WAC 16-302-545   Seed standards for white clover and trefoil seed certification.  Seed standards for the production of white clover and trefoil seed are as follows:

     (1) PART I OF TABLE

			WHITE CLOVER
			Found.	Reg.	Cert.
Pure Seed	(Min.)		98.0%	99.0%	99.0%
Other Crop	(Max.)		0.1%	0.2%	0.5%
Inert	(Max.)		2.0%	2.0%	1.0%
Weed Seed	(Max.)		0.2%	0.25%	0.3%
Sweet Clover	(Max.)			9/lb	90/lb
Objectionable Weed Seeds	(Max.)		none found	45/lb	90/lb
Germination (Germination + Hard Seed)	(Min.)		85.0%	85.0%	85.0%
or Tetrazolium (Minimum total tetrazolium and hard seeds)					87.0%

PART II OF TABLE

	TREFOIL
			Found.	Reg.	Cert.
Pure Seed	(Min.)		98.0%	98.0%	99.0%
Other Crop	(Max.)		0.1%	0.25%	0.3%
Inert	(Max.)		2.0%	1.0%	1.0%
Weed Seed	(Max.)		0.1%	0.25%	0.3%
Sweet Clover	(Max.)		None found	9/lb	90/lb
Objectionable Weed Seeds	(Max.)		None found	45/lb	90/lb
Germination (Germination + Hard Seed)	(Min.)		85.0%	85.0%	85.0%
or Tetrazolium (Minimum total tetrazolium and hard seeds)					87.0%

     (2) White clover and trefoil seed must be free of prohibited noxious weed seeds and foundation class must be free of Brassica spp.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-545, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]