Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND MARKETS › Sub-Agency 031 - PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION › Chapter 004 - CERTIFIED SEED AND CERTIFIED FOUNDATION POTATO INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION RULES › Section 20 031 004 - CERTIFIED SEED AND CERTIFIED FOUNDATION POTATO INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION RULES

Current through June, 2024
Certificates will be issued to growers of fields
				which have been regularly enrolled with the Vermont Department of
				Agriculture, have been inspected at least twice during the growing
				season by authorized inspectors of the
(a) Enrollment shall include
			 submitting to the Department of Agriculture for the Central Test
			 Plot, a sample consisting of 200 tubers from each lot of seed which
			 is to be planted for certification. Provided, that where two or more
			 growers use seed from the same lot, only one sample need be
			 submitted; but growers not submitting samples shall file statements
			 on proper forms as to the origin of seed and by whom sample has been
			 submitted. Samples shipped after date prescribed by the Department
			 may be accepted only at discretion of officials in charge of the
			 plot.
In cases of incomplete entry under 1 (a), but where
				other requirements are met, provisional certification may be made
				subject to satisfactory readings in sample submitted for winter test
				at discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE RECEIVED FOR FIELDS NOT
				REPRESENTED IN THE CENTRAL TEST PLOT, OR AS PROVIDED IN
				(a).
(b) From the
			 same lot of seed from which each enrolled field is planted there
			 shall also be planted a test plot consisting of 200 units. Such test
			 plot may be a section of the field it represents or a separate seed
			 plot. Such unit plots are not be be rogued before official
			 inspection.
(c) The
			 presence of more than an average of five percent of leaf roll or
			 seven percent of mosaic in the sample grown in the Central Test Plot
			 and the unit sections or plots specified in 1 (b) will disqualify the
			 fields represented. Unit plots on different farms but grown from the
			 same stock may be averaged for this purpose.
(d) If disease count in a sample in
			 the Central Test Plot is such that disqualification must result from
			 that alone, the inspection fee will be $ 1.00. If disqualification
			 results only from an average of the sample in the Central Test Plot
			 and the units in the field as per 1(b), the minimum acreage charge
			 shall apply.
(e) The fee
			 for first inspection is due with application. The fee for second
			 inspection is due when field has passed 1st inspection.
(f) In case part only of a grower's
			 acreage is disqualified, the same rate per acre will apply on the
			 part entitled to second inspection, as would be the case had all
			 passed first inspection, provided this is not less than minimum fee.
			 Fractional acreage amounting to one-fourth or less is not to be taken
			 into account. Fractional acreage amounting to between one-fourth and
			 one-half acre will be accounted one-half acre.
2. FIELD INSPECTION The following
			 general requirements for field certification shall apply:
(a) Time of Inspection
(1) As early as possible to
			 identify diseases.
(2)
			 From the time of blossoming to just before the vines
			 mature.