UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE "* AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OE ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Washington 25," D, C, fw a September 26, 19$2 B.E.P.Q. ^78-51 SUMMARY CP STATji] NURSERY-STOCK SHIPPIJ C- REQUIREMENTS AND PLA QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS WISCONSIN The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of Wisconsin and has been ap- proved 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 sub.iect to State regulation on account of plant pests. The summary for Wisconsin gives the general reouiroments for shipping nursery stock into that State, as well as digests of the State plant quar- antines and regulations affecting interstate shipments. An appendix fur- nishes information on post-office requirements for mailing plants, as ".-ell as terminal-inspection procedure. This summary doe? not include digests of nursery-stock or plant-quarantine 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. Por detailed information address the State Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture, State Capitol, Madison 2, Wisconsin. In addition to State requirements, shipper:; will need to take into consideration applicable plant quarantines of the United States Department of Agricultiire. In .most instances these quarantines regulate the inter- state movement of specified plants, plant prod-acts, 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. / 4-^ "LAyjd Cfr-ySi ef , Bureau of jantdyology and^Plant Quarantine .■.■is cons in nursery-stocic shipping requirements ~ 2 *• WISCONSIN Su.unary of General Nursery-Stock Shipping Requirements (Wis. Stat. I9U3, ch.94.secs.94. 51,94. 544,94.60,94.61, 94. 62) Definition of Nursery Stock. — All field-grown florist stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and otner herbaceous plants, bulb;?, and roots. General Shipping Heouirements. — Any nonresident nurseryman or dealer desir- ing to deal in nursery stock in Wisconsin should file a certified copy of his State inspection certificate with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and pay a fee of $10. The Department may enter into reciprocal agreements with officials of other States under which nursery stock nay be shipped withgut payment of a fee in either State. Principals should - secure an agent's certificate, to be carried by each agent employed "by him. Cer- tificates expire annually on October 1 following date of issue. It is un- lawful to misrepresent grade, character, variety, or quality of nursery stock offered for sale. Each carload or other container of nursery stock moved into Wisconsin must have attached an inspection certificate of the State of origin. It is unlawful to accept uncertified nursery stock for shipment. Carriers should report the arrival of uncertified nursery stock to the Department, and when so directed by the State Entomologist must notify him of any shipment of nursery stock and hold such shipment subject to iiis order. Permits for Shipment of Insects and Fr.tnogons. — No one may sell, offer for sale, or move into Wisconsin any living insect in any stage of development or any living plant pathogens without a permit from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Wisconsin plant quarantine b _ "Z _ c • -: rT^ of State Plant Quarantii-.es Alfalfa Weevil (Quarantine -To. b (Revised), effective Dec. 15, 19^1) The movement into Wisconsin of alfalfa nay, other hay of any kind, and cereal straw, as such, as packing Material, or -for any other purpose, when grown or stored in the infested areas, is prohibited except under certifi«- cation as provided below. Hay and straw may move into Wisconsin from the infested areas when in- spected end certified by a State or Federal inspector as fr-^.e from alfalfa weevil, loaded in trucks, care, or other vehicles free from infestation, and accompanied b; a valid copy of a certificate to this effect. Any hay and cereal straw produced in the infested areas nay move into Wisconsin when accompanied by certification that they have been fumigated with methyl bromide, as specified, undor supervision of a State or Federal inspector end chipped in vehicles found free from the weevil. Shipments of alfalfa meal and chopped alfalfa hay nay move into Wisconsin from the infested areas only when acconpanied by a certificate to the effect that they were produced, maintained, and handled as specified in the quarantine, so as to prevent their tcccr.ing infested with the weevil, Chopped alfalfa hay must be chopped end shipped during the period December 1 through March 15. Certif icates must be in triplicate signed by the official inspector of the State of origin or his authorized representative. Upon issuance the original certificate must be nailed to the Chief, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin; the dupli- cate copy must be attached to each car, truck, or parcel of the regulated product; and the triplicate copy must be attached to the waybill. Each certificate must show . and addresses of consignor end consignee, date of shipment, number ef car or license, number of true;", and name of railroad or owni r of truck or other vehicles. Infested areas Arizona Montana South Dakota California Nebraska Utah Colorado Hevada Wyoming Idaho Oregon Wisconsin plant quarantines - h Cranberry False Blossom (Regulation Ho. 6, effective Jan. 1, 1930 ) Each shipment of cranberry plants moved into Wisconsin must be accomp- anied by an inspection certificate of the State of origin showing that the premises of origin have been inspected and found reasonably free of false blossom, A tolerance of not more than 0.1 percent will be allowed unless a special permit is secured. Raspberry Diseases (Regulation, as recommended by the Central Plant Board) Any shipment of raspberry plants noved into Wisconsin should have at- tached to each carload or other container a certificate of the State of origin affirming that it was issued after fulfillment of the following con- ditions: (l) Each block of raspberry plants in a planting was inspected and rogued twice diiring the previous summer, with an interval of at least 30 days between inspections; (2) not more than 2 percent of the plants was found infected with orange rust and other diseases of virus type on the first inspection, and not more than 1 percent on the second; and (3) "11 visibly infected plants were eradicated and immediately reuoved from the plantation to the satisfaction of the inspector. The foregoing summary was reviewed and approved on August 13» 1952 » by E. L. Chambers, State Entomologist. APPENDIX Requirements _f or_ Mailing ?1 -gits ■ and j'lant Products Under the postal laws and regulations, nursery stock, iding all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, 'ruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrub", and other plants, and plant ; roducts, for ■ ropagation, including strawberry plants, (except i ield, vegetable, and flow* is, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, ai , may be admitted to the mails only when accompanied "ia a State inspection certificate bo the effect that the nurseiy or premises from which . stock is i pped has been inspected within a year and found free frc trious insects and plant diseases. P, re Is containing such nursery stock must be plainly marked to show th« natui'e of the contents end the name and address of the sender. (Postal Laws and Regulations 19ho, sec. 35. 27(b)). inspection ana certification must be dene by a plant quarantin official of the State of origin. An individual mailing of sac., plants or plant products, if from uninspected premises, will ale? be accepted upon examination and certification by a State plant quarantine official. The address of the Wisconsin plant quarantine official is iven in bhe preceing summary. Terr-LnaJ. Inspection of Kail Shipments of PI ants and Plant Products (Act ilar. U, 191>, as amended June h, 1936j Postal Laws and R< ■ ulatiens I9I48, sec. 35.28) Establishment of Terminal Inspection. — Any State desiring to .operate under the provision, of the terminal inspection law so as to re ulate the move- ment of mail shipments of plants and plant products intc (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 shi] irned ov o State plan;:. quar< inspec- tors for examination at designated -a action points. Application will be made to the Secretary of Agric - by sul LI ing list of plants and pi? .a products and th plant pests trans i1 , necy, .rich are to be examined* Th< list, when approved in whole or - ft, will be trans- mitted to the Postmaster Gen rai 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 thereof is required, under the law, to have the parcel plainly marked on bhc out- side to show the nature of the contents. . i hipped under Federal quarantine certificates issued b; the Bureau of Entomology and Pla i Quarantine may be exempted from terminal Inspection at the option of the receiving state. Under the provisions of + ... 1936 amendment to the law, any State arrange through Federal channels, after approval bj the i cretary of Agriculture as indicated above, lo 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 arc 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 fcr 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 Prying 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