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CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 201  /  Sec. 201.62 Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety,

Tolerances for tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype shall be those set forth in the following table, added to one-half the required pure seed tol- erances determined in accordance with Sec. 201.60, except that one-half the pure seed tolerance will not be applied in determining tolerances for hybrids labeled on the basis of the percentage of pure seed which is hybrid.

Table 4--Tolerances for Purity Tests, When Results Are Based on 10 to 1,000 Seeds, Seedlings, or Plants Used in

a Test----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of seeds, seedlings, or plants in tests

Seed, seedling, or plant count ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

percent 10 20 30 50 75 100 150 200 400 800 1,000----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100 or 0........................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 098 or 2............................ 10.3 7.3 6.0 4.6 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.3 1.6 1.2 1.096 or 4............................ 14.4 10.2 8.3 6.4 5.3 4.6 3.7 3.2 2.3 1.7 1.594 or 6............................ 17.5 12.4 10.1 7.8 6.4 5.5 4.5 3.9 2.9 2.1 1.992 or 8............................ 20.0 14.1 11.5 8.9 7.3 6.3 5.2 4.5 3.4 2.4 2.290 or 10........................... 22.1 15.7 12.8 9.9 8.1 7.0 5.7 4.9 3.8 2.8 2.488 or 12........................... 24.0 17.0 13.8 10.7 8.7 7.6 6.2 5.4 4.1 3.0 2.786 or 14........................... 25.7 18.1 14.7 11.4 9.3 8.1 6.6 5.7 4.5 3.2 2.984 or 16........................... 26.9 19.0 15.5 12.1 9.8 8.5 7.0 6.0 4.8 3.4 3.082 or 18........................... 28.2 20.0 16.4 12.6 10.3 8.9 7.3 6.3 5.0 3.6 3.280 or 20........................... 29.5 20.9 16.9 13.2 10.7 9.3 7.6 6.6 5.3 3.8 3.378 or 22........................... 30.5 21.6 17.6 13.6 11.0 9.6 7.9 6.8 5.5 3.9 3.576 or 24........................... 31.4 22.3 18.2 14.1 11.5 9.9 8.1 7.0 5.7 4.1 3.674 or 26........................... 32.3 22.8 18.6 14.4 11.8 10.2 8.3 7.2 5.8 4.2 3.772 or 28........................... 33.0 23.4 19.0 14.8 12.1 10.5 8.5 7.4 6.0 4.3 3.870 or 30........................... 33.7 23.8 19.5 15.1 12.3 10.7 8.7 7.5 6.2 4.4 3.968 or 32........................... 34.3 24.3 19.9 15.4 12.5 10.8 8.9 7.7 6.3 4.5 4.066 or 34........................... 35.0 24.7 20.2 15.7 12.7 11.0 9.0 7.8 6.4 4.6 4.064 or 36........................... 35.4 25.0 20.5 15.8 12.9 11.2 9.1 7.9 6.5 4.6 4.162 or 38........................... 35.5 25.4 20.6 15.9 13.0 11.3 9.2 8.0 6.6 4.7 4.260 or 40........................... 36.1 25.7 20.9 16.1 13.2 11.4 9.3 8.1 6.7 4.8 4.258 or 42........................... 36.2 25.7 21.0 16.2 13.3 11.5 9.4 8.1 6.8 4.8 4.256 or 44........................... 36.5 25.8 21.0 16.4 13.3 11.5 9.4 8.2 6.8 4.8 4.354 or 46........................... 36.8 25.8 21.2 16.4 13.4 11.6 9.5 8.2 6.9 4.9 4.352 or 48........................... 36.8 25.9 21.2 16.5 13.4 11.6 9.5 8.2 6.9 4.9 4.350................................. 36.8 25.9 21.3 16.5 13.4 11.6 9.5 8.2 6.9 4.9 4.3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [32 FR 12781, Sept. 6, 1967, as amended at 33 FR 10841, July 31, 1968; 35 FR 6108, Apr. 15, 1970; 59 FR 64516, Dec. 14, 1994]