UIHTSD  STATES  DEPAETIffiNT  0?  A,(>RI  CULTURE 
 AGIlTCULCIJPu\L  HESEAUCH  ADMINISTEATIOH 
 BUESAU  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  "AUD  PLAITT  C5UAEA1TTI Iffi 
 Washington  25,    D.    C. 
 
 October  2,   I95O 
 
 B.s.p.q.  57g-i6 
 
 Sm-yiAICf  OF  STATE  ITLTRSESY- STOCK   SHIPPING- SE QUI PEICJIJTS  AI^  PLAITT 
 QUAEANTINas  Aim  FJIGULATIOUS  AFFLICTING  INTERSTATE  SHIPMEITTS 
 
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 The  information  contained  in  this  summary  v/as  compiled  from  material 
 received  from  the  plant  quarantine  official  of  Iowa  and  has  "been  approved 
 "by  him.   It  is  issued  for  the  convenience  of  plant  quarantine  inspectors, 
 shippers,  transportation  agents,  truckers,  and  others  concerned  in  the  in- 
 terstate movement  of  plants,  plant  products,  and  other  materials  suhject 
 to  State  regulation  on  account  of  plant  pests. 
 
 The  summary'-  for  lov/a  gives  the  general  requirements  for  shipping  nur- 
 sery stock  into  that  State,  An  appendix  furnishes  information  on  post- 
 office  requirements  for  mailing  plants  as  well  as  terminal-inspection 
 procedure.   Ihis  summary  does  not  include  digests  of  nursery- stock  and 
 plant-q^uarantine  requirements  relating  to  the  movement  of  plants  entirely 
 within  the  State. 
 
 The  information  containf^d  in  this  circular  is  helieved  to  he  correct 
 and  complete  up  to  the  tim.e  of  preparation,  hut  it  is  not  intended  to  he 
 used  independently  of  or  as  a  substitute  for  the  orij;inal  texts  of  the 
 regulations,  and  it  is  not  to  "be  interpreted  as  legally  authoritative. 
 For  detailed  information  address  the  State  Entomologist,  3II  Science 
 Building,  Ames,  Iowa. 
 
 In  addition  to  State  requirements,  shippers  will  need  to  take  into 
 consideration  applicable  plant  quarantined  of  the  United  States  Department 
 of  Agriculture.   In  most  instances  these  quarantines  reg-vL^.te  the  inter- 
 state movement  of  specified  plants,  plant  products,  and  other  articles 
 from  designated  regulated  areas.  However,  some  of  these  quarmitines  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  Q,uarantine,  Washington  25,  D.  C, 
 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology^ and' 
 Plant  Qaargntine 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
 Iowa  nursery- stock  ".   '..  .  '  .  ■,     '  lllllillii  i  11  1   1^ 
 
 shipping  requirements  3  1262  09314  8103 
 
 IOWA 
 
 Summary  of  G-eneral  Mursery-Stock  Shipping  Requirements 
 
 (Regulation  Ho,    3,    effective  July  1,    1935)  ... 
 
 Definition  of  ITarsery   Stock. -<-Fi eld-grown  wood,v  -plants  and  parts  used  for 
 propagation,   vfhether  cultivated  or  native,    such  as  fruit,    forest,   and  shade 
 trees,    evergreens,   ornamental   shrubs  and  vines,    and  all  berrj''  plants,    in- 
 cluding strawlDerry,     G-reenhouse  plants  are  not  included. 
 
 \ 
 
 General  Shipping  Requirements,— Any  out-of-State  nurseryman,    dealer,   or 
 jotter  shipping  nursery   stock  into   Iowa  may  ottain  a  license  ty  filing  ndth 
 the   Iowa  State  Entomologist  a  signed  copy  of  his  current  inspection  certi- 
 ficate and  paying  a  fee  of  $5  or  a  fee  equivalent   to    that  charged  ty  his 
 State   to  out-of-State   firms.      The  Iowa  State  Sntoraologist  v;ill  determine 
 which  fee   shall  te  paid.      Licenses  expire  on  September  1  following  date  of 
 issue.      Reciprocal   agreements  may  te  entered  into  v/ith  otherC States  .where- 
 by no  fees,   tends,    special  taf;s,    invoices,    fum.igation,    or   special  inspec- 
 tion other  than  that  required  for  the  regular  certificate  will  be  required 
 in  either  State, 
 
 A  copy  of  the  current  inspection  certificate  must  te  attached  to    each 
 package  of  nursery   stock   ship'^ed  into   Iowa,      Kursery   stock  moving  into    the 
 State  is   sutject   t'o   inspection  and,    if  found  infested,    it  may  te  destroyed, 
 or  treated,    or  returned  to   the  consignor  at  his  expense.      Nursery  stock  p\ir- 
 chased  in  other  States  and  shipped  into  lox^ra  under  a  recognized  certificate 
 may  te  reshipped  ty  lovra.  nurser^Tnen  under   their  own  certificates,     Out-of- 
 State  concerns  that  have  orders   filled  ty  lov/a  nurser;/men  and   shipped 
 direct    to    their  customers  are  required  to    take  out  a  dealer's   license  with 
 their  address  as  that  of   the   nursery  where  orders  are  filled,  anr'.  attach  to 
 each   shipment  a  copy  of  the  certificate.      Otherwise   the    shipment  must  tear 
 the  certificate  of   the  nursery  filling  the  order,    and  the    stock  must  te 
 represented  as  telonging   to    them, 
 
 Iowa  has  no  plant  quarantines  pertaining   to   interstate   shipments. 
 
 The  foregoing    summary  was  checked  and  approved  on  July  26,    19^9*   ^y 
 H.   M,  :Harris,    State  -entomologist.