The Saturday Early Show, 514 West 57th St., 6th floor, New York, N.Y. 10019. Like cigar labels, crate labels came into use as commercial printing and advertising were being developed.

These labels appeal to cautious buyers, and they can increase sales. Most gardening seeds would never have been genetically modified anyway, so just missing the words "non-GMO" doesn't mean much.

A Sno-Kist fruit crate label, shown here in a provided photo, from before 1918. The labels were used to advertise the iconic fruits of the Northwest before the advent of cardboard boxes. Mike Doty ...

Turf grass breeders want to restrict the labeling of grass seed as “variety not specified,” which critics expect will disrupt ...