640 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Irish pnUitnrs. —Tho importation of Irish potatoes is prohibited from the countries 

 enumerated in the potato nuarantine. Potatoes may he adniitted from other foreipn 

 countries under permit ana in accordance with the provisions of the regulations 

 issued under the order of December '22, 19i:i, brin<,'ing the entry of potatoes under 

 restriction on account of injurious potato diseases and insect peats. Importation 

 of potatoes is now authorized from the following countries: Denmark, ("uba, Ber- 

 muda, and the Dominion of Canada. The regulations iss\ied under this order 

 have been amended so as to permit, free of any restrictions whatsoever under the 



?lant-quarantine act, the importation of potatoes from any foreign country into the 

 erritories of Porto Rico ana Hawaii for local use only and from the Dominion of 

 Canada and Bermuda into the United States or any of its Territories or Districts. 



Avocado, or alligator pear. — ^The order of February 27, 1914, prohi>)it8 the importa- 

 tion from Mexico and the countries of Central America of the fruits of the avocado, 

 or alligator pear, except under permit and in accordance with the other provisions 

 of the r^ilations issued under said order on account of the avocado weevil. Entry 

 is permitted through the port of New York only and is limited to the large, thick- 

 skinned variety of the avocado. The importation of the small, purple, thin-skinned 

 variety of the fniit of the avocado and of avocado nursery stock under 18 months of 

 age is prohiVnted. 



Cotton. — The order of April 27, 101 .5, prohibits the importation of cotton from all 

 foreign countries and localities, except under permit and in accordance with the other 

 provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on account of injurious insects, 

 including the pink boUworm These regulations apply in part to cotton grown in and 

 imported from the Imperial Vallev, in the State of Lower California, in Mexico. 



Corn.— -The order of^March ], 1917 (Amendment No. 1, with Regulations, to Notice 

 of Quarantine No. 24), prohibits the importation of Indian corn or maize in the raw 

 or unmanufactured state from the countries and localities listed in Notice of Quaran- 

 tine No. 24, except under permit and in accordance with the other provisions of the 

 regulations issued under said order, on account of injurious diseases of Indian corn. 



Cottonseed products.— The order of June 23, 1917, prohibits the importation of cotton- 

 seed cake, meal, and all other cottonseed products, except oil, from all foreign coun- 

 tries, and a second order of June 23, 1917, prohibits the importation of cottonseed oil 

 from Mexico, except under permit and in accordance with the other provisions of the 

 regulations issued under said orders, on account of injurious insects, including the 

 pink boUworm. 



Citr'usfndts.— The order of June 27, 1917 (Notice of Quarantine No. 28, with Regu- 

 lations), prohibits the importation from the countries and localities listed therein of 

 all species and varieties of citrus fruits, excepting only oranges of the mandarin class 

 (including satsnma and tangerine varieties), on account of the citrus-canker disease. 

 Oranges of the mandarin class (^including satsuma and tangerine varieties) may be 

 imported under permit and in accordance with the other provisions of the regulations 

 issued under said order. 



Indian corn, broom corn,^ and related plants.— The order of Febmary 21, 1920 (Notice 

 of Quarantine No. 41, with Regulations), prohibits the importation in the raw or 

 unmanufactured state of the stalk and all other parts of Indian corn or maize, broom 

 corn, sweet sorghums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, sugar cane, includ- 

 ing Japanese varieties, pearl millet, napier gi-ass, teoainte, and Job's tears from all 

 foreign countries and localities on account of the European corn borer and other 

 dang^erous insects and plant diseases. The regidations issued under said order permit 

 the importation without restriction of sorghum hay from Canada and clean shelled 

 or threshed grain, from any country, of the plants covered by this order. Provision 

 is also made for the importation of broom corn under permit and in accordance with 

 the other proNiaions of the regulations for manufactiuing purposes. 



Merican corn.— The order of February 21, 1920 (Notice of Quarantine No. 42, with 

 Regulations), prohibits the importation of Indian corn or maize from Mexico, except 

 under permit and in accordance with the other provisions of the regulations issued 

 under said order, on account of contamination of such corn with cotton seed more or 

 less infested with the pink bollworm. 



Stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits.— The order of March 24, 1920 (Notice of 

 Quarantine No. 44), prohibits the importation of stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of 

 fruits for or capable of propagation from Asia, Japan, Philippine Islands, and Oceania 

 (including Australia and New Zealand) on account of certain dangerous plant diseases 

 and injurious insect pests. Provision is made for the importation under special 

 permits issued by the Secretary of Agriculture of limited quantities of stocks, cuttings, 

 scions, and buds of fruits from the countries and localities named for the purpose of 

 keeping the country supplied with new varieties and necessary propagating stock. 



