RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1951 



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

 State Department of Agriculture of 682 official samples collected throughout 

 the state during- the period from July 1, 1950, to June 30, 1951, by Mr. 

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

 In addition to these official samples, 1848 private samples were analyzed, 

 making a total of 2530 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- 

 cultural 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 189 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 germi- 

 nation, in accordance with the Pailes 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 493 samples of vegetable seeds 

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

 quires 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 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 thereunder, 

 including the germination standards for vegetable seed, follow: 



