TABLE 39.       SOD STRENGTH RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS        1/
                             GROWN UNDER HIGH MAINTENANCE
                                     1991-1995 DATA

                    SOD STRENGTH MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS OF TENSION 2/

   NAME                        VA2                       NAME                         VA2                  

   ABBEY                       49.7                      FREEDOM                      33.7
   WASHINGTON                  46.7                      BANFF                        33.3
   MARQUIS                     46.0                      BLUE STAR (PST-B8-13)        33.3
   MIRANDA                     42.3                      FORTUNA                      33.3
   PREAKNESS (602)             41.7                      Jll-94                       33.3
   PST-A7-1877                 41.7                      NE 80-47                     33.3
   PST-A84-803                 41.3                      OPTI-GREEN (PST-B8-106)      33.3
   MERIT                       41.0                      RONDE                        33.3
   UNIQUE (PST-C-76)           41.0                      1757                         33.0
   LIVINGSTON                  40.7                      CREST                        32.7
   PST-R-740                   40.0                      PST-A7-341                   32.3
   KELLY                       39.7                      SR 2000                      32.3
   SR 2100                     39.7                      COBALT                       32.0
   AMPELLIA                    39.0                      FAIRFAX  (BA 69-82)          32.0
   GNOME                       39.0                      GREENLEY                     32.0
   TOUCHDOWN                   38.7                      PST-C-224                    32.0
   BARON                       38.3                      CHALLENGER                   31.7
   SHAMROCK (H86-712)          38.3                      KENBLUE                      31.7
   ASPEN                       37.7                      WW AG 505                    31.7
   J-386                       37.7                      ABLE 1                       31.3
   APEX (SUMMIT)               37.3                      BLACKSBURG                   31.3
   SILVIA                      37.3                      VIVA (BA 73-366)             31.0
   BARMAX (BAR VB 7037)        37.0                      BAR VB 1169                  30.7
   BARSWEET                    37.0                      PSU-151                      30.3
   BELMONT (798)               37.0                      PRINCETON 104                29.7
   BARTITIA                    36.7                      PST-UD-12                    29.3
   CONNI                       36.3                      A-34                         29.0
   COVENTRY                    36.3                      CANNON (BA 73-381)           29.0
   RAM-1                       36.3                      HV 125                       28.7
   BA 70-131                   36.0                      MONOPOLY                     28.7
   BA 73-382                   36.0                      TRAMPAS                      28.7
   RAVEN (BA 78-258)           36.0                      CLASSIC                      28.3
   OPAL                        35.7                      INDIGO                       28.3
   CYNTHIA                     35.3                      4 ACES (PST-RE-88)           28.0
   ESTATE                      35.3                      ASCOT (BA 77-279)            27.7
   BA 76-305                   34.7                      EVA (WW AG 508)              27.7
   BARCELONA (BAR VB 1184)     34.7                      LIBERTY                      27.7
   ALLURE (BA 73-540)          34.3                      MERION                       27.7
   MIRACLE                     34.3                      RITA (PST-UD-10)             27.7
   NOTTINGHAM (BA 77-700)      34.3                      J-333                        27.0
   BARBLUE                     34.0                      J13-152                      27.0
   PENNPRO (PR-1)              34.0                      SUFFOLK                      27.0
   PST-A84-405                 34.0                      BROADWAY                     26.7
   PST-A84-928                 34.0                      HAGA                         26.7
   BAR VB 852                  33.7                      MIDNIGHT                     26.7

                                          NAME                           VA2

                                          ECLIPSE                      26.3
                                          NUSTAR                       26.3
                                          PLATINI                      26.3
                                          TRENTON                      26.3
                                          BUCKINGHAM (BA 74-114)       26.0
                                          NOBLESSE                     26.0
                                          BARZAN                       25.7
                                          DAWN                         25.3
                                          PST-LDW                      25.3
                                          DESTINY                      25.0
                                          KWS PP 13-2                  25.0
                                          MELBA                        25.0
                                          R751A                        25.0
                                          BARONIE  (BAR VB 985)        24.3
                                          CHELSEA                      24.3
                                          GEORGETOWN                   24.3
                                          J34-99                       24.3
                                          ALPINE                       24.0
                                          DONNA                        24.0
                                          EVB 13.863                   23.7
                                          JULIA                        23.7
                                          PST-0514                     23.3
                                          CALIBER (J-335)              23.0
                                          MINSTREL                     22.7
                                          GINGER                       22.3
                                          PST-HV-116                   22.3
                                          LIMOUSINE                    22.0
                                          NASSAU                       21.7
                                          EVB 13.703                   21.0
                                          GLADE                        21.0
                                          EAGLETON                     20.7
                                          NUBLUE (J-229)               20.7
                                          SOUTH DAKOTA CERT.           18.3
                                          BA 77-292                    14.7
                                          CARDIFF                      12.3

                                          LSD VALUE                    12.7

 1/ SOD STRENGTH RATED IN 1991.

 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).