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

 labeled such seed or who sells, offers, 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 offered for sale. 



Six hundred and seventy-nine 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 the 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 which 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 



% 



Found 



Mass. 



Month Stand- 

 of Test ard 



32 F Lettuce 



75 F Cabbage 



205 F Lettuce 



2/ F Lettuce 



812 Spinach 



1 299 Pepper 



1461 Lettuce 



466 Carrot 



39 F Spinach 



29 F Lettuce 



Abbott & Cobb Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Antone Silva, Swansea 

 Great Lakes, Special No. 164 ... . 90 



Associated Seed Growers, Inc., 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton 

 Green .-Xcre, No. 50445 89 



M. L. Barbour & Sons, Yiu-mouth, Me. 



Robert Cassidy & Sons, Woburn 

 White Boston 90 



Frederick W. Eberlc, Albany, N. Y. 



Antone Silva, Swansea 

 Paris White Cos., No. 1407 85 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co., Wethers- 

 field, Conn. 



Community Feed Stores, East 

 Lonsmeadow 

 New Long Standing Bloomsdale, 



No. 3782 85 



Hyannis Hardware Co., Hyannis 

 Hot Bull Nose 55 



Main St., Paint & Supply Co., 

 Cochituate 

 Romaine or Cos 80 



Pires Hardware Co., Fall River 

 Tendersweet 90 



Tri-Statc Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Manuel Jacome, Swansea 

 Special Summer Savoy Long App. 



Standing 85 



Antone Silva. Swansea App. 



Imperial 456 85 



12/1954 79 3/1955 80 



10/1954 

 11/1954 

 10/1954 



79 3/1955 75 

 51 4/1955 80 

 68 3/1955 80 



