SEED INSPECTION 



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Results of Inspection and Germination of Vegetable Seeds 

 Sections 261 B2 and 261 C. 



Each separate container of Vegetable Seeds must be labeled to indicate plainly 

 tlie kind of seed and variety and the name and address of the person who labeled 

 such seed or who sells, oflfers, or exposes it for sale. For seeds that germinate 

 less than the Massachusetts Standard, the label must also indicate the percentage 

 of germination exclusive of hard seeds, percentage of hard seeds if present, 

 calendar month and year the test was completed, and the words "Below Standard" 

 in not less than 8-point type. Date of test shall not be more than nine months 

 old, exclusive of the month in which the test was completed. Seed that has 

 a false or misleading label may not be sold or oflfered for sale. 



Eight hundred and twenty samples of vegetable seeds were received and 

 tested in the laboratory; however, Table 3 includes only those samples that 

 were found to be mislabeled with regard to requirements of law. 



The wholesaler's name, in all instances, and the germination for those samples 

 of seed found below standard in germination are in boldface type. In samples 

 for wiiich the found germination is not in boldface, the germination is above 

 standard but below germination stated. 



Table 3 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed 

 Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer When Other 

 No. Seed Than Wholesale Distributor, and 



Place Collected 



Germination 



Given 



Date 

 of Test 



Mass. 

 Found Stand- 



ard 



% Month % 

 of Test 



993 Squash 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Checkerboard Feed Store, East Long- 

 meadow 

 Summer Straightneck, No. 1025 



80 12/1952 41 4/19S3 75 



1257 Chicory 



Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 

 A. J. Cataldo & Sons, Franklin 

 Witloof 



45 5/1953 65 



1391 Celery 



Fredonla Seed Co., Fredonia, N. Y. 



A. Ruggeri & Son, Greenfield 

 Golden Self Blanching 55 11/1952 



18 5/1953 55 



Thomas J. Grey Co., Ablngton, Mass. 



701 Beans Plentiful 



777 Lettuce May King 



781 Onion Prizetaker 



58 4/1953 75 

 4 4/1953 80 

 2 4/1953 70 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 

 Bowden Hardware Co., Walpole 



1279 Brussel Long Island Improved 75 



Sprouts 



Community Feed Stores, East Long- 

 meadow 

 1105 Squash Early Prolific Straightneck, No. 8651 90 



Lynde Hardware Corp., Gardner 

 1327 Onion Yellow Globe Danvers 70 



Parkway Gardens, Dorchester 



1469 Onion Yellow Globe Danvers 70 



1470 Cucumber Straight Eight 80 



Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton 

 16 Cabbage Red Acre, No. 9252 85 



Saunders Hardware Co., Middleboro 

 106 Onion Yellow Globe Danvers, No. 8586 . . 90 

 788 Onion Yellow Globe Danvers 70 



