SEED INSPECTION 



Explanation of Tables 



Tables 1-3 contain seeds, the sale of which is regulated by Chapter 94 as 

 amended by Chapter 377 of the Acts of 1946: Table 1, Agricultural Seeds as 

 defined under Section 261 Bl; Table 2, Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds as de- 

 fined under Section 261 Bl; and Table 3, Vegetable Seeds only, under provisions 

 of Section 261 B2 and 261 C. 



All samples were taken by an inspector from the State Department of Agri- 

 culture and were tested at the Seed Laboratory according to the Rules for Seed 

 Testing adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts. 



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

 various kinds of seeds sold by them follow the same alphabetical arrangement. 

 Mislabeling and other irregularities are emphasized by boldface type and ex- 

 plained in the final column of the table or in footnotes. 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. 



Table 4 is a summary, by wholesalers, of the total number of samples tested, 

 showing how many were correctly labeled and how many were mislabeled. 



Table 5 is a summary of germination tests of Service samples in relation to 

 the number and percentage found both above and below standard. It consists 

 of a tabulation of the results for 3898 samples of 24 kinds of vegetable seeds. 



