SEED INSPECTION 



(f) The name and approximate number per ounce of each kind of noxious 

 weed seeds which are present singly or collectively in excess of one seed in each 

 fifteen grams of such mixture. 



(g) Name and address of the vendor of such mixture. 



SECTION 261D. Each separate container of vegetable seeds shall have affixed 

 thereto in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the container a plainly written 

 or printed tag or label in the English language stating: 



(a) The kind of seed and variety. 



(b) The approximate percentage of germination of each vegetable seed, to- 

 gether with the month and year said seed was tested, provided such seed germina- 

 tion is less than the standard germination test for such seed for the current year, 

 as determined by the director of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion and approved by the commissioner of agriculture. 



(c) The name and address of the vendor, packer or processor of such vegetable 

 seeds. 



Each separate container of flower seeds shall have affixed thereto in a con- 

 spicuous place on the exterior of the container a plainly written or printed tag 

 or label stating: 



(a) The kind of seed and variety. 



(b) The name and address of the vendor, packer or processor of such flower 

 seeds. 



SECTION 261E. Agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof may be marked "not 

 tested" and seeds so marked or labeled shall have affixed thereto in a conspicuous 

 place on the exterior of the container of each lot of such "not tested" seeds, a 

 plainly written or printed tag or label in the English language stating: 



(a) That such seed is "not tested". 



(b) The name and address of the vendor of such "not tested" seeds. 



When any agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof or vegetable seeds or flower 

 seeds are sold in bulk directly to and in the presence of the purchaser from a 

 box or other container, the tag or label required by any provision of sections two 

 hundred and sixty-one A to two hundred and sixty-one E, inclusive, may be 

 affixed in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the box or other container from 

 which such seeds are sold, instead of on the wrapper or other container of the 

 package delivered to the purchaser. 



SECTION 261F. Agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof shall be exempt from 

 the provisions of sections two hundred and sixty-one A to two hundred and sixty- 

 one L, inclusive: 



(a) When sold to merchants to be recleaned before being sold or exposed for 

 sale for use for seeding purposes. 



(b) When in storage for the purpose of recleaning or not possessed, sold or 

 offered for sale for use for seeding purposes within the commonwealth. 



SECTION 261G. The commissioner of agriculture and his duly authorized 

 assistants shall have authority to enforce sections two hundred and sixty-one A 

 to two hundred and sixty-one L, inclusive, and to prosecute all violations thereof. 

 Before any prosecution is begun by said commissioner or any of his duly 

 authorized assistants, the parties concerned shall be given an opportunity to 

 be heard before said commissioner or a person designated by him for such pur- 

 pose. The parties concerned shall be given a reasonable notice of the hearing, 

 specifying the day, hour and place thereof, and accompanied by a description of 

 the alleged violation. 



SECTION 261H. The commissioner of agriculture, either in person or by 

 his assistants, shall have free access at all reasonable hours to each building or 

 other place where agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof are stored, sold or offered 



