TABLE 19A.                                 
          SOD STRENGTH RATINGS OF VEGETATIVE BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                  1987 DATA
                                       
                SOD STRENGTH MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS OF TENSION  1/

                          NAME           MS1    MEAN

                          MSB-10        73.3    73.3
                          TIFWAY II     55.0    55.0
                          TIFWAY        47.0    47.0
                          VAMONT        43.0    43.0
                          TIFGREEN      37.7    37.7
                          NM 471        36.7    36.7
                          MSB-20        35.3    35.3
                          TEXTURF 10    35.3    35.3
                          MSB-30        33.0    33.0
                          NM 43         31.3    31.3
                          NM 507        31.3    31.3
                          A-29          29.3    29.3
                          CT-23         29.3    29.3
                          NM 72         29.0    29.0
                          A-22          26.0    26.0
                          FB-119        23.0    23.0
                          TUFCOTE       21.3    21.3
                          MIDIRON       19.3    19.3
                          RS-1          18.3    18.3
                          NM 375        17.0    17.0
                          E-29          13.7    13.7

                          LSD VALUE     25.3    25.3