The mark consists of a drawing of a bear with its right front leg raised slightly, against a backdrop consisting of agricultural fields, a bag of seed, criss-crossed stalks of wheat over the bear's head, and drawing of a tree next to the bear. The background of the picture is surrounded by a half-circle of small dots and also by a thicker half-circle black line. Outside the half-circle black line, from left to right in a half circle, are the words "CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION" in all capital letters, and below the picture are the words "OFFICIAL SEED CERTIFICATION AGENCY" in all capital letters. Below the latter words is a round black dot. Surrounding the entire mark is a wavy black circle.