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Horticultural Inspection Notes 



An office has been secured in the Customs Examining Warehouse, Toronto, for 

 the inspector in charge of the Toronto district. 



Canadian Quarantine No. 2 deahng with the European Corn Borer, was passed on 

 February 10th; this revision brings the quarantine up to date, and places a double 

 quarantine on the counties of Elgin and Middlesex. 



A conference of southern state inspection and transportation officials, nurserymen, 

 and representatives of growers' organizations has been called for at Atlanta, Georgia, 

 on May 30 and 31, for the purpose of considering uniformity of inspection practices 

 in the southern states. 



On February 7th, amendment No. 13 to the Canadian Regulations under the 

 Destructive Insect and Pest Act was passed, which added a list of injurious insects, 

 such as the Japanese Beetle, Mexican Bean Beetle, etc., to Section 18 of the Regula- 

 tions. 



A colored map showing the area quarantined for the European Corn Borer has 

 been prepared by the Natural Resources Intelligence Branch of the Canadian De- 

 partment of the Interior, and has been distributed to all the transportation com- 

 panies, corn growers, etc., in the quarantined district. 



Information has just been received to the effect that Dr. Paul Marchal, who for 

 years has been the Chief Phytopathological Inspector of France, has resigned. 

 His successor has apparently not been appointed, but all communications should be 

 addressed to Monsieur le Ministre de 1 'Agriculture, (Service phytopathologique), 

 78, rue de Varenne, Paris, VII. 



Mr. R. Owen Wahl, Entomologist and Zoologist of the School of Agriculture, 

 Middleburg (Cape), South Africa, has for several weeks been visiting the various 

 ports of entry at which inspectors of the Federal Horticultural Board are stationed, 

 for the purpose of studying the methods and procedure followed in port inspection, 

 fumigation, and sterilization work. 



Interesting interceptions made at the port of New York during the months of 

 March and April included the Papaya fruit fly (Toxotrypana curvicatida Gerst) 

 in mango frrit from Jamaica, the woolly white fly (Aleurothrixus howardi Q.) on 

 banana leaves from Porto Rico by Inspector Emile Kostal, and Aleurothrixus floccosus 

 on citrus leaves from Porto Rico by Inspector R. G. Cogswell. 



As a result of the arrival of shipments under special permit, at Washington, D. C, 

 during the early spring months, it was necessary to take on two additional inspectors 

 to assist in the examination of this plant material. Inspectors J. L. Bottimer and 

 W. E. Conn, who are engaged in the Clean-Up Work under the direction of Dr. 

 W. D. Hunter, were temporarily transferred to Washington. 



Apple stock from Czecho-Slovakia arriving at the Inspection Office in Washington 

 in April, proved to be infested with the Apple Stem Piercer, Magdalis barbicornis 

 (Latr.). The insects at the time of arrival, were for the most part in the pupal stage, 

 although adults appeared within a short period. This weevil in Europe is reported 

 to attack, in addition to apple, quince and medlar trees. 



On March 28, Inspector U. C. Zelluff, stationed at Tampa, Florida, discovered a 

 passenger leaving a steamship arriving from Havana, with four potted avocado 

 trees. Upon inspection, these trees wereiound to be infested with the Citrus Black 

 Fly. This appears to be a flagrant attempt on the part of a Florida resident to 



