EJPAU 2006. Bralewski T. , Hołubowicz R. RETAIL SMALL SEED BAGS WEIGHTS ON THE POLISH MARKET

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2006
Volume 9
Issue 2

Topic:

Economics

ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES

Bralewski T. , Hołubowicz R. 2006. RETAIL SMALL SEED BAGS WEIGHTS ON THE POLISH MARKET, EJPAU 9(2), #01.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume9/issue2/abs-01.html

RETAIL SMALL SEED BAGS WEIGHTS ON THE POLISH MARKET

Tomasz W. Bralewski, Roman Hołubowicz
Department of Horticultural Seed Science and Technology, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan, Poland

ABSTRACT

In the years 2001-2003 the vegetable seed weights of retail small bags were checked. The actual weights were compared with the declared ones on the seed bags. The research included 956 seed bags of 10 vegetable species: white head cabbage, garden carrot, red beet, onion, cucumber, tomato, radish, head lettuce, common bean and garden pea from 3 Polish seed companies. It was found out that 72.4% of the bags had the actual weights the same as declared on the bag (+/– 5%). The underweights (>5% and >10%) were 9.6% and 3.5% and overweights (>5% and >10%) 17.9% and 10.2%, respectively. Large differences in the received values were found for both the individual years and seed companies. The percentages of in line weights were: for red beet – from 66.7% to 100%, garden carrot – from 50.0% to 83.3%, onion – from 33.4% to 66.7%, white head cabbage – from 16.7% to 90.0%, cucumber – from 69.2% to 100%, tomato – from 26.1% to 100%, common bean – from 72.2% to 100%, garden pea – from 58.0% to 100% and radish – from 77.8% to 88.9%. The biggest underweights were found for garden carrots and cucumber – 22.0% and 18.0%, respectively, whereas the biggest overweights – for head lettuce and white head cabbage: 40.0%; 41.5% and 24.0%; 31.0% respectively. The least maximal underweight and overweights were recorded for red beet – 8.0% and 6.5%, respectively.

Key words: retail bag, seeds, seed company, seed market, seed marketing.

Tomasz W. Bralewski
Department of Horticultural Seed Science and Technology,
August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan, Poland
Baranowo, 62-081 Przezmierowo, Poland
email: twbseed@interia.pl

Roman Hołubowicz
Department of Horticultural Seed Science and Technology,
August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan, Poland
Baranowo, 62-081 Przezmierowo, Poland

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