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 varietv and the name and address of the person who labeled 

 such seed or M'ho 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 seed, 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, ex- 

 clusive of the month in which the test was completed. Seed that has a false or mis- 

 leading label may not be sold or offered for sale. 



Four hundred and fifty-seven 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, Dealer When Other 

 Lab. Kind of Than Wholesale Distributor, Place 

 No. Seed Collected, Variety of Seed & Lot Number 



Germination 



Given 



Date 

 of Test 



Found 



Mass. 



Stand - 

 Month ard 

 of Test % 



Associated Seed Growers, Inc., 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Clark Hardware Co., Greenfield 

 B-21 Parsnip Harris Model, No. 73533, Idaho . . 81 8 1958 54* 3'19S9 60 



Farm Bureau Assoc, Waltham 

 C-23S F Beet Detroit Dark Red No. 30541 78 1 1 1958 61* 5 '1959 65 



Skibiski Farm Supply, Inc.. Sun- 

 derland 

 B-61 Onion Golden Globe No. 22321 90 12 1958 76 3 1959 70 



Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



Essex Co. Coop. Farming Assoc . 

 Topsfield 

 H-61 Dandelion Imp. Thick Leaf, No. 3668 73 11 1958 30* 5 1959 45 



Walter E. Fernald School, Waverlev 

 B-41-S Dandelion Arlington Thick Leaf, No. 3264. . . 50 12 19.S8 21* 4/1959 45 



D. Landreth Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Smith Mills Hardware Co.. Dartmouth 



C-200 Lettuce Iceberg. No. 2519 80 1 1059 46* 5 1959 80 



or better 



Woodruff's Triple "T" Seed Co., 

 Milford, Conn. 



Home Products Store. W. Concord 

 H-123 Lettuce Big Boston Head 80 12 1958 31* 5 1959 80 



*Belo\v Standard and below Given Germination. 



