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

                     NAME                     MS1    MEAN

                     NMS 14                  32.7    32.7
                     NMS 2                   29.7    29.7
                     NMS 3                   27.7    27.7
                     NMS 4                   25.3    25.3
                     GUYMON                  18.7    18.7
                     NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    18.3    18.3
                     AZ. COMMON              17.0    17.0

                     LSD VALUE               11.9    11.9

      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).