| (a) Vegetable seed in containers weighing less than
one pound may be labeled as to the year for which the seed was packaged
for sale in lieu of the actual date of test. If this procedure for
labeling is used, the words "packed for" must precede the year. The
year packed for will cover a period of time beginning August 1 of
the current year through September 30 of the following year. No seed
showing packed for the next year shall be offered for sale to the
ultimate consumer:
(1) before August 1 of present year or after September
30 of the next year; and
(2) for a period of time exceeding 12 consecutive months
during the year for which it was packed.
(b) For vegetable seed packed in containers weighing
less than one pound, the nine-month limitation of date of test, concerning
germination and purity testing, is extended to 12 months, exclusive
of the calendar month in which the test was completed.
(c) The standards for germination of vegetable seed
are as follows: artichoke: 60; asparagus: 70; asparagus-bean: 75;
bean, garden: 70; bean, lima: 70; bean, runner: 75; beet: 65; broadbean:
75; broccoli: 75; brussels sprouts: 70; burdock, great: 60; cabbage:
75; cabbage, tronchuda: 75; cabbage, Chinese: 75; cardoon: 60; carrot:
55; cauliflower: 75; celeriac: 55; celery: 55; chard, Swiss: 65; chicory:
65; chives: 50; citron: 65; collards: 80; corn, sweet: 75; cornsalad:
70; cowpea: 75; cress, garden: 75; cress, upland: 60; cress, water:
40; cucumber: 80; dandelion: 60; dill: 60; eggplant: 60; endive: 70;
kale: 75; kale, Chinese: 75; kale, Siberian: 75; kohlrabi: 75; leek:
60; lettuce: 80; melon: 75; mustard, India: 75; mustard, spinach:
75; okra: 50; onion: 70; onion, Welsh: 70; pak-choi: 75; parsley:
60; parnsip: 60; pea: 80; pepper: 55; pumpkin: 75; radish: 75; rhubarb:
60; rutabaga: 75; salsify: 75; savory summer: 55; sorrel: 65; soybean:
75; spinach: 60; spinach, New Zealand: 40; squash: 75; tomato: 75;
tomato, husk: 50; turnip: 80; watermelon: 70.
(d) Vegetable seed may be labeled with an expiration
date in lieu of the actual date of test or year for which the seed
was packaged. If an expiration date is used, the words "Texas expiration
date," "expiration date," "exp. date," or "TX exp. date" must precede
the month and year. Unless otherwise specified, the expiration date
will be the last day of the month designated.
(e) If vegetable seed is sold or offered for sale from
jars, cans, bins, or other bulk containers to which the purchaser
has access before buying, the seller shall attach to the container
a label bearing all required information including the name and address
of the seller.
(f) Containers of seed prepackaged by the seller must
be labeled in accordance with requirements applying to the specific
kind(s) of seed in said prepackaged container.
(g) It shall be permissible for the seller to adopt
and use the analysis furnished by the original seller; however, responsibility
for any alleged deficiencies in the quality of seed made subsequent
to such a sale shall be with the seller.
(h) The germination test period for seed sold from
an opened hermetically-sealed container cannot exceed nine months
from the date the container was opened. The date on which the container
was opened must be designated on the container in accordance with §9.11
of this chapter (relating to Hermetically-Sealed Containers).
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