Samuel Blatchford, Ferry v. Livingston Livingston…
“ The common notion of garden seeds is this: that they are those from which are raised, in the growing season of the year, the vegetable products which, before complete maturity, are used upon the table as part of the customary food of mankind, and in distinction from those seeds which, sowed or planted on a broader scale in the fields, produce the vegetables which are stored for winter use as food. ”
Samuel Blatchford, Ferry v. Livingston Livingston…
“ If the sugar-beet is, in the view of congress, a garden plant or vegetable, as well as or in contrast with a field plant, and its seed, garden seed as well as or in contrast with field seed, surely the bean is, in legislative contemplation, a garden plant or vegetable, and the bean of the market, which is the seed of the bean plant, is a garden seed, as well as or rather than a field seed. ”
Samuel Blatchford, Ferry v. Livingston Livingston…
“ They are used to a small extent as food for cattle, but to a much larger extent as food for man. The turnip seeds, beet seeds, and cabbage seeds generally are and have been catalogued, by prominent seedsmen in America, England, and Germany, both as garden and agricultural seeds.' On these facts, the circuit court found, as conclusions of law, (1) that the turnip and mangel-wurzel seeds were not garden seeds, and were not subject to any duty; (2) that the cabbage and beet seeds were garden seeds, and subject to the duty exacted. ”
