PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION                                     

                             TABLE 12.          SUMMARY OF TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FOR BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                            IN THE 1997 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST
                                                                           2001 DATA

                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF

                                                                                         STATISTICS FOR ALL LOCATIONS                
                                                          ALL LOCATIONS       SUM OF                HIGHEST      LOWEST     MAXIMUM 
                             NAME                        MEAN 1/    RANK 2/   RANKS 3/    RANK 4/    RANK 5/     RANK 6/   IN TOP 25% 7/  

                             ARIZONA COMMON              4.4         28         366         28         17          28          0.0
                             BLACKJACK                   5.2         13         202         12          2          23         20.0
                             BLUE-MUDA                   4.7         22         310         24          5          28          6.7
                             CARDINAL                    5.0         14         242         14          3          28         20.0
                             CN 2-9                      5.5         10         187         11          3          28         26.7
                             CONTINENTAL (PST-R69C)      5.5         12         160         10          3          21         13.3
                             J-540                       4.9         16         254         16         11          24          0.0
                             JACKPOT                     4.7         24         312         25          9          27          0.0
                             MAJESTIC                    4.9         17         271         18          8          28          0.0
                             MIDLAWN                     5.8          6         114          5          1          25         66.7
                             MINI-VERDE                  4.6         27         306         22          7          28          6.7
                             MIRAGE                      4.7         24         315         26          6          28          6.7
                             NUMEX-SAHARA                4.6         26         326         27         15          28          0.0
                             OKC 18-4                    6.1          3          95          2          1          25         73.3
                             OKC 19-9                    5.6          8         123          6          1          25         53.3
                             PRINCESS                    5.9          5         147          9          2          28         53.3
                             PYRAMID                     4.7         25         309         23         12          27          0.0
                             RIVIERA (OKS 95-1)          6.4          1          63          1          1          11         86.7
                             SAVANNAH                    4.8         21         297         20         15          26          0.0
                             SHANGHAI                    5.7          7         134          8          3          22         33.3
                             SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)      5.0         15         254         16         11          28          0.0
                             SUNDEVIL II                 4.8         19         266         17         14          26          0.0
                             SWI-11                      5.5         11         214         13          1          26         13.3
                             SYDNEY (SWI-7)              4.9         18         298         21          4          27          6.7
                             TIFGREEN                    5.6          9         132          7          1          28         53.3
                             TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)          6.1          2         100          3          2          15         60.0
                             TIFWAY                      6.1          4         104          4          1          20         66.7

                             LSD VALUE                   0.2
                             C.V. (%)                   10.9

                             1/  MEAN - AN AVERAGE OF ALL THE TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FROM ALL LOCATIONS.
                             2/  RANK - RANKING OF THE MEAN OF ALL QUALITY RATINGS.                           
                             3/  SUM OF RANKS - A SUM OF ALL THE RANKINGS FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
                             4/  RANK - THE RANKING OF THE SUM OF RANKS.                                 
                             5/  HIGHEST RANK - THE HIGHEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                             6/  LOWEST RANK - THE LOWEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                             7/  MAXIMUM IN TOP 25% - THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THAT ENTRY FINISHED IN THE TOP 25% OF ALL ENTRIES.