Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATION
Chapter 16-350 - Registration and certification of fruit tree planting stock
Section 16-350-025 - Requirements for registered scion blocks
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The department will assign a registration number to each registered scion tree.
(2) Only registered trees are permitted in a registered scion block.
(3) Isolation requirements.
(4) The ground in a scion block and for a distance of twenty feet on all sides around it must be kept either clean cultivated or in ground cover relatively free of broadleaf weeds.
(5) Registered scion trees must be propagated from foundation scion wood obtained from NRSP-5 or other equivalent sources approved by the department and rootstock that complies with the requirements established in this chapter, except:
Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 00-19-036, § 16-350-025, filed 9/12/00, effective 10/13/00; 90-23-006 (Order 2058), § 16-350-025, filed 11/9/90, effective 12/10/90; Order 1331, § 16-350-025, filed 1/15/74; Order 1300, § 16-350-025, filed 3/26/73; Order 951, Regulation 2(b), filed 7/2/64; Order 890, Regulation 2 (part), effective 9/17/62.