LIBRARY STATE PLANT BOARD UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Washington 25, D. C. B. E. P. Q.-578-M. June 9, 1952 SUMMARY OF STATE NURSERY-STOCK SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS TENNESSEE The Information contained in this sumiaary was compiled by Juliet H. Carrington, Division of Plant Quarantines, from material received from the plant quarantine official of Tennessee and has been approved by him. It Is issued for the convenience of plant quarantine inspectors, shippers, transportati on agents, truckers, and others concerned in the interstate movement of plants, plant products, and othor materials subject to State regulation on account of plant peats. The summary for Tennessee gives the general requirements for shipping nursery stock into that Stato, as well as digests of the State plant quar- antines and regulations affecting Interstate shipments. An appendix fur- nishes information on post-office requirements for mailing plants, as well as terminal -inspection procedure. This summary does not include digests of nur3ery-stock or plant -quarantine requirements relating to the movement of plants entirely within the State. The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to bo used independently of or as a substitute for the original texts of the regulations and quarantines, and it is not to bo interpreted as legally authoritative. For detailed information address the Stato Entomologist and Plant Pathologist, k07 Employment Security Building, Nashville 3, Tennessee. In addition to State requirements, shippers will need to take into consideration applicable plant quarantines of the United States Department of Agriculture. In most instances these quarantines rogulate the inter- state movement of specified plants, plant products, and othor articios from designated regulated areas. However, some of those quarantines regu- late the interstate movement of certain articios into designated protected areas. Copies of such quarantines may be obtained from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Washington 25, D, C. O / Chief, Bureau of Entomology" and Planx Quarantine Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/tennessOOunit Tonnessee nursery-stock shipping requirements - 2 - TENNESSEE Summary of General Nursery-Stock Shipping Requirements ""[Rules and Regulations, March 1948) Definition of Nursery Stock, — All fruit, shade, ornamental, and nut trees, bush fruits, grapevines, strawberry plants, and all buds, grafts, 3cions, and cuttings from same. General Shipping Requirements. — Anyone desiring to ship nursery stock into Tennessee should file with the Tennessee State Entomologist and Plant Pathologist a copy of his State inspection certificate and pay the samo registration fee as required of Tennessee nurserymen shipping into that State. Nursery agents and dealers representing out~of -State nurseries in Tennessee are required to file a sworn statement and obtain a license. Dealers are required to pay a fee of $5, and agents a fee equal to that charged Tennessee agents by the Statu in which the nursery they represent is located. Nurserymen, including those of other States, selling trees in Tennessee under contract to prune and spray them for a period of years are required to secure a bond of $5000 from the Secretary of State, Nashville. Each carload or othor container of nursery stock moving into Tennessee must have attached an inspection certificate of the State of origin. Car- riers should not accept uncertified nursery stock for shipment, and they should notify the Tennessee State Entomologist and Plant Pathologist of the arrival of uncertified nursery stock, holding such stock for disposition. Tennessee plant quarantines - 3 - Summary of State Plant Quarantines Argentine Ant (Official Ruling No. 3, Rules and Regs., March 19W) Nursery stock, greenhouse plants, strawberry plants, bulbs, and orna- mentals in soil are prohibited from moving into Tennessee from areas in States known to be infested with the Argentine ant unless inspected or fumigated immediately prior to shipment by an authorized official of the State of origin. Camellia Flower Blight (Quarantine Notice No. Ik (Revised), effective Mar. 1, 1952) Prohibited products. --Balled and potted camellia plants, camellia plants with soil attached, and cut camellia flowers may not be moved into Tennessee from the quarantined areas. Restricted products. --Bar or ooted camellia plants with buds showing no trace of color may be moved into Tennessee under certification of the State of origin to this effect. Restricted materials from States not maintaining restrictions against the quarantined areas may be shipped into Tennessee, provided the grower, dealer, or nurseryman furnishes affidavit that he has not received or will not receive any camellia plants with dirt on roots and flower buds showing any trace of color, or camellia flowers from the quarantined areas. Quarantined areas California: Entire State Georgia: Property known as 3629 Tuxedo Road, Tuxedo Park Community. Atlanta, Fulton County, as described Louisiana: Caddo Parish: That portion of the city of Shreveport des- cribed: Ouachita Parish: Those portions of the city of Monroe described; and Orleans Parish: That part of the city of New Orleans described North Carolina: Brunswick County: That part of the county lying east of U. S. Highway No. 17, as described Oregon: Entire State Tonnosseo plant quarantines Poach, Nectarine, and Pooan Soedlings (Official, Ruling No. 2, Rules & Hog., March I9I+8; ch.lOU, sec. 2, Public Acts of Tonn. , 1925) Peach and nectarine seedlings may not "be sold in Tennessee except by special permit from the Division of Insect and Plant Disease Control specifying that such sale is for experimental or scientific purposes. It is unlawful for anyone to sell, offer for sale, or solicit orders for any seedlings of nectarine, peach, or pecan with a statement or claim that such trees are budded or grafted trees. Phony Peach Disease (Quarantine Notice No. 11, revised, effective Mar. 1, 1952) Regulated products. --All almond, apricot, nectarine, peach, and plum nur- sery stock. Conditions governing shipment. — Transportation of the regulated products from any regulated area into, within, or from Tennessee is permitted only when there is securely attached to the outside of each shipment a nursory- inspection certificate of tho State of origin, together with the name and address of the consignor, Requirements for issuing certificates. --Certificates or permits shall be issued only on the following conditions: (l) Each nursery in the phony- peach infected areas shall apply to the State plant quarantine official for approval of the proposed nursery-growing site on or before August 15 of each year; (2) selected nursery sites should be at least 300 yards from wild plum, l/2 mile from phony -infected commercial orchards, and l/2 mile from urban areas; (3) the l/2-mlle environs of the nursery site shall be inspected prior to October 1, and all phony trees found shall be removed prior to November 1; and {h) all budding shall be restricted to the slip- bud method. There are no restrictions on the movement of regulated products to the U. S, Department of Agriculture or to other recognized institutions for scientific purposes, except that a special permit must be secured for the movement of such products into or within Tennessee. Regulated areas Alabama: Entire State Florida: Entire State Goorgia: Entire State Tennessee plant quarantines 5 - Phony Peach Disease (Cont. ) Regulated areas (Cant,) Arkansas : Loui slana : Mississippi : Missouri : Counties of Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chioot, Columbia, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew, Hempstead, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lee, Lincoln, Little Pdver, Miller, Monroe, Nevada, Phillips, Pike, St. Francis, Sevier, Union, Woodruff Parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Union Entire State except counties of Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Choctaw, Clay, De Soto, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Jasper, Kemper, Leflore, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeaha, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Sharkey, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Winston, Yalobusha County of Dunklin North Carolina: Counties of Anson, Cumberland, Gaston, Hoke, Polk, Rutherford South Carolina: Tennessee : Texas: Counties of Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Greenville, Laurens, Lexington, Orangeburg, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sumter, York Counties of Dyer, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Lauderdale, McNalry Counties of Anderson, Bexar, Camp, Cherokee, Henderson, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Smith Tennessee plant quarantines Swootpotato Root Weevil (Quarantine Notige No. 3 (Revised), effective Mar, 29, 19^8) The movement Into Tennessee of eweetpotato vines, plants, slips, cut- tings, draws, and tubers, and of morningglory vines and roots originating in the rogulatod aroas is prohibited. Such products may be moved into Tonneaaoo from uninfested areas of States in the regulated areas when ac- companied by an inspection certificate of the State of origin. A copy of such certificate should be sent to the Tennessee Stato Entomologist and Plant Pathologist. Cars and trucks must be thoroughly cleanod before load- ing, to prevent rolnfestation. Rogulatod areas Alabama: Florida: Georgia: Louisiana Mississippi : South Carolina: Texas : Counties of Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Geneva, Henry, Mobile Entire State except counties of Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Madison, Wakulla, Walton, Washington Counties of Chatham, Colquitt, Grady, Mitchell, Tift, Worth Entire State except parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, Winn, West Carroll Counties of Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Stone, Walthall County of Charleston Counties of Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Camp, Chambers, Colorado, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Crane, Crockett, De Witt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Falls, Fayette, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzale3, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Hill, Irion, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davie, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Milam, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Pecos, Polk, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala The foregoing summary was roviewod and approved on March 3, 1952, by J. C. Moser, Tennessee State Entomologist and Plant Pathologist. .APPENDIX Requirements for Mailing Plants and Plant Products Under the postal laws and regulations, nursery stock, including all field-grown florists( stock,, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, "buds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, including strawberry plants (except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots), may be admitted to the mails only when accompanied by a State inspection certificate to the effect that the nursery or premises from which such stock is shipped has been inspected within a year and found free from injurious insects and plant diseases. Parcels containing such nursery stock must be plainly marked to show the nature of the contents and the name and address of the sender-, (Postal Laws and P.egulation 19^+0, sec. 595.) Inspection and certification must be done by a plant quarantine official of the State of origin, An individual mailing of such plants or plant products, if from uninspected premises, will also be accepted upon examination and certifi- cation by a State plant quarantine official „ The address of the Tennessee plant quarantine official is given in the preceding summary* Terminal Inspection of Mail Shipments of Plants and Plant Product s (Act, Mar o h, 1915. as amended June k, 1936; Postal Laws and Regulations W'+O, sec. 59^) Establishment of Terminal Inspection. — Any State desiring to operate under the provisions of the terminal inspection law so as to regulate the movement of mail shipments of plants and plant products into (or within) the State may, after having provided therefor at State expense and having designated one or more places where inspection will be maintained, arrange to have such mail shipments turned over to State plant quarantine inspectors for examination at designated inspection points a Application will be made to the Secretary of Agriculture by submitting a list of plants and plant products and the plant posts transmitted thereby, which are to be examined. The list, when approved in whole or in part, will be transmitted to the Postmaster Gkmeral whereupon postmasters will be informed and instructed. Anyone mailing a parcel containing any plants or plant products ad- dressed to any place within a State maintining terminal inspection there- of is required, under the law, to have the parcel plainly marked on the outside to show the nature of the contents. Materials shipped under Federal quarantine certificates issued by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine may bo exempted from terminal inspection at the option of the receiving State. Under the provisions of the 1936 amendment to the law, any State may arrange through Federal channels, after approval by the Secretary of Agriculture as indicated above, to regulate or prohibit the movement into (or within) the State of mail shipments of designated plants and plant products the movement of which would constitute a violation of State plant quarantine laws or regulations. Terminal Inspection Fro ce dure. --Upon arrival in any State maintaining terminal inspection, plants or plant products named on the approved list will be forwarded by the postmaster at destination to the nearest in- spection point. If the plants or plant products arc found, upon inspec- tion, to be free from injurious pests and not in violation of any plant quarantine or regulation of the State of destination or the United States Department of Agriculture, or if dieinfested when they are found infested, such plants or plant products will then be forwarded by the postmaster at the point of inspection to the addressee upon payment of postage. If plants or plant products, upon inspection, are found to bo in- fested with injurious pests and cannot be satisfactorily disinfested, or are in violation of any plant quarantine or regulation of the State; of destination or the United States Department of Agriculture, the post- master upon notification by the State inspector will inform the sender that the parcel will be returned to him upon his request and at his ex- pense. In default of such request the parcel will be turned over to the State authorities for destruction. Terminal inspection of plants and plant products is now maintained by Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Utah, and Washington. Plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection and places where terminal-inspection service is maintained are listed at the end of the summary of the general nursery-stock shipping requirements for each of the above-mentioned States, District, and Territories. Procedure for Paying Forwarding Postage. — Methods of paying forwarding postage are provided to expedite the handling of parcels subject to ter- minal inspection, as follows: ( l) The addressee may have the j)arcelr> ad- dressed to himself in care of the Stato inspector at a designated terminal- inspection point in the State of destination and provide the inspector with postage for forwarding the inspected plants; or (2) the addressee may arrange with the sender to place on the parcels a pledge reading, "Forwarding postage guaranteed," whereupon the additional postage for forwarding will be collected from the addressee, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 09314 8756