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CONTROL SERIES NO. 147 



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 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 wnich has a false or misleading label. 



Seven hundred and fifty-four 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 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. 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed 

 Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other 



No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and 



Place Collected 



% 



Given 



Date 

 of Test 



Germinat'on 



M'ss. 



Found Stai-d- 



ard 



Month % 



% 



of Test 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



East Longmeadow Grain Store, 



East Longmeadow 

 Parsnip Guernsey, No. 725 70 12/1949 42 5/1950 60 



Harding Street Grain Store, Worcester 



Onion White Portugal, No. 697 75 1/1950 37 4/1950 70 



Quality Hardware Co., Haverhill 

 Beet Improved Blood, No. 128 75 1/1950 48 6/1950 65 



R. W. Shattuck & Co., Arlington 

 Celery White Plume 70 12/1949 48 6/1950 55 



The Clapper Co., West Newton, Mass. 

 Lettuce Romaine or Cos 80 1/1950 70 5/1950 80 



Arthur R. Cone, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Medfield State Hospital, Medfield 

 Cabbage Golden Acre, No. 35 90 1/1950 81 3/1950 75 



State Reformatory, West Concord 

 Cabbage Golden Acre, No. 40 90 1/1950 78 3/1950 75 



Thomas J. Grey Co., Weymouth, Mass. 

 Cabbage Red Dutch or Mammoth Red — — 55 4/1950 75 



Charles C. Hart Seed Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



Eastman's Hardware Co., Falmouth 

 Onion White Globe 70 1/1950 35 6/1950 70 



Federal Supply Co., Northampton 

 Cabbage Danish Ball Head Short Stem, 



No. 230 92 1/1950 84 4/1950 75 



The Hardware Shop, Adams 

 Lettuce Romaine or White Cos 80 1/1950 47 6/1950 80 



C. V. Hayes, Bridgewater 

 Beans Top Notch Golden Wax, No. 3138 . 85 1/1950 73 3/1950 75 



Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton 



Cabbage Copenhagen Market, No. 235 90 10/1949 81 3/1950 75 



Lettuce New York Head No. 12, No. 3071. . 90 11/1949 78 3/1950 80 



Lettuce Big Boston Head, No. 789 89 11/1949 69 3/1950 80 



Lettuce Romaine, No. 627 89 11/1949 15 3/1950 80 



Lettuce Romaine or White Cos 80 1/1950 44 4/1950 80 



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