40 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
TERMINAL INSPECTION OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
MINNESOTA STATE PLANT QUARANTINES AND TERMINAL INSPECTION 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, March 7, 1941. 
(1) The State of Minnesota has established terminal plant inspection 
within the provisions of the law embodied in section 596, Postal Laws and 
Regulations, to prevent the introduction and dissemination of certain insects 
into Minnesota, such as San Jose scale, oyster-shell scale, root lice — such as 
strawberry root lice, and other plant pests of economic importance, with respect 
to the following plants and plant products : 
All wild and cultivated trees, shrubs, and woody vines ; perennial roots, 
such as peonies and iris; small-fruit plants, such as strawberries and 
raspberries ; herbaceous perennials, such as hollyhocks and other hardy 
flowering plants ; cuttings, buds, grafts, and scions for or capable of 
propagation. 
(2) Facilities for terminal plant inspection are being provided and will be 
maintained at Saint Paul, Minnesota. Parcels containing articles subject to 
terminal inspection addressed for delivery in Minnesota, including those orig- 
inating in Minnesota, are, therefore, to be accorded the treatment prescribed 
by section 596, Postal Laws and Regulations, and transmitted to the plant in- 
spector at Saint Paul. However, the Minnesota arrangement permits the 
delivery of parcels containing the above-named plants and plant products to 
the addresses in all cases when accompanied with a valid certificate of in- 
spection issued by a plant inspector of the State of origin certifying the articles 
contained in the individual packages are free of harmful diseases or insect 
infestation, with the exception that in case of shipments of materials restricted 
under the provisions of Minnesota State quarantines listed below, the nursery 
or premises inspection certificate (usually issued once a year) as required under 
paragraph 2, section 595, Postal Laws and Regulations, will not be satisfactory 
for such purpose. In such cases a special certificate indicating compliance with 
the restrictions of the quarantine involved is required. 
(3) Packages containing any plants or plant products addressed to places in 
Minnesota may be accepted for mailing only when plainly marked so that the 
contents may be readily ascertained by an inspection of the outside. The law 
makes failure so to mark such parcels an offense punishable by a fine of not 
more than $100. 
(4) Pursuant to the act of June 4, 1936, embodied in amended section 596, 
Postal Laws and Regulations, the State of Minnesota has also issued State 
plant quarantines on account of the alfalfa weevil and on account of "orange 
rust" and "virus diseases" of the mosaic type affecting raspberry plants, pro- 
hibiting or regulating the entry into Minnesota of certain plants and plant 
products as follows: 
(a) quarantined on account of the alfalfa weevil 
California — Counties of Alameda, Alpine, Contra Costa, Lassen, Merced, Mono, 
Plumas, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Stanislaus. 
Colorado — Counties of Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose. 
Ouray, Rio Blanco, Routt, and San Juan. 
Idaho — All that part lying south and southeast of the south boundary of 
Idaho County. 
Nevada — Entire State. 
Oregon — Counties of Baker, Harney, Jackson. Josephine, Malheur, and Union. 
Utah— Entire State. 
Wyoming — Counties of Albany, Carbon, Converse, Fremont, Goshen, Hot 
Springs, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, Piatt, Sweetwater, and Uinta. 
Plant material affected : Alfalfa hay as such or other hay of any kind, cereal 
straw — acceptance for mailing entirely prohibited. 
Alfalfa meal prohibited during April, May, June, July, August, September, 
and October. 
Alfalfa meal accepted during January, February, March, November, and 
December, when accompanied with approved certificate. 
