TABLE 38.   SOD STRENGTH RATINGS (12 MONTHS)
                                                              OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                       1986-90 DATA
                                                                             
                                               SOD STRENGTH RATINGS TWELVE MONTHS AFTER SEEDING:  KILOGRAMS  2/

                                                           NAME                      VA3    MEAN

                                                           SYDSPORT                 20.7    20.7
                                                           BA 69-82                 20.0    20.0
                                                           AMERICA                  18.7    18.7
                                                           ASPEN                    18.0    18.0
                                                           GLADE                    18.0    18.0
                                                           WELCOME                  18.0    18.0
                                                           AQUILA                   16.3    16.3
                                                           KENBLUE                  16.3    16.3
                                                           VICTA                    16.3    16.3
                                                           BA 72-492 (ESTATE)       16.0    16.0
                                                           239 (SUFFOLK)            15.3    15.3
                                                           CLASSIC                  15.3    15.3
                                                           BA 72-500 (CHATEAU)      15.0    15.0
                                                           K1-152                   15.0    15.0
                                                           BARON                    14.7    14.7
                                                           TRENTON                  14.7    14.7
                                                           BA 73-626 (KELLY)        14.3    14.3
                                                           CHERI                    14.3    14.3
                                                           GEORGETOWN               14.3    14.3
                                                           GNOME                    14.3    14.3
                                                           MIDNIGHT                 14.3    14.3
                                                           MYSTIC                   14.3    14.3
                                                           JOY                      14.0    14.0
                                                           WW AG 496                14.0    14.0
                                                           K3-178                   13.7    13.7
                                                           F-1872 (FREEDOM)         13.3    13.3
                                                           HUNTSVILLE               13.3    13.3
                                                           MERIT                    13.3    13.3
                                                           CONNI                    13.0    13.0
                                                           ECLIPSE                  13.0    13.0
                                                           HAGA                     13.0    13.0
                                                           P-104 (PRINCETON 104)    13.0    13.0
                                                           TENDOS                   13.0    13.0
                                                           BA 70-242                12.7    12.7
                                                           PARADE                   12.7    12.7
                                                           PST-CB1                  12.7    12.7
                                                           BAR VB 534               12.3    12.3
                                                           HARMONY                  12.3    12.3
                                                           BAR VB 577               12.0    12.0
                                                           CHALLENGER               12.0    12.0
                                                           BA 73-540                11.7    11.7
                                                           RUGBY                    11.7    11.7
                                                           BLACKSBURG               11.3    11.3
                                                           MERION                   11.3    11.3
                                                           BA 70-139 (COVENTRY)     11.0    11.0
                                                                              
                                                                             
                                                             SOD STRENGTH RATINGS (12 MONTHS)
                                                              OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                       1986-90 DATA
                                                                             
                                               SOD STRENGTH RATINGS TWELVE MONTHS AFTER SEEDING:  KILOGRAMS

                                                             NAME                  VA3    MEAN

                                                             CYNTHIA              11.0    11.0
                                                             JULIA                11.0    11.0
                                                             LIBERTY              11.0    11.0
                                                             RAM-1                11.0    11.0
                                                             WW AG 491            11.0    11.0
                                                             HV 97 (COCKTAIL)     10.7    10.7
                                                             WW AG 495            10.7    10.7
                                                             LOFTS 1757           10.3    10.3
                                                             S.D. CERT.           10.3    10.3
                                                             WABASH               10.3    10.3
                                                             A-34                  9.7     9.7
                                                             DESTINY               9.7     9.7
                                                             ABLE I                8.7     8.7
                                                             AMAZON                8.7     8.7
                                                             DAWN                  8.7     8.7
                                                             NE 80-88              8.7     8.7
                                                             ANNIKA                8.3     8.3
                                                             BARZAN                8.3     8.3
                                                             BRISTOL               8.3     8.3
                                                             IKONE                 8.3     8.3
                                                             MONOPOLY              8.3     8.3
                                                             NASSAU                8.3     8.3
                                                             SOMERSET              8.3     8.3
                                                             ASSET                 8.0     8.0
                                                             BA 72-441 (ABBEY)     8.0     8.0
                                                             COMPACT               7.7     7.7
                                                             WW AG 468             6.3     6.3

                                                             LSD VALUE             6.1     6.1

                                                             1/  SOD STRENGTH MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS OF TENSION
                                                                 NEEDED TO TEAR SOD.  DATA COLLECTED SEPTEMBER 3, 1986.
                                                                 REDUCED SOD STRENGTH WAS A RESULT OF SUMMER STRESS 
                                                                 ON UNIRRIGATED TURF.
                                           
                                                             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).