TABLE 13.    SPRING GREENUP AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                IN THE 2002 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT COLLEGE PARK, MD  1/
                                                                         2003 DATA
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                                                                          PERCENT
                                                                               SPRING      COVER
                                                          NAME                GREENUP     SUMMER

                                                          RIVIERA                6.3       99.0
                                                          SWI-1045               3.0       99.0
                                                          SWI-1012               3.7       97.3
                                                          SWI-1014               6.3       97.0
                                                          YUKON                  6.7       97.0
                                                          CIS-CD6                2.7       96.0
                                                          SWI-1044               1.3       88.3
                                                          SUNDEVIL II            1.3       81.7
                                                          TRANSCONTINENTAL       1.0       80.0
                                                          SOUTHERN STAR          1.0       73.3
                                                          SUNBIRD (PST-R68A)     1.3       73.0
                                                          SWI-1001               1.0       65.0
                                                          FMC-6                  1.0       60.0
                                                          CIS-CD5                1.0       58.3
                                                          CIS-CD7                1.0       58.3
                                                          SR 9554                1.0       51.7
                                                          SWI-1041               1.0       45.0
                                                          MIDLAWN                3.3       33.3
                                                          LAPALOMA (SRX 9500)    1.0       33.3
                                                          PRINCESS 77            1.0       30.7
                                                          OKC 70-18              2.3       30.0
                                                          PANAMA                 1.0       25.0
                                                          SWI-1003               1.0       23.7
                                                          SUNSTAR                1.0       20.0
                                                          SWI-1046               1.0       18.3
                                                          PATRIOT                1.3       17.7
                                                          TIFT NO. 1             1.0       17.7
                                                          MOHAWK                 1.0       16.7
                                                          B-14                   1.0       14.7
                                                          ASHMORE                1.0       10.0
                                                          NUMEX SAHARA           1.0       10.0
                                                          TIFT NO. 2             1.0       10.0
                                                          ARIZONA COMMON         1.0        8.3
                                                          CELEBRATION            1.0        6.0
                                                          AUSSIE GREEN           1.0        3.0
                                                          TIFT NO. 3             1.0        3.0
                                                          GN-1                   1.0        1.0
                                                          TIFSPORT               1.0        0.7
                                                          MS-CHOICE              1.0        0.3
                                                          OR 2002                1.0        0.3
                                                          TIFWAY                 1.0        0.3
                                                          TIFT NO. 4             1.0        0.0

                                                          LSD VALUE              0.6       20.2
                                                          C.V. (%)              25.4       34.8

                           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 BERMUDAGRASS 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                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
            MD1      SILT LOAM AND SILT    5.6-6.0      61-150      376-500         1.1-2.0        FULL SUN        0.0-0.5   TO PREVENT DORMANCY