UNITED  STATES  DEPARTI4ENT  0?  AGRICULTURE 
 -^Aon     AGRICULTURAL  RSSiJARCH  ADMII'ISTRATION 
 •^^'^^'^BUllW  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  FIANT  QUARANTINE 
 
 Washington  25,  D.  C. 
 
 October  31,  I9U9 
 
 B.S.P.q.  578-8 
 
 SUMMARY  OP  STATE  NURSERY-STOCK  SHIPPING  PJiqUIRSrfflNTS  ATD  PLAOT 
 QUARA^TTIN3S  AND  R.^GULATI0N3  AEZSCTING  INTERSTATE  SHIP1431TTS 
 
 DELAWARE 
 
 The  infonation  contained  in  thir,  sunii-nary  was  compiled  from . material 
 received  from  the  plant  quarantine  official  of  Delaware  and  has  "been  ap- 
 proved by  him.  It  is  issued  for  the  convenience  of  plant  quarantine  in- 
 spectors, shippers,  tranr;portation  agents,  truckers,  s-nd  otheis  concerned 
 in  the  interstate  novanentof  plants,  plant  products,  ajid  other  materials 
 subject  to  State  regulation  on  account  of  plant  pests. 
 
 The  summary  fur  Delaws-re  givos  the  general  requirements  for  shipping 
 nursery  stock  into  that  State.    An  appendix  furnishes  information  on 
 post-office  requirements  for  mailing  plants  as  well  as  terminal-inspection 
 procedure.    This  summary  do-^s  not  include  digests  of  nursery-stock  and 
 plan t-Q\iaran tine  requirements  relating  to  the  mov"an€6itof  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 
 used  independently  of  ar  as  a  su"bstitute  for  the  original  texts  of  the 
 regulations  and  quarantines,  rxii  it  is  not  to  "be  interpreted  as  legally 
 authoritative.    For  detailed  information  address  the  Nursery  Inspector, 
 State  Board  of  Agricultare,  Dover,  Delaware, 
 
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 In  addition  to  State  requirements,   shippers  will  need  to  take  into 
 consideration  applica"ble  plant  quarcjitines  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  quarantines  regu- 
 late the  interstate  novencnt  of  certain  articles  into  designated  protected 
 areas.    Copies  of  such  quarantines  may  "be  obtained  from  the  Bureau  of 
 Entomologj'-  and  Plant  (Quarantine,  Washington  25,  D,  C. 
 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and 
 Plant  Quarantine 
 
UNITED  STATES  DEPARTIffiNT  0?  AGRICULTURE 
 TAAOn    AGRICULTURAL  RSSilARCH  ADMII'ISTRATION 
 i^"OAKDBU^^VJ^U  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  AlTD  FIANT  Q,IIARA1?TINS 
 
 Washington  25,  D.  C. 
 
 October  3I,  I9U9 
 
 B.S.P.q.  578-8 
 
 SUMMARY  OF  STATE  NURSERY-STOCK  SHIPPING  HEQ,UIREl"fflNTS  AlTD  PLAIW 
 qUARA^TTINSS  AND  IGGULATIONS  AF?ECTING  INrERSTATE  SHIPJC31TTS 
 
 DELAWARE 
 
 The  infoPTiation  contained  in  thir,  siimniarj  was  compiled  fron .  material 
 received  from  the  plant  quarantine  official  of  Delaware  and  has  been  aj)- 
 proved  by  him.  It  is  issued  for  the  convenience  of  plant  quarantine  in- 
 spectors, shippers,  transportation  agents,  truckers,  and  otheis  concerned 
 in  the  interstate  novanentof  plants,  plant  products,  and  other  materials 
 subject  to  State  re,^lation  on  account  of  plant  pests. 
 
 The  summary  fur  Delaware  givos  the  general  requirements  for  shipping 
 nursery  stock  into  that  State.    An  appendix  furnishes  information  on 
 post-office  requirements  for  nailing  plants  as  well  as  terminal-inspection 
 procedure.     This  siinmary  does  not  include  digests  of  nursery-stock  and 
 plp.nt- quarantine  requirements  relating;  to  the  movanemtoi  plants  entirely 
 within  the  State, 
 
 -he  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  ar  as  a  substitute  for  the  original  texts  of  the 
 regulations  and  quarantines,  rnd  it  is  not  to  be  interpreted  as  legally 
 authoritative.     For  detailed  information  addrjss  the  Nursery  Inspector, 
 State  Board  of  Agric\ilture,  Dover,  Delaware, 
 
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 In  addition  to  State  requlrenonts,  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  reguiated  areas.    However,  some  of  these  quarantines  regu- 
 late the  intersta.te  movement  of  certain  articles  into  designated  protected 
 areas.    Copies  of  such  quarantines  m.ay  be  obtained  from  the  Bureau  of 
 Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine,  'Washington  25,  D.  C. 
 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and 
 Plant  QTiarantine 
 
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 DELA.WAEB 
 
 Stunmary  of  G-eneral  Nursery- Stock  Shippin/:;  Requirements 
 (Law  of  1899,  anended  I9OI,  ch.  21 6,   sees.  13-15) 
 
 Definition  of  Nurseiy  Stock. — All  woo  ly  plants  and  parts  thereof  capable 
 
 of  propagation,  whether  wild,  cultivated,  or  greenhouse-grown;  herbaceous 
 
 biennials  and  perennials,  bulbous  plants  and  roots;  anmial  plants;  a- 
 
 quatics;  and  fruit  pits  and  othx.^r  seeds  of  fruit  and  ornamental  trees 
 
 and  shrubs. 
 
 General  Shipping  Kequiremnnts. — Nursery-stock  shipments  into  Delaware 
 must  bear  a  nurscr;'/-inspection  certificate  of  the  State  from  which  the 
 plants  are  shipr>ed,  and  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  sender  and  ad- 
 dressee. A  copy  of  such  certificate  must  be  filed  prior  to  shipment. 
 Shipments  r.re  subject  to  inspection  on  arrival,  and  if  the  stock  does 
 not  meet  the  requirements  it  may  be  disposed  of  by  the  State.  The  car- 
 rier is  required  to  hold  uncertified  shipments  undelivered  and  report 
 them  to  the  State  Soard  of  Agriculture, 
 
 The  State  of  "Delaware  has  no    plant  quarantines  pertaining  to  inter- 
 state  shipments. 
 
 The  fore^!;oinf;  surnm.ary  was  checked  and  approved  on  August  9»  ^9^9 • 
 by     .  Kobert  Kickman,  Nursery  Inspector. 
 
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 APPENDIX 
 
 Requirements  for  Mailing  Plants  and  Plant  Products 
 
 Under  the  postal  lav;s  and  regulations,  nursory  stock,  including  all 
 field-grown  florists'   stock,   trees,   shrubs,  vines,  cuttings,  grafts, 
 scions,  buds,  fruit  pits,  <ind  other  seeds  of  fruit  and  ornam<'^ntal  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  accompanie:!  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  in,sects  and 
 plant  diseases.    Parcels  containing  such  nursery  stock  must  be  plainly 
 marked  to  show  thw  nature  of  the  contents  and  the  name  and  address  of  the 
 sender.     (Postal  Laws  and  Eegalations  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  plantsor  plant  products,  if  from 
 \ininspected  premises,  will  also  be  accepted  upon  examination  and  certifi- 
 cation by  a  State  plant  quarantine  official.    The  address  of ^ the  Delaware 
 plant  quarantine  official  is  given  in  the  preceding  summary. 
 
 Terminal  Inspection  of  Mail  Shipments  of  Plants  and  Plant  Products 
 (Act    Mar.  k,  I915,  as  amended  June  k,  I936;  Postal  Laws 
 and  Regulations  19^0,  sec.  59^) 
 
 Establishment  of  Terminal  Inspection. — Any  State  desiring  to  operate 
 under  the  provisions  of  thv-^  terminal  inspection  law  so  as  to  regulate  the 
 movement  of  mail  shipm.'nts  of  plants  and  plant  products  into  (or  within) 
 the  State  may,  after  having  provided  therefor  at  State  expense  and  having 
 designated  onr  or  more  plr.ces  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  G-eneral  whereupon  postmasters  will  be  informed  and  instructed, 
 
 Anyonfi  mniling  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  thp  contents.    Materials  shipped  tinder  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  may 
 arrange  through  Federal  channels,  after  approval  by  the  Secretary  of 
 Agriculture  as  indicated  above,  to  regulate  or  prohibit  the  movement  into 
 
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 (or  within)   the  State  of  mail  siiipments  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 
 ternfinal  inspection,  plpnts  or  plant  products  named  on  the  approved  list 
 will  be  forwardefl  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  injurionas  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  fegulation  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  rp;turned  to  him  upon  his  request  and  at  his  ex- 
 pense.    In  default  of  such  request  tho  parcel  will  be  turned  over  to  the 
 State  authorities  for  destruction. 
 
 i'errainal  inspection  of  plants  and  plant  products  is  novr  maintained 
 by  Arizona,  Arkansas,  California,  District  of  Columbia,  Florida,  Hawaii, 
 Idaho,  Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Montana,  Oregon,  Puerto  Rico,  Utah,  and 
 Washington.    Plants  and  plant  prodvicts  subject  to  terminal  inspection  and 
 places  where  terrinal- 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  e:q)edite  the  handling  of  parcels  subject  to  ter- 
 ninal  inspection,  as  follows:     (l)  Th.?  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  thf-.  parcels  a  pledge  reading, 
 "Forwarding  postage  guaranteed,"  whereupon  the  additional  postage  for 
 forwarding  will  be  collected  from  the  addressee.