FEDERAL, HORTICULTURAL. BOARD. 



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IMPORTATIONS OF OTHER RESTRICTED PLANT PRODUCTS, 



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In addition to the foregoing record of importations of plants and 

 plant products for propagation, the board has supervised the importa- 

 tion under (luarantine of 11,951 sacks of potatoes, chiefly from Den- 

 mark and Mexico; 40,682 boxes of oranges, chiefly from Japan; 

 26,067 barrels of horseradish to insure freedom from earth; 1,741 

 bales of brooms and 6,696 bales of broom corn, both of which latter 

 have been sterilized with steam. The board has also supervised and 

 safeguarded the importation for immediate exportation in bond to 

 other countries of considerable quantities of prohibited or restricted 

 plants and plant products. 



The enforcement of quarantine No. 49, on account of the black 

 fly, has brought under restriction and regulation practically all 

 fruit and vegetable importations from Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, 

 Canal Zone, Costa Rica, India, Philippine Islands, Ceylon, and 

 Java. The records of importations for the year are given in the 

 following tables: 



Fruits and vegetables imported under quarantine JVo. 49 during fiscal year ending June 



SO, 1922, by countries of origin. 



