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CONTROL SERIES NO. 135 



Table 3. — Results of Inspection and Germination of Vegetable Seeds 

 Sections 261 B 2 and 261 C. 



Each separate container of Vegetable Seeds must be labeled to plainly show 

 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 which germinate 

 less than the Massachusetts Standard the label must also show 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 Stan- 

 dard" in not less than 8 point type. Date of test shall not be over nine months 

 old, exclusive of the month in which the test was completed. Seed may not be 

 sold or offered for sale which has a false or misleading label. 



Six hundred and sixty-eight samples of vegetable seed were received and 

 tested in the laboratory ; however, this table includes only such samples as were 

 found to be mislabeled with respect 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. Samples for 

 which the found germination is not in boldface indicates the germination is 

 above standard but below the germination stated. 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed 

 Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other 



No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and 



Place Collected 



Germination 



Given 



Found 



Date 



of Test 



Mass. 

 Stand- 



ard 



Month % 

 of Test 



110 F Spinach 



502 



Lettuce 



356 F Beans 



164 F Beans 



293 F Beans 



Associated Seed Growers, Inc., 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Essex Co. Cooperative Farming 

 Assoc. Topsfield 

 Bloomsdale Savoy Long Standing 68 



W. E. Barrett Co., Providence, R. I. 



W. E. Barrett Co., Brockton 

 May King , 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Harding Street Grain Co., 

 Worcester 

 Giant Stringless Green Pod 85 



Comstock, Ferre & Co., 

 Wethersfield, Conn. 



Franklin Hardware Co., No. 

 Attleboro 

 Improved Golden Wax 95 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 

 Springfield, Mass. 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 

 Mnntello 

 Fordhook Bush Lima, NO.V992.2 90 



Charles C. Hart Seed Co., 

 Wethersfield, Conn. 



Carr Hardware Co., Pittsfield 

 Early Scarlet Globe, No. 6-56 .... 85 



Hamilton & Atwater Co., Westfield 

 Drumhead Savoy, No. S-15 94 



Mason's Farm Market, Springfield 

 Hamburg or Turnip Rooted, 

 No. 6-1-20 - 75 



Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton 

 Tendergreen, No. Ml -34 85 



French Horticultural, No. 6-1-42 90 



Drumhead Savoy, No. 15 — 84 



Hot Squash, No. 420 65 



* Month not readable. 



11/1946 50 3/1947 60 



3 5/1947 80 



•/1946 70 4/1947 75 



12/1946 84-1 5/1947 75 



2/1947 72 5/1947 70 



1/1947 73 6/1947 75 



12/1946 77 5/1947 75 



12/1946 53 3/1947 60 



12/1946 69 4/1947 75 



12/1946 78 4/1947 75 



12/1946 65 4/1947 75 



12/1946 39 4/1947 60 



