SEED INSPECTION 5 



of the Massachusetts Seed Law. Section 261-A of the Acts and Resolves of 1927, 

 Chapter 274, defines the group from Alfalfa to Timothy, inclusive; Section 261-B, 

 Mixtures; Section 261-C, Special Mixtures; and Section 261-D, Vegetables. 



The number preceding each analysis is for identification and reference. The 

 line to the right of the letter "L" gives information copied from the label; that 

 to the right of "F", what was found in the laboratory analysis. Attention is 

 called to certain irregularities by the following: 



The asterisk (*) shows violation in labeling. 



Boldface type indicates low purity, low germination, excessive weed seed, 

 noxious weeds not declared, or excessive inert material, depending upon the 

 column in which it is found. 



Other deficiences are enumerated as follows: 



(1) Noxious weeds found. 



(2) Old seed (as shown by given date or by correspondence with the whole- 

 saler). 



(3) Ingredient found, but not declared. 



(4) Ingredient declared, but not found. 



(5) Ingredient declared, but percentage found after adding proper tolerance 

 is less than 5%. 



(6) Term not specific. 



The letter "R" after the germination percentage in the table of vegetable 

 seeds indicates that the sample has received one or more retests. 



All lots of seed included in this report were tested according to the Rules for 

 Seed Testing adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts. 



"Tolerance" is applied to both purity and germination, except in those tables 

 which list seeds falling under sections of the law not requiring purity or germina- 

 tion on the label. For the application of "Purity Tolerance", the sample is con- 

 sidered as made up of two component parts: (1) the component being considered, 

 and (2) the balance of the sample. The tolerance in percentage allowed for each 

 component shall be two-tenths of one per cent (0.2%) plus twenty per cent (20%) 

 of the lesser of the two parts. "Germination Tolerance" has been applied between 

 a given germination and the result of the germination test as follows: 



Given Germination Allowable Variation (%) 



90 or over 6 



80 or over, but less than 90 7 



70 or over, but less than 80 8 



60 or over, but less than 70 9 



Less than 60 10 



