Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 3 > Chapter 15 - Seeds

• Advertisement: means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed under this chapter that is offered for sale or distribution. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Agricultural seed: includes the seeds of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops and other kinds of seeds commonly recognized within this State as agricultural seeds, lawn seeds, and mixes of these seeds, and may include noxious weed seeds when the Department determines that noxious weed seed is being used as agricultural seed. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Certifying agency: means either of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Distinct: means the variety can be differentiated by 1 or more identifiable morphological, physiological, or other characteristics from all other varieties of public knowledge. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Flower seeds: includes seeds of herbaceous plants grown for their blooms, ornamental foliage or other ornamental parts, and commonly known and sold under the name of flower seeds in this State. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Germination: means the percentage of seeds capable of producing normal seedlings under ordinarily, favorable conditions, not including seeds which produce weak, malformed, or obviously abnormal sprouts. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Hard seed: means the percentage of seeds which, because of hardness or impermeability, do not absorb moisture or germinate under prescribed tests but remain hard during the period prescribed for germination of the kind of seed concerned. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Hybrid: means the first generation seed of a cross produced by controlling the pollination and by combining any of the following:

  1. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501

• Kind: means 1 or more related species or subspecies that singly or collectively is known by 1 common name, such as corn, oats, alfalfa, and timothy. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Labeling: means all labels, in any form, including written, printed, or graphic representations, that accompany or pertain to any seed, whether in bulk, in containers, or as representations on invoices. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Lot: means a definite quantity of seed identified by a lot number or other mark, in which every portion or bag is uniform within recognized tolerances for the factors in the labeling. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Origin: means the state or foreign country, or the designated portion of a state or foreign country, where the seed was grown. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Pure seed: means seed exclusive of inert matter and other seeds, as determined by methods under regulations promulgated under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Record: includes all information relating to a shipment and a file sample of each lot of seed. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Stable: means the variety will remain unchanged in its essential and distinctive characteristics and remain uniform when reproduced or reconstituted. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Stop sale: means an administrative order restraining the sale, use, disposition, and movement of a definite amount of seed. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Treated: means that the seed has received an application of a substance, or that it has been subjected to a process for which a claim is made. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Tree and shrub seeds: includes seeds of woody plants commonly known and sold as tree and shrub seeds in this State. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Type: means a group of varieties so nearly similar that the individual varieties cannot be clearly differentiated except under special conditions. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Uniform: means the variations in essential and distinctive characteristics are describable. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Variety: means a subdivision of a kind that is distinct, uniform, and stable, defined as follows:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501

• Vegetable seeds: includes the seeds of those crops which are grown in gardens or truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetable seeds in this State. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501
• Weed seeds: includes the seeds of all plants generally recognized as weeds within this State and includes noxious weed seeds. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1501