TABLE 6A.                                 
          WINTER COLOR RATINGS OF VEGETATIVE BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                  1987 DATA
                                       
             WINTER COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  1/

                   NAME          FL1    LA1    LA2    MEAN

                   VAMONT        6.3    6.7    7.0     6.7
                   FB-119        6.7    6.3    6.0     6.3
                   CT-23         4.7    7.0    7.0     6.2
                   NM 72         5.7    6.7    6.3     6.2
                   MSB-10        5.0    6.3    6.7     6.0
                   NM 43         4.3    6.7    7.0     6.0
                   NM 471        5.7    6.7    5.7     6.0
                   NM 507        6.0    6.3    5.7     6.0
                   MSB-20        4.0    6.7    7.0     5.9
                   TIFWAY II     3.7    6.7    7.0     5.8
                   TUFCOTE       4.3    6.3    6.7     5.8
                   TIFGREEN      4.3    6.0    6.7     5.7
                   TIFWAY        4.3    6.3    6.3     5.7
                   A-22          4.3    6.3    6.0     5.6
                   A-29          4.7    6.0    5.7     5.4
                   E-29          4.7    5.7    5.7     5.3
                   NM 375        4.7    6.0    5.3     5.3
                   TEXTURF 10    4.0    6.0    6.0     5.3
                   MSB-30        4.0    5.0    5.3     4.8
                   RS-1          5.3    4.3    4.3     4.7
                   MIDIRON       3.3    5.7    4.7     4.6

                   LSD VALUE     1.1    1.0    1.0     0.6