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A wide jar shelf: 198 containers and 235 closures, and one thing it does not have.

The shelf, measured

One hundred and ninety-eight containers from 50 to 950 mL, with 235 closures. By material, 141 PET, 29 glass and 28 HDPE. The dominant necks are 89-400 at 72, 70-400 at 42, 58-400 at 29 and 53-400 at 18, so this is a wide-mouth shelf.

The forms

141 single wall jars, 18 straight-sided jars, 17 packers, 7 mason and paragon jars, 4 specialty jars and 4 spice bottles. Jars dominate, which suits something poured in and scooped out rather than dispensed.

Material, with the storage job in mind

Glass does not permeate at all, which for multi-season storage is a real advantage. PET is cheap, clear and light; HDPE is opaque and tough. All three work, and the closure matters more than any of them.

Color

75 clear, 36 white, 32 amber, 17 black, 16 blue and 11 green. Clear shows the seed, which sells; amber and black remove light as a variable for anything held for years.

The closures

210 continuous thread and 21 dome lids. By liner, 64 HIS, 42 F217, 31 pressure-sensitive, 26 with none, 21 of a standard plastisol, 19 PE foam and 15 foam. The HIS set is the route toward a sealed package.

What is not here

No foil pouches, no seamed cans and nothing vented. The first two are the formats most associated with hermetically sealed seed; the third is what a bulb needs. Both gaps are stated rather than worked around.

Where to settle the thread match

Every container page lists the closures verified against its own neck. What is left for you is the liner, the sealing process, and whether the filled weight puts you over or under the one-pound line.

References

7 CFR 201.30a, Date of test, which allows no more than 5 calendar months between the last day of the month the germination test was completed and the date of transportation in interstate commerce, except for seed in hermetically sealed containers, where it is 24 calendar months from a test completed prior to packaging. law.cornell.edu
7 CFR 201.29 and 201.29a. Vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less that equals or betters the 201.31 standard need not show the germination percentage or date of test; below standard it carries "Below Standard" conspicuously in type no smaller than 8 points plus the percentage and hard seed. Over 1 pound, every variety shows the germination percentage and hard seed. law.cornell.edu
Written from federal statute and regulation, not from a seed bench. Every state also runs its own seed law, and the Federal Seed Act reaches interstate commerce, so a local sale can answer to a different set of requirements. Nothing here certifies a package as hermetically sealed; that is a question about the package and the sealing process.