TABLE 8A.                                  
           PLANT VIGOR RATINGS OF VEGETATIVE BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                  1987 DATA
                                       
                      PLANT VIGOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=MAXIMUM  1/

                          NAME          FL1    MEAN

                          FB-119        8.0     8.0
                          NM 471        6.3     6.3
                          VAMONT        6.3     6.3
                          NM 507        5.3     5.3
                          NM 72         5.3     5.3
                          RS-1          5.0     5.0
                          A-29          4.7     4.7
                          MSB-10        4.7     4.7
                          MSB-20        4.7     4.7
                          TIFGREEN      4.7     4.7
                          MSB-30        4.3     4.3
                          TUFCOTE       4.3     4.3
                          E-29          4.0     4.0
                          NM 43         4.0     4.0
                          CT-23         3.3     3.3
                          NM 375        3.0     3.0
                          TIFWAY        3.0     3.0
                          TIFWAY II     3.0     3.0
                          TEXTURF 10    2.7     2.7
                          A-22          2.3     2.3
                          MIDIRON       2.3     2.3

                          LSD VALUE     1.6     1.6