TABLE 17A.  PERCENT RED THREAD (MAY) RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS  1/
                                                1997 DATA  2/

           NAME                           KY1                   NAME                           KY1

           BAR FRR 4ZBD                  36.7                   VICTORY (E)                    6.0
           BAR UR 204                    35.7                   JAMESTOWN II                   4.3
           ARUBA                         34.3                   SHADOW (E)                     4.0
           SHADEMASTER II                31.3                   WX3-FF54                       4.0
           FLYER II (ZPS-4BN)            26.7                   CASCADE                        3.7
           SILVERLAWN (WVPB-STCR-101)    23.3                   CULUMBRA (MB 64-93)            3.7
           PST-4DT                       22.7                   DISCOVERY                      3.7
           NORDIC                        19.0                   WX3-FFG6                       3.7
           FLYER                         17.7                   TIFFANY                        3.0
           PAMELA                        17.3                   SANDPIPER (PRO 92/20)          2.7
           FLORENTINE (PST-4VB ENDO.)    17.0                   JAMESTOWN                      2.3
           JASPER (E)                    15.3                   MB 66-93                       2.3
           ECOSTAR                       15.0                   67135                          2.0
           PST-4ST                       14.7                   BANNER III (MB 61-93)          2.0
           VERNON (MB 83-93)             14.7                   VICTORY II (PICK 4-91W)        2.0
           MOLINDA                       13.7                   BANNER II                      1.7
           SCALDIS                       13.3                   ECO (MB 63-93)                 1.3
           CAS-FR13                      12.0                   BRIDGEPORT                     0.7
           BRIGADE                       11.0                   BRITTANY                       0.7
           SR 3100                       11.0                   ISI-FC-62                      0.7
           AURORA W/ENDO.                10.7                   K-2 (MB 65-93)                 0.3
           RELIANT II                    10.7                   DARWIN                         0.0
           SPARTAN                        9.0                   DAWSON                         0.0
           COMMON CREEPING                8.0                   NJ F-93                        0.0
           TREAZURE (ZPS-MG)              7.7                   RONDO                          0.0
           MEDINA                         7.3                   SEABREEZE                      0.0
           QUATRO (FO 143)                7.3                   SHADOW II (PST-44D)            0.0
           OSPREY (PRO 92/24)             7.0                   SR 5100                        0.0
           DEFIANT (MB 81-93)             6.7
           MB 82-93                       6.7                   LSD VALUE                     10.4
           TMI-3CE                        6.0                   C.V. (%)                      70.2


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.