.4         22         268         19          1          25         16.7
                              PRINCEVILLE              5.5         17         246         14          2          22         16.7
                              PROVIDENCE               5.4         23         301         24          2          26          5.6
                              PST-0VN                  5.5         17         261         18          1          25         11.1
                              PST-9PM                  5.4         22         249         15          4          25         16.7
                              SEASIDE                  4.4         26         439         26         12          26          0.0
                              SEASIDE II               5.4         20         288         23          3          25         16.7
                              SR 1119                  5.7          6         218          6          2          22         27.8
                              SR 7100                  5.5         13         235         12          2          24         27.8
                              SRX 1BPAA                5.7          5         183          3          3          21         33.3
                              SRX 7MOBB                5.5         18         234         11          1          24         16.7
                              SRX 7MODD                5.6         10         232          9          2          26         38.9
                              TIGER                    5.3         24         279         22          2          25         27.8
                              TIGER II (CIS AT-5)      5.9          1         156          1          1          25         61.1
                              TRUELINE                 5.6          8         233         10          5          21         16.7

                              LSD VALUE                0.2
                              C.V. (%)                 8.0

                              1/  MEAN - AN AVERAGE OF ALL THE TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FROM ALL LOCATIONS.
                              2/  RANK - RANKING OF THE MEAN OF ALL QUALITY RATINGS.
                              3/  SUM OF RANKS - A SUM OF ALL THE RANKINGS FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
                              4/  RANK - THE RANKING OF THE SUM OF RANKS.
                              5/  HIGHEST RANK - THE HIGHEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                              6/  LOWEST RANK - THE LOWEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                              7/  MAXIMUM IN TOP 25% - THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THAT ENTRY FINISHED IN THE TOP 25% OF ALL ENTRIES.