TABLE 17A.      FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS   1/
                                                                         1999-2002 DATA

                                                           FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO INJURY  2/  3/

                                     NAME                            MT1                   NAME                            MT1

                                     ABT-CHW-2                       6.0                   PICK FRC A-93                   5.3
                                     ASR 049                         6.0                   PST-4HM                         5.3
                                     BAR SCF 8 FUS3                  6.0                   PST-4MB                         5.3
                                     JASPER II                       6.0                   SALSA                           5.3
                                     PST-4FR                         6.0                   SEABREEZE                       5.3
                                     SHADOW II                       6.0                   SRX 3961                        5.3
                                     ABERDEEN (PST-EFL)              5.7                   SRX 52961                       5.3
                                     VIKING (ABT-HF1)                5.7                   STONEHENGE (AHF 009)            5.3
                                     ACF 083                         5.7                   ABT-CHW-1                       5.0
                                     AMBASSADOR                      5.7                   AMBROSE (ABT-CHW-3)             5.0
                                     ASC 172                         5.7                   ABT-HF-4                        5.0
                                     BANNER III                      5.7                   ASC 082                         5.0
                                     BAR CHF 8 FUS2                  5.7                   BERKSHIRE (4001)                5.0
                                     BARGENA III (BAR CF 8 FUS1)     5.7                   BIGHORN                         5.0
                                     CINDY LOU (CIS FRR 7)           5.7                   BOREAL                          5.0
                                     CULOMBRA                        5.7                   BRIDGEPORT                      5.0
                                     MAGIC                           5.7                   BRITTANY                        5.0
                                     OSPREY                          5.7                   CHARIOT (CIS FL 12)             5.0
                                     PATHFINDER                      5.7                   COMMON CREEPING RED             5.0
                                     RELIANT II                      5.7                   DEFIANT                         5.0
                                     SANDPIPER                       5.7                   DISCOVERY                       5.0
                                     SHADEMARK                       5.7                   EUREKA II (CIS FL 11)           5.0
                                     SILHOUETTE (PICK FRC 4-92)      5.7                   HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS)          5.0
                                     SR 5100                         5.7                   HERON                           5.0
                                     TIFFANY                         5.7                   MB-63                           5.0
                                     TREAZURE (E)                    5.7                   MB-82                           5.0
                                     WRIGLEY (ACF 092)               5.7                   ROSE (ASC 087)                  5.0
                                     ABT-CR-2                        5.3                   SCALDIS                         5.0
                                     ABT-CR-3                        5.3                   SHADEMASTER II                  5.0
                                     ABT-HF-3                        5.3                   SR 5210 (SRX 52LAV)             5.0
                                     ATTILA E                        5.3                   MINOTAUR                        4.7
                                     DAWSON E+                       5.3                   OXFORD                          4.7
                                     DGSC 94                         5.3                   QUATRO                          4.7
                                     FLORENTINE                      5.3                   RESCUE 911                      4.7
                                     INTRIGUE                        5.3                   SCALDIS II (AHF 008)            4.7
                                     INVERNESS (PST-47TCR)           5.3                   SR 3200                         4.7
                                     JAMESTOWN II                    5.3                   SR 6000                         4.7
                                     LONGFELLOW II                   5.3                   ABT-HF-2                        4.3
                                     NAVIGATOR (CIS FRR 5)           5.3
                                     NORDIC (E)                      5.3                   LSD VALUE                       1.2
                                     PICK FF A-97                    5.3                   C.V. (%)                       14.1

                           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.

                           3/  FROST TOLERANCE RATED IN 1999 ONLY.