Section 76-5-20 - Viability standards.
76-5-20. Viability standards.
Only sound and healthy nursery stock, stored, offered or displayed under conditions which will maintain its vigor, shall be offered for sale or sold. The offering for sale or sale of dead nursery stock or nursery stock so seriously weakened by drying or by excessive heat or cold, or nursery stock which has been mechanically or otherwise treated to the extent of concealing its true condition, or stock which for any cause is in such a condition that it is unable to grow satisfactorily with reasonable care, is a violation of the Plant Protection Act. Florist stock offered for sale must be such that it will maintain its aesthetic value for a reasonable period of time after sale.