RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1958, to June 30, 1959 



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

 State Department of Agriculture of 751 official samples collected through- 

 out the state during the period from Jioly 1, 1958, to June 30, 1959, hy 

 Mr. George H. Laramie, Control Supervisor, and Mr. Dijrwood French, inspec- 

 tor. In addition to these official samples, 805 private samples were ana- 

 lyzed, making a total of 1556 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 germination, and re- 

 quires 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 satisfac- 

 tory, "S" in this respect; if no date was given, the word "None" appears 

 indicating a violation; if the date was a violation of the lavr 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 2^)5 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" (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 

 agric\iltural seeds . 



The second part of the report applies to 503 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 "Fo\xnd" 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 guarantee figure, the 

 figure found upon test followed by # is listed as "mislabeled" even though 

 it might in some cases be up to standard. 



The New Hajnpshire seed law and the rules and regulations thereunder, 

 including the germination standards for vegetable seed, follow: 



