What is meant by the term “Certified Nursery Planting Stock”?
Like the “Quarantine” question the answer to this question is found in the individual State codes, but only if they have a Certification and Registration planting stock program. “Certified” planting material is the result of a process that is outlined in State code and usually administered by the State’s Dept. of Agriculture. It is a process where a nursery acquires State Registered Foundation planting stock and plants this material in a State registered Increase/Mother block for subsequent propagation purposes. The resulting propagated vines from the Increase/Mother block can be sold as “State Certified” and can be tagged as such. It is the responsibility of both the State’s Dept. of Agriculture and the certified nursery to maintain the ‘Registered’ status of the Registered Increase/Mother blocks. It is important to understand that the Certification tag issued by the respective State Dept. of Agriculture is the end result of a process controlled by the State’s codes and that ‘Certifie
