Seed produced from foundation or registered seed that is available for consumer use. It carries a tag signifying it is high quality seed.
seed of a known variety produced under strict standards to maintain varietal purity.
The progeny of foundation or registered seed, thus two or three generations removed from breeder seed. Certified seed can be used to produce only common or uncertified seed; it cannot be used to produce any other class of certified seed.
Seeds that have been approved by a legally recognized certifying agency as being qualified under established standards of germination; they are free from disease and weeds and are true to variety.