The maximum weight of a seed lot shall be as indicated below (or a weight which does not exceed that indicated below by more than 5%) and the minimum weight of a submitted sample shall be as indicated below:—
Kind
| Maximum lot weight (tonnes)
| Minimum submitted sample weight (g)
|
|---|
Asparagus
| 10
| 100
|
Beans
| | |
| | 30
| 1,000
|
| Climbing French Bean Group(1)
| 30
| 700
|
| Dwarf French Bean Group(1)
| 30
| 700
|
| Runner bean
| 30
| 1,000
|
Garden Beet Group (Beetroot including Cheltenham beet)
| 20
| 100
|
Leaf Beet Group (Spinach beet or Chard)
| 20
| 100
|
| | |
| Broccoli Group (calabrese type & sprouting type)
| 10
| 50
|
| Brussels Sprouts Group
| 10
| 50
|
| Capitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)
| 10
| 50
|
| Cauliflower Group
| 10
| 50
|
| Chinese cabbage Group
| 10
| 50
|
| Kale Group (including Curly Kale & borecole)
| 10
| 50
|
| Kohlrabi Group
| 10
| 50
|
| Palm Kale Group
| 10
| 50
|
| Savoy Cabbage Group
| 10
| 50
|
| Tronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)
| 10
| 50
|
| Vegetable Turnip Group
| 10
| 50
|
Carrot and fodder Carrot
| 10
| 25
|
Celeriac Group
| 10
| |
Celery Group
| 10
| 25
|
Cepa Group (Onion, Echalion)
| 10
| 25
|
Cucumber Group
| 20
| 25
|
Endive
| 10
| 25
|
Gherkin Group
| 20
| 25
|
Leaf & Root Parsley Groups
| 10
| 25
|
Leek
| 10
| 25
|
Lettuce(2)
| 10
| 30
|
Marrow, including mature pumpkin and scallop squash, courgette, including immature scallop squash
| 20
| 150
|
Melon
| 20
| 100
|
Pea(1)
| | |
| Round Pea Group
| 30
| 500
|
| Sugar Pea Group
| 30
| 500
|
| Wrinkled Pea Group
| 30
| 500
|
Radish and Black Radish Groups
| 10
| 50
|
Spinach
| 10
| 75
|
Sweet Corn / Popcorn Groups
| 20
| 1,000
|
Tomato
| 10
| 25
|
(1)For the categories Pre-basic Seed, Basic Seeds and Certified Seed of these kinds, the minimum submitted sample weight must be: Broad Bean 4000g, Climbing French Bean / Dwarf French Bean 3000g, all Pea groups 2000g.
(2)For the category Standards Seed of these kinds the minimum submitted sample weight must be 25g.