Perryman, Mojonier Co. v. United States

Donlon, Judge:

The issue here is whether hyacinth bulbs which, as imported, were packed individually in a waterproof decorated ready-to-grow paper container, with a small quantity of wood shavings, are entitled to eo nomine classification as hyacinth bulbs, as the protest claims; or are nonenumerated manufactured articles which are dutiable under paragraph 1558, as the collector classified them.

The facts are not in dispute. Articles representative of the imported article, except that the bulbs in the container are old and decayed and not in the fresh condition of the imported bulbs, are in…