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7 Pa. Code § 120.13. Location of plantings.

§ 120.13. Location of plantings.

 (a)  Each planting location shall be subject to approval by the Department and shall be in an area having minimal risks for spread of infectious pests by drainage, flooding, irrigation or other means.

 (b)  A scion block may not be located within 300 feet of any nonregistered plant of the same genus. Volunteer or wild fruit trees of the same genus within 500 feet, further if practical, shall be eradicated. Herbicide programs approved by the Department shall be followed in registered plantings. Registered scion block trees may not be used for propagation purposes until trueness-to-name has been established. Each tree shall bear a permanent registration number.

 (c)  Registered scion block trees shall have originated from the foundation or nuclear block maintained by the Department or other sources approved by the Department.

 (d)  A seed block may not be located within 300 feet of a nonregistered plant of the same genus. The rootstock and scion sources and the maintenance of seed block trees shall be the same as outlined under this section.



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