B.E.P.Q. 578-20 TOUTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UBRABv AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINI STRATI ON STATE Pi am' BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE ' ^NT BOARD Washington 25, D. C. November 2, 1951 SUMMARY OP STATE NURSERY- STOCK SKIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS MAINE The information contained in this summary was compiled from material received from the plant quarantine official of Maine and has "been approved by him. It is issued for the convenience of plant qiiarantine inspectors, 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 Maine gives the general requirements for shipping nursery stock into that State, An appendix furnishes information or post- office requirements for mailing plants as well 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 preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently of or as a substitute for the origiiFl texts of the regulations, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authoritative. For detailed information address the Chief, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Augusta,, Maine. 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 tnn interstate movement of certain articles into designated protected areas. Copies of such quarantines may be obtained from the Bureau of Entomology end Plant Quarantines, Washington 25, D, C. / Chief. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Maine nursery- stock shipping requirements UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 09314 8145 - 2 - MAINE Summary of General Kursery-Stock Shipping Requirements (Ch. 27 R.S. I9UU, Maine, as amended by P.L. I9I+5) I Definition of Nursery Stock. — All florist stock, trees, shrubs, vines, fruiting plants, cuttings, grafts, scions, and buds, both deciduous and evergreen, grown for sale or propagation; also herbaceous perennials, bed- ding plants, roots, corms, bulbs, tubers, potted plants, and cut flowers, and all other plants and olant products for, or capable of, propagation, excepting field crops, vegetable plants, and vegetable and flower seeds. General Shipping Requirements. — Any nonresident nurseryman, dealer, or other person vrishing to do "business in nursery stock in Maine should file a certified copy of his State nursery inspection certificate with the Maine State Horticulturist and keep on file with him a list of agents and representatives in the State. He should also obtain from the State Horticulturist a license to deal in nursery stock in Maine, Upon proper application the license will be issued, for a fee of $1, in the name of the nurseryman, dealer, solicitor, salesman, or agent. Licenses are not transferable and expire on December yi of each year. Bach shipment of nursery stocv moving into Maine must bear on each container a certificate that the contents have been inspected and found apparently free from dangerous insects and diseases. Incoming nursery stock is subject to inspection, and if found infested it may be destroyed or returnc1. to the shipper at his expense. Transportation companies should not transport uncertified nursery stock (excluding cut flowers, potted plants, and cut greens) into or within the State. They should notify the Commissioner of Agriculture upon receipt of uncertified consignments. The foregoing summary was reviewed and approved on August 17, 1951» by Edward D. Johnson, State Horticulturist.