TABLE OF CONTENTS* 



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Staff and Summary • 



Results of Inspection and Analyses of Field Seeds, Table 1 5 



Kesults of Inspection and Analyses of Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds, Table 2 . . 11 



Results of Inspection and Germination of Vegetable Seeds, Table 3 23 



Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds, Type and Variety Studies 24 



Studies of Flower Seeds 



Laboratory Germination and Field Test Performance of Flower Seed Lots 

 Tested and Found Unsatisfactory in Some Respects, Amherst, Massa- 

 chusetts, Table 4 ■ • • • • ^^ 



Summary, by Wholesalers, of the Performance of Flower Seeds in the Field, 



Table 5 ^'^ 



Summary, bv Wholesalers, of the Total Number of Samples Tested in the Seed 

 Laboratory. This table includes both mislabeled and correctly labeled 

 samples. Table 6 28 



Massachusetts Vegetable Seed Standards 31 



Laboratory Regulations and Fees for Testing Seed 32 



*Within each table the wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order and the various 

 kinds of seeds picked up by our State Seed Inspectors follow the same alphabetical 

 arrangement. The number preceding each analysis is for identification and re- 

 ference. The line to the right of the letter "L" giyes information copied from 

 the label; that to the right of "F" what was found in the laboratory analysis. 



