Paragraph 2 SetsI1

Northern Ireland

(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)
F1. . .
N1	6	1.5
N2	15	3.00
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Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/211), regs. 1(1), 36(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)