RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1955, to June 30, 1956 



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

 State Department of Agricukure of 643 official samples collected through- 

 out the state during the period from July 1, 1955, to June 30, 1956, by Mr. 

 George H. Laramie, Control Supervisor, and Mr. Harold Ayer, Assistant 

 Control Supervisor. In addition to these official samples, 1130 private 

 samples were analyzed, making a total of 1773 samples inspected. 



Wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order except when samples are 

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

 betically by dealers. The New Hampshire seed law requires that both agri- 

 cultmal 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 Avithin 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 170 samples of agricultural seed 

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

 ance or allowable variation from the guarantee for both purity and ger- 

 mination, in accordance uath the Rules for Seed Testing adopted by the 

 Association of official Seed Analysts. If a sample when tested for purity 

 falls within the allowable variation, 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 agri- 

 cultural seeds. 



The second part of the report applies to 473 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 

 there is no tolerance from the adopted sandards. 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 guaranteed 

 figure, the figure found upon test followed by "f" is listed as "mislabeled" 

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



The Ne^v Hampshire seed law and the rules and regulations there- 

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



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