UNITED STATES DEPART14ENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Washington 25, D. C. r^*^*^l?RA^ October 31, I9U9 STATE PLANT BOARD B.E.P.Q, 578-7 SUMMARY OF STATI NURSERY-STCCX SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING I NTERSTATF SHIPMENTS CONNECTICUT The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of Connecticut and has "been approved "by him. It is issued for the convenience of plant quarantine inspectors, shippers, transportation agents, truckers, and other con- cerned in the interstate movement of plantn, plant products, and other materials subject to Stste regulation on account of plant pests. The summary for Connecticut 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 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 be ur^ed 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 addres: the State Entomologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Box 1106, New Haven k, Connecticut. In addition to State requirements, shippers will need to take into consideration applicable plant quarantines of the United States Department of Agriculture. In raort instances these quarantines regulate the inter- state movement of 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 -y "fashington 25, D. C. 0 Chisf, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine;- Connecticut nursery- stock snipping requirements -2- C0F--7ECTICUT Summary of Go ncral Hursory- Stock Shipping Requirements (Gen. Stat. 1930, as amended Mar. 16, I943, sees. 2135, 2139) Definition of Nursery Stock. — Hard;/ trees, shrubs, and vines grown out of doors for commercial purposes. General Shipping Requirements. — All nursery stock shipped into Connecticut shall bear on each package thereof a certificate that such nursery stock was inspected by a State official and found to be apparently free from all dangerous insects and diseases. Carriers must notify the State Entomologist of arrival of uncertified nursery stock before naking delivery. The State Entomologist may inspect siich stock and, if it is infested, have it treated. Shipments of nursery stock entering Connecticut from foreign countries may be unpacked only in the presence of an inspector or with the consent of the State Entomologist. Connecticut has no State plant quarantines pertaining to interstate shipments. The foregoing summary was checked and approved on July 25, I9U9 by M. P. Zappe, Deputy State Entomologist. -3- APPE.NDIX 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 othor seeds fruit a.nd 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 Regulations 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 Connecticut plant qurrantine official is given in the preceding summary. Terminal Inspection of Mail Shipments of Plants and Plant Products (Act Mar. k, 1Q15, as amended June 4, 19 36; Postal Laws and Regulations 19^0, 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 whore inspection will be maintained, arrange to have such mail shipments turned over to State plant quarantine inspectors for examination at designated inspection points. Application will be made to the Secretary of Agriculture by submitting a list of plants and plant products and the plant pests transmitted thereby, which are to be examined. The lict, when approved in whole or in part, will be transmitted to the Postmaster General whereupon postmasters will be informed and intructed. anyone mailing a parcel containing any plants or plant products ad- dressed to any place within a State maintaining 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 be exempted from terminal inspection at the option of the receiving State. Under the provisions of the 193& amendment to the law, any State nay arrange through Federal channels, after approval by the Secretary of Agriculture as indicated above, to regulate or prohibit the movement iato -U- (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 Procedure. --Upon arrival in any State maintaining terminal inspection, plants or plant products named on the approved list will he forwarded "by the postmaster at destination to the nearest in- spection point. If the plants or plant products are found, upon inspec- tion, to "be free from injurious pests and not in violation of any plant ouarantine or regulationof the State of destina.tion or the United States Department of Agriculture, r,r if disinfested 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 be in- fected with injurious pests and cannot be satisfactorily disinfested, or are in violation of any plant quarantine or regulation of the State of destination cr 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 thf parcel will be turned over to the State authorities for destruction. Terminal inspection of plants and plant products in 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 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: (1) The addressee may have the parcels ad- dressed to himself in core of the State 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 e.ddrcssee may arrange with the .sender to place on the parcels a pledge reading, "Forwarding postage -air-ran teed, " whereupon the additional postage for forwarding will be collected from the addressee. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA