RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1948. to June 30, 1949 



This report contains the results of the seed inspection work for 

 the State Department of Agriculture of 624 official samples collected 

 throughout the state during the period from July 1, 1948, to June 30, 

 1949, by Mr. George Laramie, Seed Control Supervisor, and Mr. Vincent 

 Peterson, Inspector. In addition to these official samples, 2405 private 

 samples were analyzed, making a total of 3029 samples inspected. 



Wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order except when samples 

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

 alphabetically by dealers. The New Hampshire seed law requires that 

 both agricultural and vegetable seeds must be labeled with the calen- 

 dar 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 223 samples of agricul- 

 tural seed tested for purity, germination and noxious weed content. 

 There is a tolerance or allowable variation from the guarantee for 

 both purity and germination, 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% 

 for germination could test as low as 98.25% for purity and 77% for 

 germination and be "satisfactory." 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 agricultural seeds. 



The second part of the report applies to 401 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 vege- 

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

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



