UNITED  STATUS  D3?ART?GKS  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 AGRICULTURAL  RESEARCH  ADi 'I  ill  STRATI  ON 
 BUREAU  OP  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  PLANT   ^UAPAiiTINE 
 './ashing ton  25 ,   D.  'C. 
 
 March  27,    1951 
 
 b.e.p.^.  578-35 
 
 summary  of  stats  nursery- ;>'tock  shipping  eectuibsmssts  and  plant 
 quarantines  and  23gula.2i0ms  abt3ctih}  interstate  shipments 
 
 north  dakota 
 
 The  information  contained  in  this  summary  was  compiled  from  material 
 received  from  the  plant  quarantine  official  of  North  Dekota  and  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  Forth  Dakota  gives  the  general   requirements  for  ship- 
 ping nursery  stock  into  that   State.*     An  appendix  furnishes  information  on 
 post-office   requirements  for  mailing  plants  as  veil   as   terminal-inspection 
 procedure,.      This   summary  does  not   include  digests  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  ^reparation,    but   it   is  not   intended  to   be 
 used  independently  of  or  as  a  substitute   for   the  original  texts  of   the 
 regulations,    and  it   is  not   to   be  interpreted  as  legally  authoritative. 
 For   detailed  information  address   the   State  Entomologist,    Department  of 
 Entomology,   North  Dakota  Agricultural  College,    Fargo,   North  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.      Ho',\rever,    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  ' 
 In  to  mo  logy  and  Plant  Quarantine,   Nashington  25,    D.   C. 
 
 Chief,    Bureaft  of  Entomology  and  • 
 Plant  Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF   FLORIDA 
 
 -Torth  Dakot  nursery-stock  iiiiwhijhmmihj 
 
 shipping  requirements 
 
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 270P3H  DAZOTA 
 
 Summary  of  General  1'ursery- Stock  Shipping  Requirements 
 
 (Comp.    L.    IT.    Dak.    I917,    ch»3S;    art.  35,    sees. 2S^P2E^T; 
 
 House  Bill  267,   iiar.    1+,    I9H1) 
 
 Definition  of  iTursery  Stock. — Trees,  shrubs,  vines,  and  other  plants  having 
 a  persistent  woody  stem,  and  such  hardy  herbaceous  perennials  as  strawberry 
 plants* 
 
 General   Shipping  Requirements. — Each   shipment  of  nursery   stock  moving  into 
 North  Dakota  must  bear  a  valid  inspection  certificate  of  the  State  of  ori- 
 gin.     Carriers  must  report  uncertified  shipments  of  nursery   stock  to   the 
 State  Entomologist,    stating   the  point  of  origin  and  the  name  of  the  con- 
 signee 
 
 Anyone  who   employs  agents  or   solicits  for   the    sale  of  nursery   stock  in 
 the.  State    should,  .in  the  absence  of  reciprocal   agreements,  obtain  a  license 
 from   the  Director  of  the  North  Dakota  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  upon 
 paying  a  fee  of  $10  and  filing  with   the  Director  a  copy  of  his   State  nursery 
 inspection  certificate.      The  license  is  effective  for  12  months  following 
 date  of  issue.      Any  person  or  his  agent   is   required,    at    the   time  of   sale 
 of  nursery   stock,    to   give  the  purchaser  a  certified   statement  as   to   the  cor- 
 rect English  name  or  trade  name,    as  far  as  possible,    of   each  variety   soldo 
 
 The  Director  may  enter  into   reciprocal  agreements with  officials  of 
 other   States  whereby  nursery   stock  may  be   shipped  between  the   States  with- 
 out payment  of  a  fee   (conditioned,  on   satisfactory  inspection   standards), 
 and  without   special  permit  tags,   invoices,    fumigation,    special   statements, 
 or   special   inspection  other   than  that  required  for  the   regular  nursery- 
 inspection  certificate.  ...    . 
 
 North  Dakota  maintains  no    State  plant   quarantines  affecting  inter- 
 state   shipments. 
 
 The  foregoing -summary  was  checked  and  approved  on  August   S,    19^9. 
 by  J.   A.  Munro,    State  Sntcmolgist.