SEEDS (Scotland) Regulations, 1922, Dated AUGUST 4, 1922, Made by the BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FOR SCOTLAND UNDER THE SEEDS ACT, 1920 (10 & 11 GEO. 5. c. 54).

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1922 No. 866 (S. 43)

SEEDS

2. Scotland (General Regulations)

For the transfer of powers of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland to the Department of Agriculture for Scotland see the title "Agriculture", For the termination of the Department of Agriculture for Scotland and transfer of powers to Secretary of State for Scotland under the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 20), see the title "Ministers of the Crown (Transfer of Functions, etc.)".

THE SEEDS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS, 1922, DATED AUGUST 4, 1922, MADE BY THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE FOR SCOTLAND UNDER THE SEEDS ACT, 1920 (10 & 11 GEO. 5. c. 54).

The Board of Agriculture for Scotland in pursuance of the provisions of the Seeds Act, 1920, and after consultation with representatives of the interests concerned (and as respects forest tree seeds, after consultation with the Forestry Commissioners), hereby make the following Regulations:—

COMMENCEMENT

1. These Regulations shall take effect on the tenth day of August nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and remain in force until altered or revoked by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland.

2. The seeds to which the Seeds Act, 1920, shall apply, are as follows:—

(a) Grass and Clover Seeds of the following kinds (under whatever trade names sold) except where sold or exposed for sale for a purpose other than an agricultural purpose:—

Perennial Ryegrass. Alsike Clover
                Italian Ryegrass. White Clover
                Meadow Fescue. Crimson Clover
                Cocksfoot. Trefoil
                Crested Dogstail. Lucerne
                Timothy. Sainfoin.
                Red Clover.
                

(b) Cereal Seeds of the following kinds:—

Wheat. Oats.
                Barley. Rye.
                

(c) Field Seeds of the following kinds:—

Tares or Vetches. Field Kohl Rabi.
                Field Turnip. Mangel.
                Swede. Field Peas.
                Rape. Field Beans.
                Field Cabbage. Sugar Beet.
                Field Kale.
                

(d) Garden Seeds of the following kinds:—

Peas. Brussels Sprouts.
                Dwarf and Broad Beans. Broccoli.
                Runner Beans. Cauliflower.
                Garden Turnip. Carrot.
                Garden Cabbage. Parsnip.
                Garden Kale. Beet.
                Garden Kohl Rabi. Onion.
                Garden Swede.
                

(e) Flax Seed and Linseed.

(f) Forest Tree Seeds of the following kinds:—

Coniferous—

Scots Pine, Pinus silvestris, L.

Austrian Pine, Pinus austriaca, Hoess.

Corsican Pine, Pinus Laricio, Poir.

European Larch, Larix europoea, D.C.

Japanese Larch, Larix leptolepis, Endl.

Douglas Fir (Oregon or green Douglas), Pseudotsuga Douglasii, Carr.

Douglas Fir (Colorado or blue Douglas), Pseudotsuga Douglasii, var. glauca, Hort.

Norway Spruce, Picea excelsa, L.

Menzies or Sitka Spruce, Picea Menziesii, Carr.

Silver Fir, Abies pectinata, D.C.

Silver Fir (grand), Abies grandis, Lindl.

Hemlock Spruce, Tsuga Mertensiana, Carr.

Red or Canoe Cedar, Thuja gigantea, Nutt. (syn. plicata, Don. or syn. Lobbii, Hort.).

Broad-leaved—

Common Oak (Sessile), Quercus sessiliflora, Salisb.

Common Oak (Pedunculate), Quercus pedunculata, Ehrh.

Beech, Fagus sylvatica L.

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior L.

3.—(1) The particulars to be stated in the case of a sale or exposure for sale of seeds or seed potatoes as required by Section 1 of the Seeds Act, 1920, are as follows:—

(a) in all cases the name and address of the seller;

(b) in all cases (except in relation to seed potatoes) that the seeds have been tested in accordance with the provisions of the Seeds Act, 1920;

(c) in all cases the kind of seeds sold or exposed for sale, and in the case of Cereals, Red Clover, White Clover, Crimson Clover, and Sainfoin, the distinctive name of the variety of the seeds, or if the distinctive name of the variety is not known, or the stock is mixed, a statement to that effect.

Seed Potatoes—

(d) Subject as hereinafter provided, in the case of seed potatoes, a statement as to whether the potatoes are Class I (Scotch), Class I (Irish), Class I (English once grown), or Class II, and a statement of the variety, size and dressing; provided that for the purposes of these Regulations "Class I (Scotch)" means potatoes grown in Scotland; "Class I (Irish)" means potatoes grown in Ireland; "Class I (English once grown)" means potatoes grown in England or Wales which are the produce of seed grown in Scotland or Ireland in the preceding year; and "Class II" means all other potatoes; that "variety" shall not be held to be incorrectly stated if the statement is true in respect of 97 per cent. of the total quantity sold or exposed for sale; that if the potatoes are of mixed varieties a statement made to that effect shall be sufficient; that a statement of "size and dressing" shall mean a statement of the size of the mesh (exclusive of the thickness of the wire) of the riddles through and by which, respectively, the potatoes may be passed and retained; and that in the case of a sale of potatoes as grown and with the written description "as grown", no reference need be made to the size of the mesh of the top riddle.

Grass and Clover Seeds—

(e) In the case of grass and clover seeds named in Regulation 2 (a), (1) the country of origin (England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, being for this purpose treated as different countries), or, if the country of origin is not known, a statement to that effect; (2) the percentage of purity; (3) the total percentage by weight of injurious weed seeds prescribed in Regulation 4, where such total exceeds 1 per cent. in the case of clovers, and 2 per cent. in the case of grasses; (4) the percentage of germination; and (5) in the case of Ryegrasses, the Imperial Bushel Weight; provided that in the case of Perennial Ryegrass and Italian Ryegrass, or a mixture of Perennial and Italian Ryegrasses, if the percentage of purity is not less than 98 and the percentage of germination is not less than the authorised minimum percentage of germination prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations, a statement to that effect, which shall include the authorised minimum percentage of germination, may be substituted for the particulars required under (2) and (4) of this clause;

(f) a statement that Dodder is present, if it is present to the extent of more than one seed thereof in 1 oz. of Wild White Clover or in 2 oz. of Alsike Clover, White Clover, or Timothy, or in 4 oz. of Red Clover, Crimson Clover, or Lucerne;

(g) in the case of White Clover, Wild White Clover, and Alsike Clover, where more than 2 per cent. by weight of any or all of the following, taken collectively, namely, Suckling Clover (Trifolium dubium, Sibth.), Hop Clover (T. procumbens, L.), T. parviflorum...

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