TABLE 3.                MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                           IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT SAVANNAH (SHADE), GA  1/
                                                                         2003 DATA

                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                PERCENT
                                SPRING      DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY   DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY
                 NAME           GREENUP      MARCH      APRIL       MAY       JUNE       JULY      AUGUST   SEPTEMBER   NOVEMBER   DECEMBER

                 MSA 31          71.7         6.7        6.7        7.7        8.0        7.0        7.7        8.0       8.7        9.0
                 RALEIGH         63.3         5.0        5.3        6.7        7.3        6.7        7.0        8.0       9.0        9.0
                 MSA 2-3-98      68.3         4.3        6.0        7.0        7.7        6.3        6.3        6.7       8.5        9.0
                 MERCEDES        61.7         3.7        5.3        6.0        6.7        5.3        6.3        6.3       8.3        8.7
                 DELMAR          65.0         3.7        4.3        5.0        6.0        5.3        6.3        6.0       7.7        8.7
                 FLORATAM        51.7         3.3        3.3        4.0        5.0        4.3        5.0        5.0       6.7        7.3

                 LSD VALUE       14.6         1.4        1.2        1.6        1.5        1.3        2.6        2.6       1.1        0.8
                 C.V. (%)        11.1        17.3       12.7       14.0       11.9       12.1       18.1       18.4       6.9        4.7

                 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.


                             TABLE 3.    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS
                             (CONT'D)      IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT SAVANNAH (SHADE), GA  1/
                                                                         2003 DATA

                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                                                             QUALITY RATINGS
                                  NAME           MAR     APR     MAY    JUN     JUL     AUG    SEP    NOV    DEC    MEAN

                                  MSA 31         5.0     5.7     6.7    7.7     7.0     7.7    8.0    8.7    8.7     7.2
                                  RALEIGH        3.7     5.0     5.3    7.0     7.0     7.3    7.7    7.7    8.3     6.6
                                  MSA 2-3-98     4.3     5.3     5.7    7.0     6.3     6.0    8.0    8.5    8.5     6.3
                                  MERCEDES       3.7     4.3     4.7    6.0     5.0     7.0    7.0    8.0    8.0     6.0
                                  DELMAR         3.0     3.7     4.3    5.7     5.0     7.0    6.0    7.3    7.7     5.5
                                  FLORATAM       2.3     2.7     3.3    4.7     4.0     5.7    6.0    7.0    7.0     4.7

                                  LSD VALUE      1.1     1.5     1.2    1.1     1.8     2.8    1.1    1.0    1.7     1.1
                                  C.V. (%)      16.5    18.2    13.7    9.6    16.8    17.8    7.9    6.4    8.5     9.8

                           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.

                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                             
          TABLE A.                           2002-03 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN                                                
                                                         THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST                                                           
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                         SOIL          SOIL                         SUN           MOWING                                     
                             SOIL           SOIL      PHOSPHOROUS   POTASSIUM        NITROGEN       OR            HEIGHT           IRRIGATION                
          LOCATION          TEXTURE         PH        (LBS/ACRE)    (LBS/ACRE)   (LBS/1000 SQ FT)   SHADE          (IN)             PRACTICED                
                                                                                                                                                             
            GA2       SAND                     -           -            -            3.1-4.0        DENSE SHADE   2.6-3.0   TO PREVENT DORMANCY