UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Washington 25, D. C. STATE PLANT BOARD June 29, 19 50 B.E.P.Q. 578-^2 SUMMARY OF STATE NURSERY-STOCK SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AID PTANT QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS SOUTH CAROLINA The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of South Carolina 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 South Carolina gives the general requirements for ship- ping nursery stock 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 well as terminal-inspection procedure. This summary does not include di- gests of nursery-stock or plant-quarantine requirements relating to the movement of plants entirely v/ithin 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 regu- lations and quarantines, and it is not to be interpreted as legally author- itative. For detailed information address the Entomologist, State Crop Pest Commission, Clemson, South Carolina 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. 4/ i ~&u/ A/ /fo^r Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant ^uarantiiit Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/southcarolOOunit South Carolina nursery-stock shipping requirements -2- SOUTH CAROLINA Summary of General Nursery-Stock Shipping Requirements (Nursery Regulations, approved Dec. 1, 19^+2) Definition of Nursery Stock. — Fruit, nut, shade, and ornamental trees and shrubs; vinos, bulbs, roots, tubers, and all other plants and parts of plants for propagation purposes. General Shi Typing Requirements. — Nurserymen wishing to move nursery stock into South Carolina must file a valid inspection certificate, signed "by the responsible inspection official of the State of origin, with the South Carolina State Crop Post Commission. Dealers 'should file an affidavit giving the names of nurseries from which they expect to buy nursery stock to ship into the State and have each such firm file with the Commission a duplicate nursery-inspection certificate of the State in which it is loca- ted. All shipments of nursery stock moving into South Carolina must "be accompanied by a valid inspection certificate of the State of origin. Hur- serymen in States requiring permit tags, invoices, or fees from South Carolina nurserymen must meet like requirements in shipping nursery stock into South Carolina. The South Carolina State Entomologist issues weekly lists of viola- tors of South Carolina requirements during the shipping season and at longer intervals during the remainder of the year so that purchasers may he informed as to firms that fail to comply with the law. South Carolina plant quarantines -3- Summary of Plant Quarantine s and Re-~ula tions Camellia Flower Bli ght (Quarantine, revised effective Nov. J, 19^9) Prohibited products. — Balled and potted camellia plants; cut camellia flowers. Conditions of movement of reguioted products. — Balled or potted camellia plants with soil attached, cut camellia flowers, rr plants with flower buds shoeing any traces of color are prohibited from moving into South Carolina from the regulated areas. Bare- rooted Cornell ia plants with flower buds showing no trace of color will bo allowed to move into South Carolina, from the regulated areas under proper certificate from the State of origin. Regulated areas California - Entire State Georgia - J>G2Q Tuxedo Road, Tuxedo Park Community, Atlanta Citrus (Nursery Regulations, approved Dec. 1, 19^2) The movement of citrus fruit stock into South Carolina is prohibited except by special ncrmit. South Caroline1- plant quarantine a -U- Furopean Corn Borer (Regulation 1 CB, revised Oct. 31, I9U0) Corn, broomcorn, etc. — Cornstelks, earn, cobs, or other parts or debris of plants of corn, hroorne^rn, sorghums, or Sudan grass (except clean, shelled seed) may not he moved into South Carolina from the quarantined territory unless (l) manufactured or processed in such manner as to eliminate risk of carrying the "borer, or (2) accompanied hy a State or Federal inspection certificate of freedom from the "borer. Floral ani vegetable jolants, etc. — Celery, bean in the pod, "beets with stems, rhubarb, oat or rye straw as such or as packing, cut flowers or en- tire plants of acter, chrysanthemum, cosmos, hollyhock, and zinna, and cut flowers or entire plants cf dahlia and gladiolus (exeept roots or corr.s without stems), which have b^.en grown or stored in the quarantined terri- tory, may net be moved into South Carolina unless each container has at- tached a State or Federal inspection certificate showing freedom from the borer. Quarantined territory Connecticut Massachusetts New Tork Vermont Indiana Michigan ■ Ohio Virginia Maine Hew Hampshire Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland ilew Jersey Shode Island Wisconsin Or any other State in which the borer may be found. South Carolina plant quarantines -5- Phony Peach Disease (Quarantine Order No. 1, revised FeiD. 2k, lyky) Regulated products. — Peach and nectarine roots, or peach and nectarine trees with rr,ots, or any kind of trees grafted on peach or nectarine roots. Conditions governing shipment. — Transportation of the regulated products from the regulated areas into, within, or from South Carolina is permitted only when the shipment is accompanied "by a valid nursery-inspection certi- ficate or permit of the State of origin. Eclair orients for certification. — Certificates or permits will he issued only on condition that the nursery and its environs within a mile have been inspected and all phony -diseased trees removed prior to June 30 pre- ceding the shipment; provided, that the presence of the disease in any "block of the nursery, or adjacent thereto, planted to the regulated trees, shall disqualify fcr certification all stock in the block or blocks other than rootstock from seed planted the previous winter. Regulated areas Alabama : Entire State Florida; Entire State Georgia: Entire State Arkansas: Counties of Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Columbia, Crittenden, Cress, Desha, Drew, Hempstead, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Miller, Monroe, Nevada, Phillips, Pike, Saint Francis, Sevier, Union, Woodruff Louisiana: Parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Ds Soto, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Union, Webster Mississippi: Entire State e::cept counties of Benton, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, De Soto, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Kemper, Leflore, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Noxubee, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Winston-, Yalobusha Missouri: County of Dunklin' South Carolina: Counties of Aiken, Barm/ell, Edgefield, Greenville, Laurens, Saluda, Spartanburg Tennessee: Counties of Lauderdale and Shelby Texas: Counties of Bexar, Camp, Cherokee, Erath, Harrison, Kerr, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Nacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine, Smith, Tarrant, Titus, Upshur South Carolina plant quarantines -6- Seed Potatoes (Regulation l6Q, revised Jan. 9, 1939) Certified seed potatoes may not be moved into South Carolina unless there is attached to each container a valid certification tag of the State of origin and unless the containers, if sacks, are closed by a lead seal or mechanical sealer. Certified seed-potato tags will he recognized only when issued by the authorized agency of the State or Territory of origin and upon deter- mination that (l) the source of the foundation, stock has been approved by the certifying official, (2) the stock so certified was inspected at least twice while growing and again at time of shipment and found within the tolerances allowed for potato insect pests and plant diseases as specified in the regulation, (3) identity of such certified seed potatoes was main- tained during storage and shipment, and (4) tags show certification that the foregoing roquirments have been met. All other seed potatoes entering South Carolina must have a tag prominently attached to the containers stating that the potatoes are non- certified, and no statement on the bag shall ■ imply that the potatoes are of superior quality, certified, or registered. South Carolina plant quarantines -7- Sweetnotato Weevil (Quarantine, revised Mar. 22, 19 50) Restricted products. — Sweetpotato roots or tubers, plants, vines, or parts thereof; vines or roots of all plants belonging to the genus I -porno ea; or such other plants as may be found to be hosts of the weevil. Conditions governing movement. — Restricted products may not be moved from any regulated area through, into, within, or from South Carolina unless each container has attached a valid inspection certificate affirming that (1) such material is apparently weevil-free and (2) was produced, packed, and handled in such manner and under such conditions as to eliminate risk of spread of the weevil. Conditions governing issuance of certificates. — (l) No certificate shall be issued for the movement of restricted products from the regulated area in- South Carolina into any State which prohibits such movement. (2) Sweetpctatoes from the regulated areaB will be admitted into South Carolina only when accompanied by State-of-origin certification that such sweetpotoes were fumigated with methyl bromide; and the shipper must notify the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission at time of shipnent of fumigated sweetpotatoss, giving consignee, destination, size, and date of shipment. Regulated areas Alabama: Counties of Baldwin and Mobile Florida: Entire State except the counties of Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Madison, Wakulla, Walton, Washington Georgia: Counties of Bacon, Ben Hill, Charlton, Coffee, Colquitt, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Mitchell, Pierce, Seminole, Thomas Louisiana: Parishes of Grant, Natchitoches, and Sabine, and all parishes south of and including 7 ernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, St. Helena, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington Mississippi: Counties of Forrest, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall South Carolina: Parts of the counties of Berkeley and Charleston South Carolina plant quarantines -8- Sweetpotato Wo evil (Cont.) Regulated areas (Cont.) Texas: Counties of Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Brook6, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chanters, Cherokee, Colorado, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Crane, Crockett, De Witt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Falls, Fayette, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Harris, Kays, Hidalgo, Hill, Houston, Irion, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, McCulloch, McLennan, McKullen, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Milam, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Panola, Parmer, Pecos, Folk, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Shelby, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wasnington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala The foregoing summary was checked and approved on July 20, 19^9. by J. A. Berly, then Entomologist. The revised camellia flower blight and sweetpotato weevil quarantines were summarized thereafter. -9- APPMDIX 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 and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots) , may be admitted to the nails only when accompanied by a State inspection certificate to the ef- fect 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 dis- eases. 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 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 plants or plant products, if from uninspected premises, will also be accepted upon examination and certification by a State plant quaran- tine official. The address of the South Carolina plant quarantine official is given in the preceding summary. Terminal Inspection of Mail Shipments of Plan ts and Plant Products (Act Mar. k, 1915* as amended June W\ 193^; Postal Laws and Regulations 19^0, sec. 59&) Establishment of Terminal Inspection. — Any State desiring to operate under the provisions of tee terminal inspection lav; so as to regulate the move- ment of mail shipments of plants and plant products into (or within) the State may, after having provided therefor at State expense and having desig- nated one or more pLaces 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 General 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 lav/, to have the parcel plainly marked on the out- side to show the nature 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 Agriculture as indicated above, to regulate or prohibit the movement into -10- (or within) the State of mail shipments of designated plants and plant prod- ucts the movement of which would constitute a violation of State plant quar- antine laws or regulations. Terminal Inspection Procedure. — Upon arrival in any State maintaining ter- minal inspection, plants or plant products named on the approved list will he forwarded "by the postmaster at destination to the nearest inspection point. If the plants or plant products are found, upon inspection, to he 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 he forwarded hy the postmaster at the point of inspection to the addressee upon payment of postage. If plants or plant products, upon inspection, are found to he infested with injurious pests and cannot he 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 postmaster upon notifi- cation hy the State inspector will inform the sender that the parcel will he returned to him upon his request and at his expense. In default of such request the parcel will he turned over to the State authorities for destruction. Terminal inspection of plants and plant products is now maintained hy Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columhia, 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 sum- mary of the general nursery-stock shipping requirements for each of the above-mentioned Strtes, District, and Territories. Procedure for Paying; Forwarding Postage. — Methods of paying forwarding post- age are provided to expedite the handling of parcels subject to terminal inspection, as follows: (l) The addressee may have the parcels addressed 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 he col- lected from the addressee. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 09314 8715