TABLE 17.   FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                       GROWN ON A GREEN  1/
                                                                        1999-2002 DATA

                                                           FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO INJURY  2/  3/

                                                                 NAME                     MT1

                                                                 ABT-CRB-1                6.3
                                                                 BACKSPIN                 6.3
                                                                 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120)      6.3
                                                                 CRENSHAW                 6.3
                                                                 IMPERIAL                 6.3
                                                                 ISI AP-5                 6.3
                                                                 L-93                     6.3
                                                                 PENN A-1                 6.3
                                                                 PENN A-2                 6.3
                                                                 PENN G-1                 6.3
                                                                 PENNCROSS                6.3
                                                                 PENNLINKS                6.3
                                                                 SRX 1BPAA                6.3
                                                                 SRX 1NJH                 6.3
                                                                 SYN 96-1                 6.3
                                                                 SYN 96-2                 6.3
                                                                 BAR CB 8US3              6.0
                                                                 BAVARIA                  6.0
                                                                 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2)    6.0
                                                                 CENTURY                  6.0
                                                                 PENN A-4                 6.0
                                                                 PENN G-6                 6.0
                                                                 PICK CB 13-94            6.0
                                                                 PROVIDENCE               6.0
                                                                 PST-A2E                  6.0
                                                                 SR 1119                  6.0
                                                                 SYN 96-3                 6.0
                                                                 SR 7200                  5.0
                                                                 VESPER (PICK MVB)        5.0

                                                                 LSD VALUE                0.8
                                                                 C.V. (%)                 7.6

                           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/  FROST TOLERANCE RATED IN 1999 ONLY.