Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The New Jersey State Board of Agriculture has declared those rose plants (Rosa sp.) infected with rose mosaic disease (containing apple mosaic virus or prunus necrotic ringspot virus), appearing to be infected with rose mosaic disease or plants exhibiting symptoms of, or similar to, known virus diseases of roses, to be a nuisance.

Rose plants may be shipped onto the State of New Jersey only after they have been inspected during the growing season by a state inspector in the state in which they were grown at the time appropriate for symptom expression and found to be visibly free from virus diseases, especially viruses associated with rose mosaic disease ( apple mosaic virus and prunus necrotic ringspot virus).

All shipments of rose plants entering the State of New Jersey must be accompanied by an official certificate or statement issued by the proper state official in the state of origin, certifying that the plants were inspected during the growing season at a time when symptoms would be apparent and found visibly free of plant viruses.

Anyone offering rose plants for sale in New Jersey must have on file in their establishment, and available for public inspection upon request, a copy of the official certificate or statement issued by the proper state official in the state of origin for each shipment of plants, certifying that the plants were inspected during the growing season at a time when symptoms would be apparent and found visibly free of plant viruses.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture may order the destruction of or return to the point of origin any rose plants received in the State of New Jersey without such a certificate, or showing symptoms of virus diseases whether or not accompanied by such certificate.