Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.627.1 - Definitions

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a) "Balled stock" means nursery stock removed from the growing site with a portion of the root system intact in a ball of the soil in which the plant was grown, the diameter and depth of such soil ball to be as specified in the publication entitled "American Standards for Nursery Stock," dated February 1, 1973, which is published by, and available from, the American Association of Nurserymen, 230 Southern Building, Washington, D.C. 20005, at a cost of $2.00. The publication may also be inspected at, or obtained from, the Michigan Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division, Lewis Cass Building, Post Office Box 30017, Lansing, Michigan 48909; the cost, when obtained from the department, is $2.00.

(b) "Container-grown stock" means nursery stock grown in a container, with a root system completely established in soil or other growing media.

(c) "Manufactured ball" means a bound ball of soil or other growing media in which the roots of nursery stock have been placed with the intended purpose of establishing a root system in the media.

(d) "Packaged nursery stock" means nursery stock prepared for merchandising with the roots wrapped in a moisture-holding media, other than soil, with no intention of establishing a root system in the media.

(e) "Potted stock" means nursery stock offered for sale with the root system in soil and in a rigid or semi-rigid container in which the plant was not grown and established.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.627.1

1979 AC