TABLE 5A.                                  
          GENETIC COLOR RATINGS OF VEGETATIVE BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                  1987 DATA
                                       
                   GENETIC COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=DARK GREEN  1/

            NAME          AZ1    CA2    FL1    KS2    NM1    MEAN

            TIFWAY II     6.3    8.0    7.3    8.7    6.7     7.4
            NM 375        6.3    8.0    7.3    9.0    6.0     7.3
            TIFWAY        6.7    8.0    7.0    8.3    6.3     7.3
            MSB-10        6.0    7.7    7.0    8.3    6.7     7.1
            MSB-30        7.0    9.0    8.7    4.0    7.0     7.1
            NM 507        6.3    8.0    7.7    7.3    5.7     7.0
            NM 471        6.3    7.7    6.7    7.0    6.7     6.9
            E-29          6.0    7.0    5.7    8.0    5.7     6.5
            TUFCOTE       6.7    6.7    5.7    6.7    6.7     6.5
            TEXTURF 10    6.3    7.7    6.0    6.0    6.0     6.4
            MIDIRON       6.7    7.7    5.3    6.7    5.3     6.3
            CT-23         6.3    6.0    4.7    8.3    6.0     6.3
            MSB-20        6.3    7.7    6.3    5.7    5.3     6.3
            NM 43         6.0    7.3    6.3    5.7    5.7     6.2
            A-22          5.7    6.3    5.3    7.3    6.0     6.1
            A-29          5.3    7.0    6.0    6.3    5.7     6.1
            TIFGREEN      6.3    7.0    5.0    5.7    5.7     5.9
            NM 72         5.7    6.0    6.3    4.3    4.7     5.4
            RS-1          5.3    8.0    5.0    4.0    4.3     5.3
            VAMONT        5.0    5.7    5.3    5.3    5.3     5.3
            FB-119        4.7    5.3    5.7    5.7    5.0     5.3

            LSD VALUE     0.9    0.9    1.0    1.3    2.1     0.6