7 USC § 2241b - Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution

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title: "7 USC § 2241b - Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2241b"
section_name: "Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 527; Apr. 25, 1896, ch. 140, 29 Stat. 106.)"
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# § 2241b. Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution

Purchase and distribution of vegetable, field, and flower seeds, plants, shrubs, vines, bulbs, and cuttings shall be of the freshest and best obtainable varieties and adapted to general cultivation.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 527; Apr. 25, 1896, ch. 140, 29 Stat. 106.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

1896—Act , struck out “by the Department of Agriculture” and “trees”, and inserted “vegetable, field, and flower seeds” and “bulbs”.