UFITED  STATES  DEPiETISSra  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 AGRICULTURAL  RESEARCH  ADMIHISTRATI017 
 BUREAU  0?  EUTOMOLOGY  A1JD  PLA1TT  QUARANTINE 
 Washington  25,   D.    C. 
 
 LIBRARY  March  27 
 
 STATE  PLANT  BOARD 
 
 1951 
 
 B.E.P.^.  57S-39 
 
 SUMMARY  OF  STATS  1TURSSRY- STOCK  SHIPPIK3  REQUIREMENTS  AND  PLANT 
 
 .  qfustASSiisss  and  regulations  affecting  interstate  SHIPMENTS 
 
 "'    .  PENNSYLVANIA 
 
 The  information  contained  in   this   summary  was   compiled  from  material 
 received  from  the  plant  quarantine  official  of  Pennsylvania  and  has  been 
 approved  "by  him.      It  is  issued  for  the  convenience  of  plant  quarantine  in- 
 spectors,, shippers,    transportation  agents,    truckers,    and  others  concerned 
 in  the  interstate  movement  of  plants,   plant  products,   and  other  materials 
 subject   to    State  regulation  on  account  of  plant  pests. 
 
 The  summary  for  Pennsylvania  gives  the  general   requirements  for  ship- 
 ping nursery  stock,  into   that  State.     An  appendix  furnishes  information  on 
 post-office  requirements  for  mailing  plants  as  well  as   terminal-inspection 
 procedure.      This   summary  does  not  include  digests -of  nursery-stock  and 
 plant- quarantine  requirements  relating  to    the  movement  of  plants  entirely 
 wi thin  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  be 
 used  independently  of  or  as  a  substitute  for  the  original   texts  of  the 
 regulations,    and  it  is  not   to  be  interpreted  as  legally  authoritative. 
 For  detailed  information  address  the  Director,   Bureau  of  Plant  Industry, 
 State  Department  of  Agriculture,  Harrisburg,   Pennsylvania. 
 
 In  addition  to   State  requirements,    shippers  will  need  to    take  into 
 consideration  applicable  plant   quarantines  of   the  United  State  Department 
 of  Agriculture.      In  most   instances   these  quarantines  regulate  the  inter- 
 state movement.Qf   specified  plants,   plant  products,    and  other  articles 
 from  designated  regulated  areas.      However,    some  of  these  quarantines  regu- 
 late the  interstate  movement  of  certain  articles  into   designated  protected 
 areas.      Copies  of   such  quarantines  may  be  obtained  from   the  Bureau  of 
 Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine,     Washington  25,    D.    C. 
 
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 Chief,   Bureau  of  Entomology  and 
 Plant   .Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
 Pennsylvania  nursery-stock  3  1262  09314  8673 
 
 shipping  requirements 
 
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 PMSYLVMIA 
 
 Summary  of  G-eneral  Nursery-Stock  Shipping  Requirements 
 (Pa.   Plant  Pest  Act  of  1937) 
 
 Definition  of  Nursery  Stock, — All  trees,    shrubs,   brambles,-  woody  vines, 
 and  woody  florist   stock,    their  roots,   cuttings,    grafts,    scions,   buds, 
 fruit  pits  and  other  seeds,    and  parts  thereof  for  propagation;   herbaceous 
 perennials  and  other  plants  and  plant  products  for  propagation  as  ornamen- 
 tals,   except  bulbs,    field-crop   seeds,   vegetable   seeds  and  vegetable 
 plants,    flower  seeds,    and  bedding  and  other  annual  herbaceous  plants  and 
 parts  thereof. 
 
 G-eneral  Shipping  Requirements. — In  order   to  obtain  legal  permission  to   do 
 business  in  Pennsylvania,   a  nonresident  nurseryman,    dealer,   or  other  per- 
 son  should  file  with   the  Pennsylvania  Department  of  Agriculture  a  signed 
 copy  of  his   current   State  nursery-inspection  certificate  and  a   statement 
 as   to   the   exact  acreage  owned  by  him  and  the  acreage  being  grown  for  him 
 on  contract.      Copies  of  order  forms,    contracts,    or  agreements  must  be 
 furnished  the  Department  upon  request.     A  dealer  must  furnish  affidavit 
 that  he  will  buy  only  inspected  and  certified  stock,   and 'he  must  furnish 
 on  demand  a  list  of  all   sources  from  which  he   secures  his   stock.     An 
 agent  must  carry  a  nursery  agent's  certificate  obtained  by  authority  of 
 or  by  request  of  his  principal. 
 
 A  valid  inspection  certificate  of  the  State  of  origin  must  be  at- 
 tached to   each  shipment  or  container  of  nursery  stock  moving  into 
 Pennsylvania,    and  such   shipment  must  also  be  plainly  marked  on  the  outside 
 to   show  the  names  and  addresses  of  consignor  and  consignee  and  the  general 
 nature  of   the  contents.     Uncertified  shipments  of  nursery  stock  and  im- 
 portations from  foreign  countries  must  be  reported,   upon  arrival,   by  the 
 carrier  or  consignee   to   the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  must  be  hald  un- 
 opened for  inspection  or  instructions. 
 
 Pennsylvania  maintains  no   State  plant  quarantines  affecting  inter- 
 state   shipments. 
 
 The  foregoing   summary  was  checked  and  approved  on  August   11,    19^+9 » 
 by  T.   L.   G-uyton,    Director,   Bureau  of  Plant   Industry,   Department  of 
 Agriculture,    Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania.