RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947 



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

 State Department of Agriculture of 431 official samples collected through- 

 out the state during the period from July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1947, by Mr. 

 George Laramie, Seed Control Supervisor, and Mr. Vincent Peterson, 

 Inspector. In addition to these official samples, 2,116 private samples 

 were analyzed, making a total of 2,547 samples inspected. 



Wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order except when samples are 

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

 cally by dealers. The New Hampshire seed law requires that both agricul- 

 tural 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 209 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, so that, for instance a sample 

 of timothy guaranteed 99.20'^ for purity and 85*^^ for germination could 

 test as low as 98.25 '^r for purity and 77 S for germination and be "satis- 

 factory." 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 222 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 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 "t" 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: 



