TABLE 17E.   FROST TOLERANCE RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS   1/
                                                                         1999-2002 DATA

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

                                                                 NAME                       MT1

                                                                 VIKING (ABT-HF1)           5.7
                                                                 OSPREY                     5.7
                                                                 RELIANT II                 5.7
                                                                 ABT-HF-3                   5.3
                                                                 ATTILA E                   5.3
                                                                 NORDIC (E)                 5.3
                                                                 PICK FF A-97               5.3
                                                                 PST-4HM                    5.3
                                                                 SRX 3961                   5.3
                                                                 STONEHENGE (AHF 009)       5.3
                                                                 ABT-HF-4                   5.0
                                                                 BERKSHIRE (4001)           5.0
                                                                 BIGHORN                    5.0
                                                                 CHARIOT (CIS FL 12)        5.0
                                                                 DEFIANT                    5.0
                                                                 DISCOVERY                  5.0
                                                                 EUREKA II (CIS FL 11)      5.0
                                                                 HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS)     5.0
                                                                 HERON                      5.0
                                                                 MB-82                      5.0
                                                                 SCALDIS                    5.0
                                                                 MINOTAUR                   4.7
                                                                 OXFORD                     4.7
                                                                 RESCUE 911                 4.7
                                                                 SCALDIS II (AHF 008)       4.7
                                                                 ABT-HF-2                   4.3

                                                                 LSD VALUE                  1.4
                                                                 C.V. (%)                  16.8