TABLE 14A.               WINTER COLOR RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                         1993 DATA
                                                                             
                                                   WINTER COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  1/

                                                          NAME                 MO1    TX1    MEAN

                                                          609 (NE 84-609)      5.7    3.7     4.7
                                                          HIGHLIGHT 25         6.0    2.7     4.3
                                                          PRAIRIE              5.7    2.7     4.2
                                                          HIGHLIGHT 15         5.3    2.7     4.0
                                                          BUFFALAWN            5.3    2.3     3.8
                                                          HIGHLIGHT 4          4.3    3.3     3.8
                                                          PLAINS (BAM 202)     4.7    2.3     3.5
                                                          RUTGERS              4.3    2.7     3.5
                                                          NTDG-4               4.0    2.7     3.3
                                                          SHARPS IMPROVED      4.0    2.0     3.0
                                                          BISON                3.7    2.0     2.8
                                                          TEXOKA               4.3    1.3     2.8
                                                          NTDG-5               4.0    1.3     2.7
                                                          NTDG-1               4.0    1.0     2.5
                                                          TOP GUN (BAM 101)    4.0    1.0     2.5
                                                          NE 85-378            3.7    1.0     2.3
                                                          NTDG-2               3.7    1.0     2.3
                                                          NTDG-3               3.7    1.0     2.3
                                                          315 (NE 84-315)      3.0    1.0     2.0
                                                          NE 84-436            2.7    1.0     1.8
                                                          AZ 143               2.3    1.0     1.7
                                                          NE 84-45-3           2.0    1.0     1.5

                                                          LSD VALUE            1.6    1.1     0.9

                           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).