STATE ^ARJDHITED STATES DEPART* OSI-IT OF AGRICULTURE; r AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Washington 25, D. C. October 21, 1952 B.E.P.Q. 578-U3 SUMMARY OF STATE NURSERY-STOCK SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINES AMD REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS SOUTH DAKOTA The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of South Dakota r.nd 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 South Dakota gives the general requirements for ship- ping nursery stock into that State, as well as digests of the State plant quarantines and regulations affecting interstate shipments. An appendix furnishes information on post-office requirements for mailing plants, as well as terminal-inspection procedure. This summary does not include di- gests of nursery-stock or plant-quarontine requirements relating to the movement of plants entirely within the State,, The information contained in this circular was prepared "by Juliet H. Carrington, Division of Plant Quarantines, and 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 quarantines, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. For detailed information address the Director, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Pierre, South Dakota. 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 regulate the inter- state movement of specified plants, plant products, and other articles from designated regulated areas. However, some of these quarpjatines 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, M (?. r^/**— / Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine South Dakota nursery-stock ship-oing requirements - 2 - Summary; of General Kur s e ry-S to ck Shipping Requirements I Se Dako Revo Code "of" 1939, ch«"~UTl^-9 as amended 19^5)" Definition of Nursery Stocko — All florist stock not grown under glass; trees; shrubs, vines, cuttings^ grafts, scions, buds, bulbs, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, and other plants and plant products capable of propagation or growing when planted, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaxeous plants and roots, other than peony, strawberry, and asparagus,. General Shipping. Requirements,,-— Any nonresident nurseryman may obtain a certificate to s\dl nursery stock in South Dakota by filing with the South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture a certified copy of his State inspection certificate, together with a fee of iplc She Secretary of Agriculture may waive the fee in case the applicant's State requires no fee from a South Dakota applicant for a like certificate in such other State,, An agent fs certificate will be issued upon request of his principal, for a fee of Spl0 A dealer's certificate will be issued only to an individual obtaining his stock from a certified nursery and upon payment of a fee of $10 to the Secretary of Agriculture.. All certificates and permits expire annually on September 15 following date of issue,, It is unlawful to move or sell nursery stock which has not been of- ficially inspected and for the sale of which a certificate or permit has not been granted* 3ach carload lot or container of nursery stock moved into South Dakota must bear an inspection certificate of the State of origin* • It is unlawful for carriers to accept uncertified nursery stock for shipment. Uncertified nursery stock moving into the State must be reported to the Secretary of Agriculture by the carrier. The foregoing summary was reviewed and approved on September 23, 1952 by Gerald !'.'. Miller, State ITursery Inspector, APPENDIX Requirements for I-jailing 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 otiier plants and plant products for propagation, including strawberry plants (except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants and ether 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 beer; 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 19^8, sec. 35.27(b).) 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 etate plant quarantine official. The address of the Alabama plant quarantine official is given in the preceding summary. Terminal insroction of Mail Shipments of Plants arid Plant Products (Act. mar. U,"l9l5, as amended June k, 1936; Postal Laws ana Regulations 19U8, sec. 33*21) Establishment qi_ 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. 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 list, when approved in whole or in part, will be transmitted to the Postmaster General 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 maintaining terminal inspection there- of is required, under the law, to have the p. reel 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. tinder 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 Procedure. — 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 are 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 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- 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: (1) The addressee may have the parcels ad- dressed to himself in care 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 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