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

                     NAME                    FL1    MEAN

                     NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    5.0     5.0
                     NMS 4                   5.0     5.0
                     AZ. COMMON              4.3     4.3
                     NMS 3                   4.0     4.0
                     NMS 14                  3.7     3.7
                     NMS 2                   3.0     3.0
                     GUYMON                  1.0     1.0

                     LSD VALUE               2.0     2.0

      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 CORRES-
         PONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05).