(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed.

(b) Percentage of hard seed, if present.

(c) Calendar month and year test was completed to determine such percentages. 10. For cool season lawn and turf grasses including Kentucky bluegrass, red fescue, chewings fescue, hard fescue, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, intermediate ryegrass, annual ryegrass, colonial bentgrass, creeping bentgrass and mixtures thereof:

(a) Calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentages. Oldest test date shall be used.

(b) The statement "Sell by " which may be no more than fifteen months from the date of test exclusive of the month of test. 11. For agricultural seeds that are coated:

(a) Percentage by weight of pure seeds with coating material removed.

(b) Percentage by weight of coating material.

(c) Percentage by weight of inert material exclusive of coating material.

(d) Percentage by germination is to be determined on four hundred pellets with or without seeds. D. Vegetable seeds: 1. For vegetable seeds in packets for use in home gardens or household plantings or vegetable seeds in pre-planted containers, mats, tapes, or other planting devices and for peas, beans, and sweet corn in containers of one pound or less, and other kinds of vegetable seeds in containers of one-quarter pound or less

(a) Name of kind and variety of seed;

(b) Lot identification, such as by lot number or other means;

(c) The calendar month and year the germination test was completed and the statement "Sell by _______", which may be no more than 12 months from the date of test, exclusive of the month of test; or the year for which the seed was packaged for sale as "Packed for _____" and the statement "Sell by _____", which shall be for a calendar year; or the percentage germination and the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage provided that the germination test must have been completed within 12 months, exclusive of the month of test;

(d) For seeds which germinate less than the standard last established by the commissioner under this article;

(1) Percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed;

(2) Percentage of hard seed, if present;

(3) The calendar month and year the test was completed and the statement "Sell by ______," which may be not more than twelve months from the date of test, exclusive of the month of test, or the percentage germination and the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage, provided that the germination test must have been completed within twelve months, exclusive of the month of test; and

(4) The words "below standard" in not less than eight-point type. 2. For peas, beans, and sweet corn in containers of more than one pound and other kinds of vegetable seeds in containers of more than one-quarter pounds.

(a) Name of kind and variety.

(b) Lot number or other lot identification.

(c) Percentage germination exclusive of hard seeds.

(d) Percentage of hard seed if present.

(e) The calendar month and year test was completed to determine such percentage; or the year for which the seed was packaged or tested. E. Flower seeds: 1. For flower seeds in packets prepared for use in home flower gardens:

(a) For those kinds of flower seeds where there are annual and/or biennial and/or perennial sorts, a statement in a conspicuous location on the seed container to indicate whether the seed is of the annual, biennial, or perennial sort.

(b) Name of the kind and variety or a statement of type and performance characteristics as prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) The calendar month and year the germination test was completed and the statement "Sell by ______", which may be no more than 12 months from the date of test, exclusive of the month of test; or the year for which the seed was packaged for sale as "Packed for ______" and the statement "Sell by _____", which shall be for a calendar year; or the percentage germination and the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage, provided that the germination test must have been completed within 12 months exclusive of the month of test.

(d) For those kinds of seeds for which standard testing procedures shall have been adopted, and for which the commissioner shall have promulgated minimum germination standards as hereinafter specified, and which germinate less than the standard last established by the commissioner:

(1) Percentage germination exclusive of hard seed.

(2) The calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage, or the year for which the seed was packaged or tested.

(3) The words "below standard" in not less than eight-point type. 2. For flower seeds in containers other than packets prepared for use in home flower gardens.

(a) Name of kind and variety or a statement of type and performance characteristics as prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) Lot number or other lot identification.

(c) For kinds of seeds for which standard testing procedures shall have been adopted:

(1) Percentage germination exclusive of hard seed.

(2) Percentage of hard seed if present.

(3) The calendar month and year that test was completed and the statement "Sell by ," which may be no more than twelve months from the date of test exclusive of the month of test or the percentage germination and the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine such percentage, provided that the germination test must have been completed within twelve months exclusive of the month of test. F. Tree and shrub seeds:

(1) The kind of seed and the variety.

(2) The percentage by weight of pure seed.

(3) The percentage of germination.

(4) The year of collection of such seed.

(5) The specific locality (state and county in the United States or nearest equivalent political unit in the case of foreign countries) in which the seed was collected. G. Seed potatoes: 1. Name of variety. 2. U. S. grade or New York state grade of contents. 3. Name and address (or in case of certified seed, the code designation) of the person who labeled said seed or who sells, offers, or exposes said seed for sale within this state. H. For combination mulch, seed and fertilizer products. The word "combination" followed by the words "mulch-seed-fertilizer (if appropriate)" must appear on the upper thirty percent of the principal display panel. The word "combination" must be the largest and most conspicuous type on the container, equal to or larger than the product name. The words "mulch-seed-fertilizer" shall be no smaller than one-half the size of the word "combination" and in close proximity to the word "combination". These products shall contain a minimum of seventy percent mulch. I. For combination seed and fertilizer products. 1. The word "combination" followed by the words "seed-fertilizer" must appear on the upper thirty percent of the principal display panel. The word "combination" must be the largest and most conspicuous type on the container, equal to or larger than the product name. The words "seed-fertilizer" shall be no smaller that one-half the size of the word "combination" and in close proximity to the word "combination". 2. On the analysis label, the percentage by weight of the fertilizer in the container shall be listed on a separate line as a component of the inert matter.