TABLE 37.  SOD STRENGTH RATINGS (8 MONTHS)
                                                              OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                       1986-90 DATA
                                                                             
                                                SOD STRENGTH RATINGS EIGHT MONTHS AFTER SEEDING:  KILOGRAMS  2/

                                                           NAME                      VA3    MEAN

                                                           AMERICA                  30.7    30.7
                                                           GEORGETOWN               30.0    30.0
                                                           VICTA                    29.3    29.3
                                                           BAR VB 577               28.7    28.7
                                                           P-104 (PRINCETON 104)    28.7    28.7
                                                           CHERI                    28.3    28.3
                                                           F-1872 (FREEDOM)         28.3    28.3
                                                           PST-CB1                  27.0    27.0
                                                           GLADE                    26.3    26.3
                                                           JOY                      26.3    26.3
                                                           239 (SUFFOLK)            26.0    26.0
                                                           BA 69-82                 26.0    26.0
                                                           MONOPOLY                 26.0    26.0
                                                           PARADE                   26.0    26.0
                                                           SYDSPORT                 26.0    26.0
                                                           BARON                    25.7    25.7
                                                           CONNI                    25.7    25.7
                                                           MERIT                    25.3    25.3
                                                           BRISTOL                  24.7    24.7
                                                           K3-178                   24.7    24.7
                                                           WELCOME                  24.7    24.7
                                                           K1-152                   24.3    24.3
                                                           ASSET                    23.7    23.7
                                                           BA 72-492 (ESTATE)       23.3    23.3
                                                           BA 72-500 (CHATEAU)      23.3    23.3
                                                           WW AG 491                23.3    23.3
                                                           BA 70-242                23.0    23.0
                                                           CHALLENGER               23.0    23.0
                                                           CLASSIC                  23.0    23.0
                                                           DAWN                     22.7    22.7
                                                           HAGA                     22.3    22.3
                                                           MIDNIGHT                 22.3    22.3
                                                           NASSAU                   22.3    22.3
                                                           RAM-1                    22.3    22.3
                                                           ECLIPSE                  22.0    22.0
                                                           GNOME                    22.0    22.0
                                                           KENBLUE                  22.0    22.0
                                                           LOFTS 1757               22.0    22.0
                                                           A-34                     21.7    21.7
                                                           ASPEN                    21.7    21.7
                                                           MERION                   21.3    21.3
                                                           MYSTIC                   21.3    21.3
                                                           WW AG 496                21.3    21.3
                                                           TRENTON                  20.7    20.7
                                                           BA 73-540                20.3    20.3
                                                                              
                                                                             
                                                              SOD STRENGTH RATINGS (8 MONTHS)
                                                              OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                       1986-90 DATA
                                                                             
                                                SOD STRENGTH RATINGS EIGHT MONTHS AFTER SEEDING:  KILOGRAMS

                                                           NAME                     VA3    MEAN

                                                           BA 73-626 (KELLY)       20.3    20.3
                                                           LIBERTY                 20.3    20.3
                                                           RUGBY                   20.3    20.3
                                                           BAR VB 534              20.0    20.0
                                                           NE 80-88                19.7    19.7
                                                           AQUILA                  19.3    19.3
                                                           HARMONY                 19.3    19.3
                                                           HUNTSVILLE              19.0    19.0
                                                           BLACKSBURG              18.7    18.7
                                                           TENDOS                  18.7    18.7
                                                           IKONE                   18.3    18.3
                                                           AMAZON                  18.0    18.0
                                                           BA 70-139 (COVENTRY)    18.0    18.0
                                                           ANNIKA                  17.7    17.7
                                                           CYNTHIA                 17.7    17.7
                                                           BA 72-441 (ABBEY)       17.0    17.0
                                                           DESTINY                 17.0    17.0
                                                           WABASH                  16.7    16.7
                                                           ABLE I                  16.3    16.3
                                                           SOMERSET                16.0    16.0
                                                           WW AG 495               15.3    15.3
                                                           BARZAN                  13.0    13.0
                                                           HV 97 (COCKTAIL)        13.0    13.0
                                                           WW AG 468               13.0    13.0
                                                           COMPACT                 12.7    12.7
                                                           JULIA                   12.3    12.3
                                                           S.D. CERTIFIED          10.3    10.3

                                                           LSD VALUE                6.9     6.9

                                                           1/  SOD STRENGTH MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS OF TENSION
                                                               NEEDED TO TEAR SOD.  DATA COLLECTED MAY 28, 1986.
                                           
                                                           2/  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).