486 



Sale of Seeds in Small Packets. [Sept., 



A. Fruit and other Tree Pests. 



Fruit Tree Cankers (produced by Nectria ditissima, TuL, or 



any species of Monilia). 

 Silver Leaf (Stereum pnrpureum, Pers.). 

 Black Currant Mite (Eriophyes rihis, NaL). 

 Woolly Aphis {Eriosoma lanigeruvi, ITausm.). 

 All Scale Insects (Coccidce). 



Brown Tail Moth {Nygmia Phoeorrhoea, Dan.). {Euproct'is 

 chrysorrha'a). 



Ehododendron Fly {Leptohyrsa {Stephavitis) rhododendrl, 

 Horv.). 



B. Vegetable aiid Root Pest. 



Potato Blackleg (Bacillus atrosepiicus, Van Hall). 

 The sale of plants, &c., attacked by — 



American Gooseberry Mildew {Sphccrotheca viorsuvce, 

 Berk.), 



Wart Disease of Potatoes (Synchytrinm endohioticum, 

 Perc), or 



Onion and Leek Smut (Jhocystis cepiiJce, Frosts, 

 is prohibited under previous Orders. 



The Order comes into operation on 1st October, 1921 . Further 

 information may be obtained from the Ministry, Whitehall Place, 

 London, S.W.I. 



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During the past season 1,534 packets of seed were drawn by 

 the Ministry's Inspectors and forwarded to the Official Seed 

 The Sale of Seeds Station for check tests to be carried 



« 11 1 I. out, as compared with 718 samples taken 

 m Small Packets. . ' ^^ o lx 



m the previous season. The results oi the 



tests show a slight improvement on last year's figures, and 

 may be summarised as follows (the figures are percentages) : — 



Season 1919-20. Season 1920-21. 

 Up to and above Stan<1ai-d of p;ermination 

 authorised by the Ti^stins: of S -eds 



Order. 11)18 77-7 80-4 



Below Standard but above two-thirds ... 14-9 13-2 

 Below two-thirds of the Standard ... 7 4 6-4 



Under the Testing of Seeds Order it was not obligatory for the 

 seller to declare the date on which the seeds were packeted, and 

 the comparatively high percentage of packets containing seed of 

 low germination may possibly be explained by the existence in 

 the country of large stocks of packets of seed one year old or 

 more. Under the Seeds Act. 1920. and the Pieojulations made 

 thereunder, the vendor of packeted seeds may declare the neces- 



