SEED INSPECTION 



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Results of Inspection and Germination of Vegetable Seeds 

 Sections 261 B2 and 261 C. 



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

 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 that 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 ol test shall not be more than nine 

 months old, exclusive of the month in which the test was completed. Seed that 

 has a false or misleading label may not be sold or offered for sale. 



Six hundred and seventy-one samples of vegetable seeds were received and 

 tested in the laboratory; however. Table 3 includes only those samples that were 

 found to be mislabeled with regard 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. 



Table 3 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed 

 Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer When Other 

 No. Seed Than Wholesale Distributor, and 



Place Collected 



Germination 



Given 



Mass. 

 Found Stand- 

 ard 



Date % Month % 

 of Test of Test 



172 F Corn 



404 F Beans 



1170 F Beans 



1016 F Beans 



1093 



5 



Cabbage 

 Lettuce 



107 Pepper 



Collard 



701 F Radish 



Joseph Breck & Sens, Inc., Boston, Mass. 



Extra Early Pearl 85 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 

 West Springfield, Mass. 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 



Canipello 

 Top Crop, No. T 2211 80 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 

 Gr. Barrington 

 Top Crop, No. T 2211 80 



Eastern States Farmer's Exchange, 

 West Springfield 

 Commodore, No. C 3112 80 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton 



Mammoth Red Rock 75 



New York Head No. 12, Lot B 80 



J. T. O'Brien Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Frank Botelho, Somerset 



Early Calwonder, No. 1691 



Tri-State Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Frank Botelho, Somerset App. 



Georgia 80 



F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Milford, Conn. 



Joseph Catoni, Lexington 



Cavalier, No. 2-2110 90 



Harland B. Foster, Inc., 

 Gr. Barrington 

 Woodruff's Beauty, No. 2-2210 90 



General Mills, Inc., Middleboro 



Fr. Horticultural, No. 0-3192 80 



Waldron Hardware Co., Taunton 



Fr. Horticultural, No. 0-1392 80 



Golden Top Notch, No. 0310 C. .. . 80 



1/1952 69 4/1952 75 



12/1951 69 4/1952 75 



12/1951 68 5/1952 75 



1/1952 69 5/1952 75 



1/1952 56 5/1952 75 

 12/1951 43 4/1952 80 



28 4/1952 55 



12/1951 13 4/1952 80 



10/1951 69 5/1952 75 



10/1951 59 5/1952 75 



10/1951 53 6/1952 75 



10/1951 57 4/1952 75 

 10/1951 70 4/1952 75 



