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CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 



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

 Sections 261 B2 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 Standard" 

 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 lor sale which has a false or misleading label. 



Six hundred and one samples of vegetable seeds 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 nam.e, in all instances, and the germination for those samples 

 of seed found below standard in germination are in boldface tjpe. In samples 

 for which the found germination is not in boldface, 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 



% 



Date 

 of Test 



% 



Mass. 



Found Stand- 



ard 



Month % 

 of Test 



Associated Seed Growers, Inc. New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Essex Co. Cooperative Farming 

 Assoc, Topsfield 



87 Lettuce New York No 12 86 



94 Onion Early Yellow Globe 78 



91F Spinach Bloomsdale Pavoy Long Stand- 

 ing No. 99546 B 75 



W. Allee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Clinton Hardware & Auto Supply 

 Co., Clinton 



934 Leek Broad London 70 



93.3F Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing 70 



C. B. Coburn Co., Lowel. 

 278 Parsnip Long Smooth Hollow Crown. ... 70 



Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



Joseph Sordillo & Sons, Boston 

 12F Spinach Savoy Leaved Long Standing — . 89 



Arthur R. Cone, Buffalo, N. Y. 



H. K. Webster Co., Lawrence 

 424F Beet Crosby's Egyptian 81 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Gardner State Hospital. Ea?t Gardner 

 S-294 Endive Full Hearted Batavian, No. 367. 80 



Massachusetts Reformatory, West 

 Concord 

 S-175 Celery Summer Pascal, No 288 70 



Metropolitan State Hospital, 

 Walt ham 

 S-167F Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing Savoy, 



No. 315 70 



Taunton State Hospital, Taunton 

 S-144 Celery Summer Pascal, No. 288 70 



Worcester State Hospital. Worcester 

 S-245F Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing Savoy, 



No. 315 70 



7/1948 58 4/1949 80 

 11/1948 56 4/1949 70 



11/1948 65 4/1949 60 



12/1948 38 5/1949 60 

 12/1948 26 6/1949 60 



11/1948 10 4/1949 60 



12/1948 76 4/1949 60 



1/1949 66 4/1949 65 



1/1949 53 4/1949 70 



12/1948 2 4/1948 55 



1/1949 42 4/1949 60 



12/1948 2 4/1949 55 



1/1949 55 4/1949 60 



