New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS › Chapter III - Plant Industry › Subchapter A - Inspection and Sale of Seeds (Article 9, Agriculture and Markets Law) › Part 107 - Seed Potato Certification Standards For Certified Classes › Section 107.4 - Tuber requirements-grades

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All classes of certified seed potatoes
				  shall be graded in conformity to New York certified seed grades as designated
				  by the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets, and as jointly
				  approved by the College Seed Committee and the board of directors of the New
				  York Seed Improvement Cooperative, Inc.
(b) All certified seed potatoes shall be
				  graded in conformity with the requirements of blue, yellow or white tag grades.
(1) Blue tag grade.
Blue tag grade shall meet the requirements of U.S. No. 1
					 seed potatoes. Reference, "United States Standard for Grades of Seed Potatoes",
					 effective March 6, 1987, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture
					 Marketing Services, Washington, DC. This document is available from the
					 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
					 20402. It is available for public inspection and copying in the counsel's
					 office or in the office of the Director of Plant Industry, New York State
					 Department of Agriculture and Markets, Capital Plaza, One Winners Circle,
					 Albany, NY 12235.
(2) Yellow
				  tag grade.
Yellow tag grade consists of potatoes identified as
					 certified seed or of one variety which meet the following requirements:
(i) fairly well shaped;
(ii) free from: freezing injury, blackheart,
				  late blight tuber rot, nematode or tuber moth injury, bacterial ring rot, soft
				  rot or wet breakdown;
(iii) free
				  from serious damage caused by: hollow heart, growth cracks, dirt and/or other
				  foreign material;
(iv) free from
				  damage by sprouts and growth cracks and any other cause;
(v) size: minimum diameter, unless otherwise
				  specified, shall not be less than 1 1/2 inches; and maximum size, unless
				  otherwise specified, shall not exceed 3 1/4 inches in diameter or 12
				  ounces in weight;
(vi) factors not
				  affecting grade: brown discoloration following skinning, dried stems, flattened
				  depressed areas (showing no underlying flesh discoloration), greening, skin
				  checks, and sunburn do not affect seed quality, and shall not be scored against
				  the grade. In addition, sprouts shall not be scored against New York yellow tag
				  grade, after March 31st of the year following production; and
(vii) tolerances: in order to allow for
				  variations incident to proper grading and handling in the foregoing grade, the
				  following tolerances, by weight, are provided as specified.
(a) For defects:
(1) Twenty percent for potatoes in any lot
				  which are seriously damaged by growth cracks.
(2) Twenty percent for potatoes in any lot
				  which are seriously damaged by hollow heart.
(3) Twenty percent for potatoes in any lot
				  with sprouts over one inch in length prior to April 1st.
(4) Twenty percent for potatoes which fail to
				  meet the remaining requirements of the grade including therein not more than 10
				  percent seriously damaged and further provided that included in these
				  tolerances not more than the following percentages shall be allowed for the
				  defects listed:
Percent
Bacterial ring rot .......
0.00
Serious damage by dry or moist type fusarium tuber
								rot .......
2.00
Late blight tuber rot .......
1.00
Nematode or tuber moth injury .......
0.00
Varietal mixture .......
0.25
Frozen, soft rot or wet
								breakdown3 .......
0.50
(b) For size:
(1) Undersize. Three percent for potatoes in
				  any lot which fail to meet the required or specified minimum size except five
				  percent shall be allowed when the minimum size specified is 2 1/4 inches
				  or more in diameter or five ounces or more in weight.
(2) Oversize. Ten percent for any potatoes in
				  any lot which fail to meet the required or specified maximum size.
(3) White tag grade. White tag grade shall
				  consist of potatoes identified as certified seed of one variety which meet the
				  following requirements:
(i) free from:
				  freezing injury, blackheart, late blight tuber rot, nematode or tuber moth
				  injury, bacterial ring rot, soft rot or wet breakdown.
(ii) tolerances: in order to allow for
				  variations incident to proper grading and handling in the foregoing grade, the
				  following tolerances, by weight, are provided as specified.
Percent
Bacterial ring rot .......
0.00
Serious damage by dry or moist type fusarium tuber
								rot .......
2.00
Late blight tuber rot .......
1.00
Nematode or tuber moth injury .......
0.00
Varietal mixture .......
0.25
Frozen, soft rot or wet
								breakdown4 .......
0.50