TABLE 59A.             TURFGRASS DENSITY AND PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                      IN THE 1997 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT GRIFFIN (THIRD TRAFFIC IN OCTOBER 6), GA  1/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA

                                                            TURFGRASS DENSITY RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/  3/

                                          DENSITY        DENSITY  RATINGS
                                          BEFORE        (DAYS AFTER TRAFFIC)             PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER (DAYS AFTER TRAFFIC)
               NAME                       TRAFFIC    4 DAYS    7 DAYS    18 DAYS    4 DAYS    7 DAYS    10 DAYS    12 DAYS    15 DAYS    18 DAYS

               JACKPOT                      6.3        3.3       3.3       5.3       51.7      48.3       73.3       78.3       83.3       90.0
               SHANGHAI                     6.7        4.7       5.0       5.7       60.0      63.3       75.0       81.7       86.7       90.0
               MINI-VERDE                   8.7        5.0       5.3       7.7       65.0      68.3       70.0       76.7       85.0       86.7
               OKC 19-9                     7.3        4.7       4.7       5.7       66.7      53.3       51.7       70.0       80.0       86.7
               TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C)  6.0        3.0       3.3       5.0       53.3      58.3       75.0       76.7       80.0       86.7
               SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)       6.0        3.3       3.3       4.7       53.3      56.7       75.0       76.7       80.0       85.0
               SHANGRI LA                   6.0        3.0       3.0       5.0       46.7      40.0       66.7       70.0       78.3       83.3
               SWI-11                       7.0        4.3       4.3       4.7       56.7      58.3       70.0       73.3       78.3       83.3
               BLACKJACK                    6.0        2.7       3.0       4.7       40.0      40.0       65.0       68.3       75.0       81.7
               J-540                        6.3        3.0       3.3       4.7       46.7      46.7       65.0       68.3       75.0       81.7
               MIRAGE                       6.0        2.3       2.3       4.3       33.3      36.7       53.3       61.7       71.7       81.7
               PRINCESS                     7.3        3.3       3.7       5.0       51.7      58.3       66.7       66.7       73.3       81.7
               SAVANNAH                     6.0        3.3       3.3       4.3       46.7      48.3       68.3       70.0       76.7       81.7
               PATRIOT (OKC 18-4)           7.0        3.7       4.3       5.7       50.0      48.3       60.0       70.0       75.0       80.0
               RIVIERA (OKS 95-1)           6.7        3.3       3.3       4.7       50.0      50.0       63.3       66.7       71.7       80.0
               PYRAMID                      6.3        2.3       2.3       4.3       31.7      36.7       60.0       63.3       73.3       80.0
               TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)           8.0        5.0       5.0       4.3       68.3      61.7       55.0       58.3       71.7       80.0
               ARIZONA COMMON               6.0        2.3       2.3       4.0       26.7      28.3       46.7       53.3       70.0       78.3
               SUNDEVIL II                  6.0        2.7       2.7       4.7       38.3      40.0       55.0       61.7       70.0       78.3
               MAJESTIC                     6.0        3.0       3.0       5.0       40.0      40.0       61.7       63.3       71.7       76.7
               NUMEX-SAHARA                 6.0        2.0       2.3       4.0       26.7      30.0       45.0       53.3       66.7       76.7
               SYDNEY (SWI-7)               6.0        2.3       2.7       4.3       30.0      35.0       53.3       65.0       71.7       76.7
               CN 2-9                       7.0        4.3       4.7       4.3       56.7      46.7       53.3       56.7       68.3       73.3
               BLUE-MUDA                    6.0        2.7       2.7       4.0       35.0      38.3       55.0       58.3       66.7       71.7
               TIFGREEN                     8.0        4.0       4.0       5.0       43.3      43.3       55.0       65.0       71.7       71.7
               TIFWAY                       8.0        5.0       5.3       5.0       55.0      53.3       51.7       55.0       66.7       70.0
               MIDLAWN                      7.0        3.3       3.3       4.3       46.7      41.7       41.7       48.3       58.3       58.3
               CARDINAL                     7.3        2.3       2.7       3.3       23.3      25.0       30.0       31.7       41.7       41.7

               LSD VALUE                    0.6        0.8       0.9       1.0       14.8      17.1       19.5       19.2       13.0       11.7
               C.V. (%)                     5.6       15.0      15.8      12.7       19.8      21.5       18.3       16.4       10.5        9.3


               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 CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05).

               2/  C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.

               3/  TURFGRASS DENSITY AND PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER RATED IN 1998 ONLY.