430 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



manufactured state, of seed and all other portions of Indian corn or maize 

 {Zea mays L.), and the closely related plants, including all species of Teosinte 

 {Euchlaena), Job's tears (Coix), Polytoca, Chionachne, and Sclerachne, on 

 account of the downy mildews and Physoderma diseases of Indian corn, except 

 that Indian corn or maize may be imported on compliance with the conditions 

 prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Citrus fruit. — Quarantine No. 28 : Prohibits the importation from eastern 

 and southeastern Asia (including India, Siam, Indo-China, and China), the 

 Malayan Archipelago, the Philippine Islands, Oceania (except Australia. Tas- 

 mania, and New Zealand), Japan (including Formosa and other islands adja- 

 cent to Japan), and the Union of South Africa, of all species and varieties 

 of citrus fruits on account of citrus canker, except that oranges of the mandarin 

 class (including satsuma and tangerine varieties) may be imported on compli- 

 ance with the conditions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 



OTHER RESTRICTIVE ORDERS. 



Nursery stock. — In addition to nursery stock, the entry of which was brought 

 under regulation with the passage of the plant-quarantine act of August 20, 

 1912, orders have been issued by the Secretary of Agriculture regulating the 

 entry of potatoes, avocados, cotton, corn, cottonseed products, and citrus fruits, 

 under the authority contained in section 5 of this act. 



Irish potato. — The order of December 22, 1913, covering admission of foreign 

 potatoes under restriction, prohibits the importation of potatoes from all for- 

 eign countries, except under permit and in accordance with the other provisions 

 of the regulations issued under said order, on account of injurious potato dis- 

 eases and insect pests. The regulations issued under this order have been 

 amended so as to permit, free of any restrictions whatsoever under the plant- 

 quarantine act of August 20, 1912, the importation of potatoes from any foreign 

 country into Hawaii and Porto Rico 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, prohibits the 

 importation 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 regulations issued under said order, on account of the 

 avocado weevil. Entry is permitted only through the port of New York and 

 is limited to the large, thick-skinned variety of the avocado. The importation 

 of the small, purple, thin-skinned variety of the fruit of the avocado, and of 

 avocado nursery stock under 18 months of age, is prohibited. 



Cotton. — The order of April 27, 1915, prohibits the importation of cotton 

 from all foreign countries and localities, except under permit and in accord- 

 ance with the other provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on 

 account of injurious insects, including the pink bollworm. These regulations 

 apply in part to cotton grown in and imported from the Imperial Valley, in 

 the State of Lower California, in Mexico. 



Com. — The order of March 1, 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 tlie countries and localities 

 listed in Notice of Quarantine 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 cottonseed cake, meal, and all other cottonseed products, except oil, from 

 all foreign countries, and a second order of June 23, 1917, prohibits the im- 

 portation 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 bollworm. 



Citrus fruits. — The order of June 27, 1917 (Notice of Quarantine No. 28, with 

 Regulations), 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 satsuma 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. 



