TABLE 3A.          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS FOR EACH
                                                     MONTH GROWN AT MEAD, NE (NORTH CENTRAL REGION)  1/
                                                                       2003-06 DATA
                                                   TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF: MONTHS  2/

                          NAME                                APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    NOV    MEAN

                          LEGACY                              5.7     6.8     8.0     7.6     7.7     6.2     4.7    5.3     6.7
                          NE 95-55                            6.3     7.3     7.3     7.0     7.8     5.4     4.4    5.7     6.4
                          378                                 4.7     6.9     7.8     7.0     7.4     5.3     4.1    3.3     6.3
                          BOWIE                               5.7     6.8     7.3     6.8     6.3     4.8     4.3    5.0     6.0
                          SWI-2000                            6.0     6.7     6.9     6.6     5.9     5.3     4.1    5.7     5.8
                          BISON                               5.7     5.2     6.3     5.8     6.1     4.5     3.3    2.7     5.1
                          TEXOKA                              5.0     5.3     5.8     5.3     5.3     4.4     3.1    2.0     4.8
                          609                                 2.0     2.3     3.6     4.6     4.3     5.2     4.8    6.0     4.1
                          DENSITY                             1.7     3.1     3.8     4.0     4.5     4.8     4.7    7.0     4.1
                          TECH TURF 1 (FRONTIER TURFALLO)     2.7     1.9     3.5     3.7     3.3     3.4     3.2    4.0     3.1

                          LSD VALUE                           0.8     1.1     0.9     0.9     1.1     1.3     1.3    0.7     0.7
                          C.V. (%)                           10.7    22.1    18.6    18.3    22.7    33.9    39.9    8.7    17.5