RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1957, to June 30, 1958 



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

 State Department of Agriculture of 744 official samples collected 

 throughout the state during the period from July 1, 1957, to June 30, 

 1958, by Mr. George H. Laramie, Control Supervisor, and Mr. Daniel 

 Graham, Inspector. In addition to these official samples, 902 private 

 samples were analyzed, making a total of 1646 samples inspected. 



Wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order. The New Hampshire 

 seed law requires that both agricultural and vegetable seeds must be 

 labeled with the calendar month and year when last tested for germina- 

 tion, 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 254 samples of agricultural 

 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. If a sample when tested 

 for purity falls within the allowable variation, it is marked "S" (satis- 

 factory) ; if below the allowable variation, and therefore a violation, the 

 actual figure found for purity is given. The same is true for germina- 

 tion in the case of agricultural seeds. 



The second part of the report applies to 490 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" (satis- 

 factory) 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 toler- 

 ance 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: 



