RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 



Made July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950 



This report contains the results of the seed inspection work for the 

 State Department of Agriculture of 673 official samples collected through- 

 out the state during the period from July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950, by Mr. 

 George Laramie, Seed Control Supervisor, and Mr. Harold Ayer, Inspector. 

 In addition to these official samples, 1860 private samples were analyzed, 

 making a total of 2533 samples inspected. 



Wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order except when samples are 

 presumed to have been carried over, in which case they are listed alphabet- 

 ically by dealers. The New Hampshire seed law requires that both agricul- 

 tural and vegetable seeds must be labeled with the calendar month and year 

 when last tested for germination, and requires that this germination test 

 shall have been completed within nine months of being offered for sale. 

 In the following tables, if the date of test was within the prescribed nine 

 months, the sample is marked satisfactory, "S" in this respect; if no date 

 was given, the word "None" appears indicating a violation; if the date 

 was a violation of the law because the test was not made within nine 

 months, the date given on the tag or label appears in that column. 



The first part of the report deals with 160 samples of agricultural seed 

 tested for purity, germination and noxious weed content. There is a tol- 

 erance or allowable variation from the guarantee for both purity and germ- 

 ination, in accordance with the Rules for Seed Testing adopted by the 

 Association of Official Seed Analysts, so that, for instance a sample of 

 timothy guaranteed 99.20 for purity and 85 9^ for germination could test 

 as low as 98.25% for purity and 77% for germination and be "satisfac- 

 tory." If a sample when tested for purity falls within the allowable varia- 

 tion, it is marked "S" (satisfactory) ; if below the allowable variation, and 

 therefore a violation, the actual figure found for purity is given. The same 

 is true for germination in the case of agricultural seeds. 



The second part of the report applies to 513 samples of vegetable seeds 

 which were tested for germination only. The New Hampshire seed law 

 requires that unless each packet or other container is plainly marked 

 "Below Standard" together with the percentage of germination, vegetable 

 seeds must test up to the prescribed standard for that kind of seed, and 

 that there is no tolerance from the adopted standards. In the column headed 

 "Found" if the same was up to standard, an "S" (satisfactory) appears. 

 The exception to this is in the case of a given sample being marked with 

 a guarantee, which is not required if vegetable seed is up to standard; 

 then, if the seed is found to be below the regular tolerance from that guar- 

 anteed figure, the figure found upon test followed by "t" is listed as "mis- 

 labeled" even though it might in some cases be up to standard. 



The New Hampshire seed law and the rules and regulations there- 

 under, including the germination standards for vegetable seed, follow: 



