■ E.P.Q. 578-25 UNITED STATIS DEPARTMENT 07 AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMIN I STRATI ON BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Washington 25, D. C. : ' LIBRARY May ig, 19U9 STATE PLANT BOARD SUMMARY OF STATS NURSERY- STOCK SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS MISSISSIPPI The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of Mississippi and has "been approved by him. It is issued for the convenience of plant quarantine inspectors, shippers, transportation agents, truckers, and others con- cerned in the interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other materials subject to State regulation on account of plant pests. The summary for Mississippi gives the general requirements for ship- ping nursery rtock 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 v:ell as terminal-inspection procedure. This summary does not include di- gests 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 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 Entomologist, State Plant Board, State College, Mississippi. 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 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. Acting Chiefs/Bureau of Entofr/logy and Plant Quarantine Mississippi nursery- r:tock shipping requirements MISSISSIPPI Summary of General Nursery-Stock Shipping Requirements (Miss". Code I93O, sec. 6965, 6967; Senate Bill 2hl, I936; Rule 35, amended Aug. 13, I9UI; Rule 31, amended July 30, I9U3) Definition of Nursery Stock. — All trees, shrubs, and plants having per- sirt~nt woody stems, and parts thereof capable of propagation, except fruit pits; and kudzu and strawberry plants. General Shipping Requirements. — Any person who desires to ship nursery stock into Mississippi shall file with the State Plant 3oard a valid in- spection certificate of the State of origin. The State Plant Board may make reciprocal agreements with other States, under which nursery stock or plants from any such State may he moved into Mississippi under the same conditions required for the movement of Mississippi nursery stock or plants into the State concerned. A valid nursery certificate tag must he attached to each bundle or other container of nursery stock shipped into Mississippi. Each container should also he plainly marked with the names and addresses of shipper and consignee, the general nature and quantity of the contents, and locality where grown. If San Jose scale is present in any nursery, shipments of all host plants of the scale, which will stand funigation, must be funigated im- mediately prior to shipment from such nursery. Dipping may be substi- tuted for fumigation when approved "by the Mississippi State Plant Board. Any person receiving from outside the State a shipment of plants or other articles not in compliance with Mississippi certification and labelling requirements shall so inform the State Plant Board or local inspector and hold such shipment unopened subject to such inspection and disposition as may be required. Plant Materials Subject to 'Terminal Inspection The State of Mississippi has arranged, according to the plan outlined in the appendix, for terminal inspection of sweetpotatoes, sweetpotato plants, vines, and cuttings, and morning-glory vines and roots, except that those which originate within the State of Mississippi and are ad- dressed to places within the State, when accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by the Mississippi State Plant Board, are exempt. Mississippi has also arranged for the enforcement, under the terminal-inspection procedure, of Rules 2^-A and 2kG (intrastate), both pertaining to the sweetpotato weevil. Mississippi nursery- stock shipping requirements -3- Terninal Inspectio n Points in Mississippi Aberdeen Grenada Leland Senatobia Ackerman Gulf pert Meridian Starkville Booneville Jackson Moss Point State College Brookhaven Laurel Poplarville Stoneville Mississippi plant quarantines _k_ Summary of State Quarantines and Regulations Argentine Ant (Rule 65.. issued Jan. 1, 193^) Potted plants or any plants with soil or. the roots will not be ad- mitted into Mississippi from areas known to he infested with Argentine ants unless the Mississippi State Plant Board is informed by a plant- inspection official of the State of origin that the property on which the plants were grown was inspected and found free from the pest, or that the pest is being successfully controlled. Such shipments must also com- ply with the Mississippi general nursery-stock shipping requirements. Cabbage Pe sts and Diseases (Pule 67, issued Oct. 6, 1936) Transportation of cabbage plants into Mississippi is prohibited un- less each shipment is accompanied by certification of the State of origin that such plants were inspected and found apparently free from injurious insect pests and plant diseases. Camellia Flower Blight (Rule 71, adopted June 22, 194-9) Prohibited articles. — Balled and potted camellia plants and cut camellia flowers originating in the infected areas and all other areas which may later be found infected. Restricted articles, — Camellia plants free from soil and without buds. Conditions governing movement. — The prohibited articles may not be moved into Mississippi. Restricted articles accompanied by a valid certificate of the State of origin will be admitted into the State. Infected areas California: Entire State 3-eorgia: 3^29 Tuxedo Road, Atlanta Mi ssi ssippi plant quarantines -5- Phony Peach Disease (Bale G\-k, amended Pel). 14, 19U7) Peach trees, peach roots, nectarine trees, nectarine roots, or any tree or shrub budded on peach or nectarine roots, may be transported from the infected areas into, within, or from Mississippi only when each ship- ment is accompanied by a valid nursery-inspection certificate of the State of origin and when, in addition, the plant quarantine official of the State of origin certifies in advance of each shipping season that the nursery and its environs within 1 mile were inspected and all phony-diseased trees were removed prior to June 30 preceding the date of certification, provided that the presence of the disease within any block of the nursery or adjacent thereto shall disqualify for certification all stock in the affected block other than root stock from seed planted the previous year. Infected areas Alabama Louisiana South Carolina Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Florida Missouri Texas Georgia Seed Potatoes (Rule bO, amended May 9, I93S) Potatoes for seed purposes may not be sold in Mississippi unless each shipment of such potatoes is accompanied >y a certificato affirming . that the potatoes have been inspected and found to meet the standards of the State of origin for certification with respect to freedom from various potato diseases. Seed potatoes will be rejected if more than 10 percent thereof show infection with scao. This regulation does not apply to seed potatoes used in planting the fall crop. Mi s s i s s ipp i plant quarantines -6- Seed Sweetpo tatoes and Sweetpotato Plants (Rule 233, amended effective Oct. g, I9U1) Seed sweetpotatoes, sweetpotato plants and vines, and all morning- glory plants or parte thereof may not "be moved into Mississippi unless a permit certificate tag of the Mississippi State Plant Board is attached to each container thereof. When sold in Mississippi, plants, vines, and cuttings originating outside the State must he tied in "bundles of 100 with valid certificate tape issued "by the Mississippi State Plant Board or "by the State of origin. Permit certificate tags and certificate tape may be obtained by filing with the Mississippi State Plant Board an inspection certificate of the State of origin showing that the potatoes, plants, fields, beds, and premises of the applicant have met the Mississippi requirements for certi- fication of seed sweetpo tatoes or potato plants, Whenever sweetpotato diseases "become so widely distributed in any State that the Mississippi Plant Board shall consider shipments from the State as unsafe or dangerous, the Board shall decline to issue permit certificates for the movement of seed sweetpotatoes or potato plants from that State into Mississippi. Permit certificate tags and certificate tape may be recalled for cause "by the Mississippi State Plant Board. Sweetpotatoes for food purposes may "be shipped into Mississippi from other States provided there is attached to each container either (l) a certificate of the State of origin affirming that the sweetpotatoes were grown in and shipped from an area free from the sweetpotato weevil or (2) a Mississippi permit, which will he issued on presentation of suitable evidence of production in a weevil-free area. Sugarcane Pests (Rule 50B, amended Jan. 22, 1929) Sugarcane may not he shipped into Mississippi unless each shipment is accompanied "by a permit issued by the Mississippi State Plant Board. Permits will he issued to applicants (l) on presentation of evidence that the sugarcane was inspected in the State of origin and no injurious pests found or (2) when the cane is certified as having "been treated under the supervision of an official of the State of origin so as to destroy all serious pests. Mississippi plant quarantines -7- Sweetpotato Weevil (Rule 2U-A, amended June 22, 19^9 ; Rule 2UC, amended Jan. 1^-, I9U9) The movement into Mississippi of sweetpotato plante, vines, cuttings, draws, and slips, and morning-glory plants and parts thereof from the in- fested areas is prohibited. Sweetpotatoes may he admitted only under spe- cial perjni't at the discretion of the Mississippi Entomologist and under such safeguards as he shall specify (l) for experimental use or for propa- gation under the supervision of a State agency, (2) when fumigated under supervision of a State or Federal inspector and moved directly to a named consignee? immediately after fumigation, of (3) when grown in a weevil- free area of an infested county, Transportation through Mississippi of sweetpotatoes and sweetpotato plants and parts originating in the infested areas is prohibited except as follows: Sweetpotatoes may move through Mississippi (l) by common car- rier on through bills of lading, from July 1 to April 30i if accompanied by an inspection certificate of the State of origin, or (2) by other than common carrier, from July 1 to April JO, if in officially sealed trucks with an inspection certificate of the State of origin and a special permit of the Mississippi State Plant Board, provided that such shipments from February 1 through April '30 must also be accompanied by a certificate of fumigation with methyl bromide under the supervision of a State or Federal inspector. The special permits will be issued only on presentation to the authorized representative of the Plant Board of a true copy of the invoice or bill of sale showing the names-' and addresses of consignor and consignee. Shipments from the infested areas will not be permitted to pass through Mississippi from May 1 to June J>0. Infested areas Alabama: Counties of Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Geneva, Mobile Florida: Entire State Georgia: Counties of Brooks, Camden, Chatham, Colquitt, Glynn, Grady, Mcintosh, Mitchell, Thomas, Tift, Worth Louisiana: Parishes of De Soto, Grant, and Sabine, and all parishes south of and including Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington Mississippi: Parts of the counties of Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Pearl River, and Walthallf entire counties of Harrison and Jackson South Carolina: County of Charleston Mississippi plant quarantines -g- Sweetpotato Weevil (Cont.) Infested areas (Cont.) Texas: Counties of Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, 3urleson, Burnet, Caldwell, -Oalhtrafi*., Csm&ton* . Chambers, Colorado, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Crane, Crockett, De Witt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Falls, Fayette, Port 3end,. Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Kardin, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Hill, Irion, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Limestone^ L£:sre;©?k, Llano, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Milam, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Pecos, Polk, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala Mississippi plant Quarantines ~9- Texas Root Hot or 0 senium Root Rot (Rule 03 » issued Jan. 1, 19 30) Nursery stock, trees, plants, shrubs, and vines from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Hew Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and other States which ma- hereafter "become infected, may not be moved into Mississippi unless each lot or shipment is accompanied by State-of-origin certifi- cation that the plants contained therein were grown and packed in and shipped from .a district free of Texas root rot or ozonium root rot. The shipment must comply with the general nursery-stock shipping requirement? 0 f Mi s si s s ippi • The foregoing summary was checked and approved on August 17, 19^' 3, by Clay Lyle, Entomologist, State Plant Board, as to the quarantines then in effect. The camellia flower "blight and sweetpotato weevil quarantines were suiauarisied thereafter. -10- APOTDIX 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 other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, including strawberry plants (except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants end other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots)-, maybe admitted to the nails 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 l$P+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 certi- fication by a State plant quarantine official. The address of the Mississippi plant quarantine official is given in the preceding summary. Terminal Inspection of Mail Shipments of Plants and Plant Products (Act Mar. \, 1915. as amended June k, 193^5 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 where inspection will be main- tained, 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 post- masters 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 thereof is required, under the law, to have the parcel plainly marked on the outside to show the nfrtiire 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 may arrange through Federal channels, after approval by the Secretary of -11- Agri culture as indicated above, to regulate or prohibit the movement into (or wirhin) the State of mail shipments of designated plants and plant products the movement of which would constitute a violation ox" State plant quarantine laws or regulations. Terminal Inspection Procedure, — Upcn 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 disirfested when they are found invested, 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 ar1"1 in violation of any plant quarantine or regulation of the State of destination or the Unite--. 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 e3id of the summary of the general nursery- stock shipping require- ments 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: (l) 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,11 whereupon the additional postage for forwarding will be collected from the addressee. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IjlllllllllWIIlWIlllll 3 1262 09314 8442 111