Nursery Stock Defined

PURPOSE: This rule defines nursery stock as used in sections 263.010–263.080, RSMo and the corresponding rules. (1) Nursery stock shall be understood to mean all plants having a persistent woody stem, perennials, bulbs, roots, crowns, corms, rhizomes and tubers capable of propagating, including strawberry, asparagus and rhubarb, but excluding seed potatoes and other garden vegetables. Grass sod, stolons and plugs distributed for the purpose of propagation are also included in the term nursery stock. AUTHORITY: section 263.040, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed Aug. 4, 1958, effective Aug. 14, 1958. Amended: Filed April 22, 1965, effective May 2, 1965. Amended: Filed March 25, 1966, effective April 4, 1966. Amended: Filed May 27, 1975, effective June 6, 1975. Refiled March 11, 1976. Rescinded: Filed Aug. 14, 1984, effective Jan. 1, 1985. Readopted: Filed Sept. 12, 1984, effective Jan. 1, 1985. *Original authority 1939, amended 1984.