RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 



Made July 1, 1947, to June 30, 1948 



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

 Department of Agriculture. It includes the inspection of 448 official 

 samples collected throughout the state during the period from July 1, 

 1947, to June 30, 1948, by Mr. George Laramie, Seed Control Supervisor, 

 and Mr. Vincent Peterson, Inspector. In addition to these official samples, 

 2,535 private samples were analyzed, making a total of 2,983 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 

 agricultural and vegetable seeds must be labeled with the calendar month 

 and year when last tested for germination, and requires that this germina- 

 tion 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 pre- 

 scribed 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 132 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 ; for instance, a sample of timothy 

 guaranteed 99.20' ^ for purity and 85'/^ for germination could test as low 

 as 98.25 9f for purity and 11 ^4 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 there- 

 fore 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 316 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 which is 

 marked with a guarantee. This figure 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 "^" 

 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: 



