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Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, room 11, Federal Horticultural 

 Board, at 10 o'clock a. m.. March 9. 1920, in order that any person interested 

 in the proposed quarantine may appear and he lieard either in person or by 

 attorney. 



(Press Notice) 



Quarantine May Be Plaeed Against Fruit Stocks from the Orient 



In Order to prevent the entrance of a number of plant diseases and injurious 

 insects from the Orient, tlie United States Department of Agriculture proposes 

 to prohilnt the importation of fruit Stocks, cuttings. scions and buds from Asia, 

 Japan, the Philippine Islands and Oeeania. The Secretary of Agriculture has 

 called a hearing to be held in the Offices of the Federal Horticultural Board in 

 Washington at 10 o'clock, March 9, at which interested persons may be heard 

 either in person or by attorney. The diseases and insects that the department 

 seeks to exclude by the quarantine include Japanese apple cankers, blister blight 

 and rusts, the oriental fruit moth. the pear fruit borer and the apple moth. 



Stocks, Cuttings, Scions and Buds of Fruits Quarantine 



(Effective on and after June 1, 1920) 

 Notice of Quarantine No. 44 



The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and notice is 

 hereby given, that dangerous plant diseases, including Japanese apple cankers, 

 (Valsa mali and Diaporthe mali). blister blight (Taphrina piri), and rusts 

 ( Gymnosporangium Koreaense and G. photiniae), and injurious insect pests, in- 

 cluding the Oriental fruit moth (Laspeyresia molesta), the pear fruit borer 

 (Nephopteryx rubrizonella) , the apple moth (Argyresthia conjugella), Psylla 

 pyrisuga, Lecanium glandi and Lecanium kunoensis, new to and not heretofore 

 vvidely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States, occur in 

 Asia. Japan, Philippine Islands and Oeeania (including Australia and New 

 Zealand). 



Now, therefore. I, E. T. Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture, under the authority 

 conferred by the Act of Congress, approved August 20, 1912, known as the Plant 

 Quarantine Act (37 Stat.. 315), do hereby declare that it is necessary, in order 

 to prevent the introduction into the United States of the dangerous plant diseases 

 and insect pests mentioned above, to forbid the importation into the United 

 States from Asia. Japan. Philippine Islands and Oeeania (including Australia 

 and New Zealand) of Stocks, cuttings. scions and buds of fruits for propagation. 



On and after June 1, 1920. and until further notice, by virtue of said Act of 

 Congress approved August 20. 1912. the importation for any purpose of any 

 variety of Stocks, cuttings, scions and buds of fruits for or capable of propagation, 

 from the above named countries and localities, is prohibited except for experi- 

 mental or scientific purposes by the Department of Agriculture; provided, that 

 special permits may be issued by the Secretary of Agriculture for limited quanti- 

 ties, and under safeguards to be prescribed in such permits, of Stocks, cuttings, 

 scions and buds of fruits from the countries and localities above named for the 

 purpose of keeping the country supplied with new varieties and necessary propa- 

 gating stock; provided further, that the entry for immediate export or for 

 immediate transportation and exportation in bond of Stocks, cuttings. scions and 

 buds of fruits from the countries and localities above named may be permitted 

 in accordance with the regiilations governing such entry for immediate export, 

 or for immediate transportation and exportation in bond, promulgated by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture October 20, 1917. 



Done' in the District of Columbia this 24th day of March, 1920. 



Witness my band and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



[Seal] E. T. MEREDITH, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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