Many nurseries sell fruit trees that they label “miniature.” Not all

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Many nurseries sell fruit trees that they label “miniature.” Not all nurseries, however, use this term in the same way. While some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature,” for example, others do not. One thing that is clear is that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.”

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?

(A) Most nurseries mislabel at least some of their fruit trees.

(B) Some of the nurseries have correctly labeled nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety only if the variety is unsuitable for growing in a tub or a pot.

(C) Any nectarine tree of the Stark Sweet Melody variety that a nursery labels “miniature” is labeled incorrectly.

(D) Some nectarine trees that are not labeled “miniature” are labeled incorrectly.

(E) Unless the Stark Sweet Melody variety of nectarine tree is suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, some nurseries mislabel this variety of tree.

ash124 · Answer

Understand the argument:
Many nurseries sell fruit trees that they label “miniature.”  Not all nurseries , however, use this term in the same way. 
While some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature,” for example, others do not.  One thing that is clear is that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.

It is an inference question so the correct option must be true based on the above argument

(A) Most nurseries mislabel at least some of their fruit trees.
 we can't infer it as most of the nurseries may be selling one type of fruit tree that can grow in a tub or a pot and labeling it correctly

(B) Some of the nurseries have correctly labeled nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety only if the variety is unsuitable for growing in a tub or a pot.
  if the variety is unsuitable for growing in a tub or a pot then most (not some) of the nurseries have correctly labeled nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody

(C) Any nectarine tree of the Stark Sweet Melody variety that a nursery labels “miniature” is labeled incorrectly.
 too strong

(D) Some nectarine trees that are not labeled “miniature” are labeled incorrectly.
 we are not sure whether nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety are “miniature"

(E) Unless the Stark Sweet Melody variety of nectarine tree is suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, some nurseries mislabel this variety of tree.
 This is true because some nurseries labeled this variety of tree “miniature” thinking Stark Sweet Melody variety of nectarine tree is suitable for growing in a tub or a pot

Answer E

SohGMAT2020 · Answer

Many nurseries sell fruit trees that they label “miniature.” Not all nurseries, however, use this term in the same way. While some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature,” for example, others do not. One thing that is clear is that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.”

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?

So this is an inference question. So, we will look at each option to see whether that option can be inferred.

(A) Most nurseries mislabel at least some of their fruit trees.  Unless we know more details about the fruit tree such as whether they are classified as miniature or whether they can grow in a pot, we cannot conclude anything. Eliminate

(B) Some of the nurseries have correctly labeled nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety only if the variety is unsuitable for growing in a tub or a pot.  No, this is actually opposite to what the passage says. If SSM is unsuitable to grow in a pot or tub and labelled miniature, it is incorrectly labelled. Eliminate

(C) Any nectarine tree of the Stark Sweet Melody variety that a nursery labels “miniature” is labeled incorrectly.  No info is given about whether these trees can grow in a pot or not. So we cannot conclude anything. Eliminate

(D) Some nectarine trees that are not labeled “miniature” are labeled incorrectly.  Again with further information about whether these trees can grow in a pot or not we cannot conclude anything. Eliminate

(E) Unless the Stark Sweet Melody variety of nectarine tree is suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, some nurseries mislabel this variety of tree.   Yes this an very well be concluded. Because if the SSM cannot grow in a pot , it is incorrect to label it as miniature => Correct

Archit3110 · Answer

Premise: While some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature,” for example, others do not
IC :  Many  nurseries sell fruit trees that they label “miniature.”  Not all  nurseries, however, use this term in the same way
Conclusion : One thing that is clear is that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.”

Inference type CR

(A) Most nurseries mislabel at least some of their fruit trees . : IC says Many nurseries not most ; incorrect

(B)  Some of the nurseries have correctly labeled nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety only if the variety is unsuitable for growing in a tub or a po t. : its not some of the nurseries but a fact that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.”

(C) Any nectarine tree of the Stark Sweet Melody variety that a nursery labels “miniature” is labeled incorrectly.:   " this is incorrect as its given that  While some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature,” for example, others do not

(D) Some nectarine trees that are not labeled “miniature” are labeled incorrectly.  same as C ;

(E) Unless the Stark Sweet Melody variety of nectarine tree is suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, some nurseries mislabel this variety of tree.  this is in line with the argument that some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature, and others do not ; also given that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.” 
correct choice

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