New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter III - Plant Industry
Subchapter A - Inspection and Sale of Seeds (Article 9, Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 113 - Crownvetch Seed Certification Standards
Section 113.5 - Seed standards
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Standards for each class | |||
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Factor |
Foundation |
Registered |
Certified |
| Pure seed (minimum) ....... | 95.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% |
| Total other crop seeds including other varieties (maximum) ....... | .10% | .10% | 1.0% |
| Sweet clover (maximum) ....... | none | 27 per lb. | 90 per lb. |
| Total weed seeds (maximum) ....... | .10% | .20% | .50% |
| Objectionable weeds (maximum)1 ....... | 27 per lb. | 45 per lb. | 90 per lb. |
| Total inert matter (maximum) ....... | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Total germination and hard seed (minimum) ....... | 65.0% | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| Germinable seed (minimum) ....... | 35.0% | 35.0% | 35.0% |
Footnotes
1 Bracted plantain (Plantago aristata); buckhorn pantain (Plantago lanceolata); docks; curly (Rumex crispus); bitter (R. obtusifolius); green (R. conglomeratus); smooth (R. altissimus); wild carrot (Daucus carota); sorrel (Rumex acetosella). Crownvetch seed shall be free of seeds of the following weeds: Bedstraw (Galium supp.), bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), dodder (Cuscuta spp.), dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), horsenettle (Salanum carolinense) leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), pennycress (Thlaspi arvense), perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), white top (Lepidium draba, Hymenophysa pubescens), and quackgrass (Agropyron repens).
