Paragraph 13 Standards for germination, analytical purity and content of seed of other plant speciesI1

Scotland

The seed shall conform to the standards or other conditions as regards germination, analytical purity and the content of seeds of other plant species specified in the following table–

TABLE I

Species	Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)^f1	Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)		Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
	Basic Seed and Certified Seed	Basic Seed and Certified Seed	Basic Seed and Certified Seed (minimum standard)	Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)	Basic Seed	Certified Seed (minimum standard)	Certified Seed (Higher Voluntary Standard)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
(a) All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b) Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c) Including Commercial Seed.
(d) For Commercial Seed 3.5%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).
Grasses
Cocksfoot	80	^f2	90	90	0.3	1.5	1.5
Festulolium	75		96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Hybrid ryegrass	75		96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Italian ryegrass	75		96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Meadow fescue	80		95	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Perennial ryegrass	80		96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Red fescue	75		90	95	0.3	1.5	1.5
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass	75		85	90	0.3	2.0	1.5
Tall fescue	80		95	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Timothy (including small Timothy)	80		96	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Legumes
Lucerne	80^f3	40	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Red clover	80	20	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5
Sainfoin	75 ^f4	20	95	98	0.3	2.5^f5	1.5
White clover	80	40	97	98	0.3	1.5	1.5

TABLE II

Species	Minimum germination (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)^f6	Maximum hard seed content (% by number of pure seeds or pure pellets)	Minimum analytical purity (% by weight)	Maximum total content of seeds of other plant species (% by weight)
	All categories	All categories	All categories	Basic Seed	Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
(a) All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.
(b) Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.
(c) For Commercial Seed 97%.
(d) For Commercial Seed 2.0%.
(e) For Commercial Seed 3.0%.
n/a Not applicable (no standard).
Grasses
Alaska brome-grass	75	^f7	97	0.4	1.5
Annual meadowgrass	75		85	0.3	2.0^f8
Brown top	75		90	0.3	2.0
Creeping bent	75		90	0.3	2.0
Red top	80		90	0.3	2.0
Rescue grass	75		97	0.4	1.5
Rough-stalked meadowgrass	75		85	0.3	2.0
F1Fine leaved sheep’s fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Hard fescue	75	n/a	85	0.3	2.0
Sheep’s fescue	75		85	0.3	2.0
Tall oatgrass	75		90	0.3	3.0
Velvet bent	75		90	0.3	2.0
Wood meadowgrass	75		85	0.3	2.0
Legumes
Aliske clover	80^f9	20	97	0.3	1.5
Birdsfoot trefoil	75	40	95	0.3	1.8
Common vetch	85	20	98	0.3	1.0
Field bean	80	5	98	0.3	0.5
Field pea	80		98	0.3	0.5
Hairy vetch	85	20	98	0.3	1.0
Hungarian vetch	85	20	98^f10	0.3	1.0^f11
Narrow-leaved lupin (Blue lupin)	75	20	F298 (c)	0.3	0.5
Trefoil	80	20	97	0.3	1.5
White lupin	80	20	98 (c)	0.3	0.5
Yellow lupin	80	20	98 (c)	0.3	0.5
Others
Fodder kale	75		98	0.3	1.0
Fodder radish	80		97	0.3	1.0
Swede	80		98	0.3	1.0

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 4 para. 13 Table entry inserted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(a)(i)
F2: Word in sch. 4 para. 13 Table substituted (30.6.2010) by The Seed (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/219), regs. 1(2), 8(a)(ii)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 para. 13 in force at 1.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

(a)

All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.

f2

n/a

Not applicable (no standard).

f3

(b)

Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.

f4

(c)

Including Commercial Seed.

f5

(d)

For Commercial Seed 3.5%.

f6

(a)

All fresh and healthy seeds which do not germinate after pre-treatment shall be considered as seeds which have germinated.

f7

n/a

Not applicable (no standard).

f8

(e)

For Commercial Seed 3.0%.

f9

(b)

Up to the maximum content indicated in column (3), hard seeds present shall be considered as seeds capable of germination.

f10

(c)

For Commercial Seed 97%.

f11

(d)

For Commercial Seed 2.0%.