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ington, Ky. Certificates are issued when the stock 

 is found in good condition, and whenever a nurseryman 

 sells trees, vines, plants, or other nursery stock, he 

 shall attach to each package a certificate signed by 

 himself, stating that the contents has been examined 

 by a properly certified official and found free from San 

 Jose scale and other destructive and injurious insect 

 pests or fungus diseases. All stock shipped into the 

 State must be plainly labeled with the name of the 

 consignor and the consignee by the State or govern- 

 ment inspector. Stock arriving without certificate 

 shall be returned to the consignor or inspected by the 

 State Entomologist at the expense of the consignor; 

 otherwise it will be burned. 



Louisiana. It is unlawful to bring into the State 

 nursery stock, pits or any kind of fruit infested with 

 disease or insects of an injurious nature. It is unlaw- 

 ful to propagate or offer for sale any such stock. All 

 fruit trees and other nursery stock brought into the 

 State shall be labeled with the name of the owner or 

 grower, the locality where grown, and shall be subject 

 to inspection by the Entomologist of the Experiment 

 Station at Baton Rouge, La. It is the duty of the 

 owner to disinfect or destroy any fruit trees perniciously 

 affected with disease. 



Maryland. Co-operating under the laws creating a 

 State Horticultural Department, the State Entomolo- 

 gist and State Pathologist are required to inspect once 

 every six months all nurseries within the State and 

 issue certificates to the owners. All nursery stock 

 shipped must be accompanied by a printed copy of the 



