TABLE 9B.                                  
           FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS OF SEEDED BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                  1987 DATA
                                       
                   FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO INJURY  1/

                  NAME                    FL1    OK1    MEAN

                  AZ. COMMON              5.7    4.0     4.8
                  NMS 14                  4.7    5.0     4.8
                  GUYMON                  4.0    4.7     4.3
                  NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    4.0    4.7     4.3
                  NMS 2                   4.7    4.0     4.3
                  NMS 4                   3.7    4.0     3.8
                  NMS 3                   4.0    3.3     3.7

                  LSD VALUE               1.3    1.6     1.0

      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 CORRES-
         PONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05).