Paragraph 2 Sets

England, Wales and Scotland

(a)

Sets shall not be considered to be of fair marketable quality if any of the following defects exist:

(i)

their wood is more than three years old;

(ii)

they have less than five well formed buds;

(iii)

they are affected by necroses or show damage by harmful organisms;

(iv)

they show signs of desiccation, overheating, mould or decay;

(v)

they have injuries other than pruning cuts;

(vi)

they have multiple stems;

(vii)

they have excessive stem curvature.

(b)

Size classes for sets

Class	Minimum diameter (mm) at mid-length	Minimum height (m)
Non-Mediterranean regions
F1. . .	. . .	. . .
N2	15	3.00
F2. . .
. . .	. . .	. . .
. . .	. . .	. . .

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(b) table omitted: (E.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 6(23)(b); (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Forestry) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1492), regs. 2(b), 6(24)(b); and (S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Forestry (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/130), regs. 1(1), 66(23)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(b) table omitted: (E.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 6(23)(b); (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Plant Health (Forestry) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1492), regs. 2(b), 6(24)(b); and (S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Forestry (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/130), regs. 1(1), 66(23)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)