No. 41, SECOND SERIES. 



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C578 nited States Department of Agriculture, 



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DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



ivjcixui^AflONS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS REGARDING IMPORTATION 

 OF AMERICAN PLANTS, TREES, AND FRUITS. 



The Department of Agriculture has for some time been collecting, 

 with the assistance of the Department of State, the full texts of the 

 regulations of those foreign governments which have, through fear 

 of the introduction of San Jose scale, adopted measures prohibiting 

 the importation of American plants and fruits or requiring inspection 

 before admission. The series is not yet perfectly complete, but, in 

 view of the fall trade, it has been deemed wise to issue a brief digest 

 of those on hand, in circular form, for the information of American 

 exporters of this class of articles. The digests have been made with 

 care, and it is hoped that they will be of some assistance. 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



Prohibits (decree of April 20, 1898) importation from America of 

 living plants, grafts and layers, and fresh plant refuse of every kind, 

 as well as the barrels, boxes, and other coverings in which such 

 goods or refuse may be packed, and fresh fruit and the refuse of 

 fresh fruit, as well as the packings which may cover the same, when 

 examination on frontier shall prove presence of San Jose scale. 

 Admission limited to Bodenbach-Tetschen, Trieste, and Fiume. 

 Also prohibits transit of such goods through the Empire. 



BELGIUM, 



Importation and transit of fresh fruits, living plants, and fresh 

 parts of plants sent from the United States can take place only by 

 ports of Antwerp, Ghent, and Ostende, upon production of a certifi- 

 cate from competent authority attesting that products are not con- 

 taminated by San Jose scale. If not accompanied by certificate, 

 products can not be delivered until inspected, and, if not exempt, 

 must be destroyed with packings ; cost of all service at expense of 

 importer. Order goes into effect March 15, 1899. Does not apply 

 to shipments in direct transit by railway under supervision of cus- 

 toms authorities. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 

 Rules and regulations, published June 25, 1897 (under authority 

 of "Horticultural Board Act, 1894"), provide that all importers of 

 nursery stock, trees, plants, or fruit must give notice upon arrival, 

 and before removal from wharf or station, to a member of the board 

 or to the inspector of fruit pests, who shall inspect the same and, if 

 clean, issue a certificate which shall be good for three months, unless 

 revoked by further inspection. Nursery stock found to be infected 

 shall be disinfected or destroyed. Fruit found to be infected shall 

 be destroyed or reshipped. 



