LAC 7:XV.129. Phony Peach

A. Permit certificates shall be issued for nursery stock originating in an area known to be infested with phony peach only on the following conditions: 1. that each nursery in the infested areas shall apply to the state entomologist for approval of the proposed nursery-growing site on or before August 15 of each year; 2. that nursery sites shall be at least 300 yards from wild plum, 1/2 mile from phony infested commercial orchards and 1/2 mile from urban areas; 3. that all area within a 1/2 mile radius of the nursery site shall be inspected prior to October l of each year, and all phony trees found within such environs removed prior to November l of the year in which phony infested trees are found; and 4. that all budding shall be restricted to the slipbud method.